Dan Gosling, legal records specialist, looks at King's Bench records. This video explores trial records related to the Gordon Riots of 1780. Catalogue Reference: KB8/79 and KB33/5/12.

If you're an educator or student, you can find the video alongside educational tasks here: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/students/videos/spotlight-on/spotlight-on-gordon-riots/

Spotlight On is a series of video guides, each based on an individual collection held at The National Archives. In each video, a specialist presenter introduces one of our collections and highlights a document from it connected.

You can find the entire Spotlight On series here: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/students/videos/spotlight-on/