• Thomas Spence's first arrest is described in The Case of Thomas Spence, Bookseller, the corner of Chancery Lane London; who was commited to Clerkenwell Prison on Monday 10th of November, 1792, for selling the second part of Paine's Rights of Man. This work is not by Spence himself, but the author had clearly interviewed him in depth.
• Spence was arrested in relation to Pigs' Meat but found innocent by Jury in April 1794
• His next major arrest, this time for High Treason, followed shortly after. Spence published his own account of his cross-examination and commitment.
• While in prison, Spence wrote two new songs
• Spence's income from his bookshop collapsed while awaiting release, and he wrote to the newspapers appealing for help from sympathizers.
• No help forthcoming a month after his release, Spence write a rather bitter poem on the celebrations by the principal radical organizations.