Editing Gordon Riots (section)

===Moorfields===
[[File:Rocque e1 MoorgateCrop.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Map of [[London Wall]], [[Moorgate]], Moorfields and [[Bethlem Royal Hospital]] from [[John Rocque's Map of London, 1746|John Rocque's Map of London, dated 1746]].]]
The area of [[Moorfields]], one of the poorest parts of the city, was the home of many Irish immigrant workers and had a large area of open ground where crowds could assemble. Despite the appeal of a prominent Irish merchant, James Malo, to the [[Lord Mayor of London|Lord Mayor]], [[Brackley Kennett]], no additional protection was offered to the area. During 3 June a crowd had gathered in Moorfields, and by nightfall it began to go on the rampage. Malo's house was amongst the many to be sacked and burned.<ref>Hibbert pp. 66–71</ref>

[[Newgate Prison]], where rioters arrested on 2 June were being held, was attacked and largely destroyed, as was [[The Clink]].<ref>{{Cite web | title = Southwark – Winchester House and Barclay's Brewery | work=British History Online | access-date = 2009-07-25 | url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45264 }}</ref> This allowed large numbers of prisoners to escape, many of whom were never recaptured. Severe destruction was inflicted on Catholic churches and homes and chapels on the grounds of several embassies, as well as on [[New Prison]], [[Fleet Prison]], and the house of the Lord Chief Justice, [[William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield]], including the destruction of the house's library.<ref name="a836">{{cite book | last=Devine | first=Tom M. | last2=Young | first2=John R. | title=Eighteenth Century Scotland | publisher=Birlinn Ltd | date=2022-01-06 | isbn=978-1-78885-553-2}}</ref> On 7 June, called "Black Wednesday" by [[Horace Walpole]], the riot reached its climax. An attempt on the Bank of England was narrowly averted when a combination of the London Military Association and regular troops repulsed rioters, resulting in heavy casualties.<ref>George Rudé, "The Gordon Riots: A Study of the Rioters and Their Victims: The Alexander Prize Essay," ''Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'' Vol. 6 (1956), pp. 97–98</ref>