About The Nore Mutiny

The Nore mutiny of May 1797 was a mutiny by sailors of the British navy stationed at the Nore anchorage in the Thames Estuary. Encouraged by the earlier Spithead mutiny, they demanded improvements in their conditions, the removal of unpopular officers, a greater share of prize money and, under the influence of their ringleader, Richard Parker, certain radical political changes. This time the Admiralty would make no concessions and eventually the mutineers surrendered. About 19 men, including Parker, were hanged. Alarm at the mutiny probably contributed to the decisive defeat of Grey's Parliamentary Reform motion of May 1797.

From A Dictionary of World History
pub. Oxford University Press, 2000