Anti-Catholicism in the United Kingdom nor was a Protestant heir any longer empowered to enter and enjoy the estate of his Catholic kinsman. However, the passing of this act was the occasion of the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots (1780) in which the violence of the mob was especially directed against Lord Mansfield who had balked at various prosecutions under the statutes now repealed. The anti-clerical excesses of the French Revolution and the consequent emigration to England of Catholic priests from France led to a softening of opinion towards Catholics on the part of the English Anglican establishment, resulting in the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 which
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