Siartwyr Casnewydd Cyf.5, p.66

Disgrifiad

Tudalen 1:
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Job Tovey I am a collier on Friday before the
riot I was at the Coach & Horses Blackwood I
saw Frost Zephana Williams & Reynolds going
up stairs to the Delegate Meeting I left before
the meeting broke up

Saturday Mr Frost saying they had agreed
the day before to go down to Newport on
Sunday Night they all to bring Arms Guns
pikes if they could not get them to bring
Mandrels ______________ Saturday Night
the North Delegate went with Frost out of
my house for ten minutes he gave two letters
to Frost he read them then put them in the
fire. Frost said every man that was to go to
Newport would be rewarded

Sunday many people came to my house
to see Frost one man came came from Blaina
___________________________his men
he said Z. Williams was to gather at 6 o'Clock
Frost said the Blackwood had no need to gather
so soon as they was all to meet at the Kevan


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Tudalen 2:
10 Clock Sunday Night they would take Newport
at 3 Clock Monday Morning this was after dinner
Reynolds was there when they came near Stow Hill
they w/h/ere to give three cheers to frighten the Mayor
& the Soldiers and the Soldiers would not fire they
w/h/ere to take all the Arms in the poor house then
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he would send a party to the Magazine the powder
by that he would have all in his possession: the
Mail was to be stopped in Newport . Delegates
would be waiting in Birmingham if one hour
& half that was the signal sh//wing the north of
England & Scotland for the Chartis/ / to rise by
that he would get the Charter and it would
be passed to a law in less time than three weeks
and every one that would go under his direction
should be rewarded after that - After would be taken
he would send a company to Monmouth to rescue
Vincent I will go & surr//und Tred/e/gar House &
take all the Arms and make the House
a Barracks


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Tudalen 3:
My wife said perhaps we should not dine
together again. Frost said he hoped when
he would come to Blackwood he could dine
with better content [*] than then as he would
have some of the Tyrants heads off before then -
Frost went out my House with Davies Sunday
Night to the Coach - I went after them
I saw them bo/ /th in the Tap Room - Soon
after that I saw Frost on the Tram Road near
the Coach he said to the people go on pointing
down the tram. Wo/ /men & Children /_ /crying [?]
much - they went Frost was near the front
they had pikes & Mandrels - We went by the
Grey hound I did not see Frost untill we came
to the Welsh Oak - I saw him Z Williams there
that was noon 12 o'clock - Frost said then the
Tredegar with their pikes must go in Front
he put them in breast from then on Frost was
very active to keep them in order Frost said
ho/u/ld by the Waterloo when he ordered the Gun

[ * l. 4 see note below]

Tudalen 4:
along side of the pyke men - so they went to the
Westgate I saw leading them by the Westgate
to the far corner to turn round - the/ / fired
immediately that was the last time I saw
Frost - My wife said what will all
the men have to eat - Frost there are storehouses
with plenty of flour in Newport there is
plenty of Fawn in the Park I dare say we
have

__________________________ Job Tovey