Extra Information From Quiz Committee: Tried on a charge of treason for leading an armed rebellion, Bedford was
one of two Oxford men who were hanged before similar executions were finally
halted in January 1839.
A group of about 500 armed rebels led by Dr Charles Duncombe, an MP from
Burford, assembled in Norwich in late 1837. After hearing that a similar
group led by William Lyon Mackenzie had been defeated in the Toronto area,
the Norwich rebels slipped away peacefully and Dr Duncombe fled to the
U.S.A. However, Daniel Bedford, Calvin Hoskins and possibly a few other
rebels of Duncombe's group were captured by Woodstock militia and held in
Old St Paul's tower until they could be taken for trial to London (Ontario)
Sources:
- Ethel Canfield, "Canfield's People" (Oxford Historical Society; Woodstock Public Library)
- Brian Dawe, "Old Oxford is Wide Awake," p.60 (Woodstock Public Library)
- Doug M. Symons, "The Village That Straddled A Swamp," p.46 (Woodstock Public Library)