Ann Carter (rioter)
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Ann Carter (died 1629, formerly Ann Barrington) was an English activist from
Maldon, Essex Maldon (, locally ) is a town and civil parish on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon District and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. It is known for Maldon Sea Salt which is produced i ...
, who was executed for her leading part in the Maldon grain riots of 1629. She used the title "captain", and was
hanged Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature strangulation, ligature. Hanging has been a standard method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and has been the primary execution method in numerou ...
on 30 May 1629. Maldon brewery Farmer's Ales has named a beer "Captain Ann" in her honour.


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Year of birth missing 1629 deaths People from Maldon, Essex People executed by the Kingdom of England by hanging Executed English women Executed people from Essex People executed by Stuart England {{UK-activist-stub