Anti-Catholicism Catholics, and his replacement by a Dutch Protestant. For decades the Stuarts were supported by France in plots to invade and conquer Britain, and anti-Catholicism persisted. The Gordon Riots of 1780 were a violent anti-Catholic protest in London against the Papists Act of 1778, which was intended to reduce official discrimination against British Catholics. Lord George Gordon, head of the Protestant Association warned that the law would enable Catholics in the British Army to become a dangerous threat. The protest evolved into riots and widespread looting. Local magistrates were afraid of reprisals and did not issue the riot act. There
Abondance (1780 ship) with T. Eve, master, L. Teffier, owner, and trade London–Ostend. She is no longer listed in 1786. Citations References Abondance (1780 ship) Abondance was a French "Baleine"-class gabare (cargo ship) launched in 1780. The Royal Navy captured her on 11 December 1781 and took her into service as a troop transport and store ship under the name HMS "Abondance". After the end of the war with France the Admiralty sold her in 1784. She then became a merchantman. "Abondance" was launched at Le Havre in September 1780. She sailed on 11 December 1781 for the Antilles in a convoy under