Entries for the tag ‘Jacobite rising of 1715’
Attempt by the Old Pretender to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts, lasting from the raising of the Jacobite standard in Aberdeenshire on 27 August to surrender at Preston on 14 November. 
- 10 June 1715: Following the accession of the Hanoverian George I, Tories ring the bells of Leeds church on the birthday of his Jacobite rival, the Old Pretender, currently plotting a comeback
- 3 October 1715: Government agents arrive at Esholt Hall in search of Walter Calverley’s Jacobite brother-in-law, William Blackett
- 19 November 1715: Writing to the astronomer John Flamsteed, Abraham Sharp of Little Horton (Bradford) hopes that defeat at the Battle of Preston has ended local Jacobite aspirations
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