Maldon grain riots
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Maldon grain riots
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The Maldon grain riots took place in Maldon, England in March 1629, during a time of industrial depression and poor harvests. Starvation and high food prices in Essex increased the strain on the area's primarily agrarian economy. Due to a decline in the English cloth trade in January 1629, exports of grain increased with little left for domestic consumption. In March 1629, a group of 100-140 rioters led by one "Captain" Ann Carter, the wife of a butcher, boarded a Flemish grain ship and removed
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17th-century riots
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldon_grain_riots
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2023-09-04T13:21:13Z
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