' Snipshears, General,' 302.
Snow, of Leicester, 248.
Soldiers, discharged, and unemploy-
ment, 70, 88, 172, 173, 188 ; and
soup, 1 88.
Somerset, 197 ; clothing district,
137, 146, 149, 158, 159, 161, 162,
168 n., 176.
Lord Charles, 377, 378.
Soup, ridicule of, 89.
Southwark, 197, 200 n.
Southwell, 225, 258, 264.
Sowden, 329, 331.
Spanish wool, 162.
Special Commissions : Cheshire
Ludrlites, 291, 292 ; Lancashire
Luddites, 292-297 ; Yorkshire
Luddites, 321, 323-332 ; Derby
rioters (1817), 366-370.
Special constables. See ' S.C.s.'
Speenhamland system, 128. See
also Parish relief.
Spencer, J. B., & Co., 75.
Lord, 73 n., 186.
Spenser, Edmund, 372, 373.
Spies and informers : first mention of
industrial spies (1801), 67; Bills
for, 73, 277 ; part in Lancashire
Luddite disturbances (1812),
273 ff . ; responsibility for Luddite
oath, 275, 337, 338 ; employment
in Yorkshire Luddite disturb-
ances (1812), 313 ff. ; proposal to
use spies from S.W. in Yorkshire,
314 ; employment in Nottingham
394 THE SKILLED LABOURER, 1760-1832
(1815), 235, 239; protests of
Manchester merchants against use
of, 372 ; activities about ' general
insurrection ' (1817), 350-353 ; de-
bates on, in Parliament, 279 .,
300, 371-374 ; effect of, in making
workers suspicious, 250. See also
' B.' ; ' Brother to No. 2 ' ; Brough-
ton, Thomas; 'C.'; Fleming,
Samuel ; Hall, Michael ; Gossling,
John ; L. F. ; MacDonald, John ;
Oliver ; Rose, James ; ' S.C.s ' ;
Secret Agent of Nottingham ;
Stones, John and Simon; 'T.';
Waddington, Robert.
Spitalfields Act, 72, 85 ; passing of,
209 ; effects of, 210-212 ; sug-
gested extension, 68, 214-216 ;
repeal of, 216-219.
weavers. See Silk weavers.
Spring looms. See Flying shuttle.
Stafford, 43, 56, 348.
Stalybridge, 93, 104, 347 ; spinners'
strike (1830), 131-135.
Stanley, Colonel, 62.
Stanningley, 154.
Starkey, James, 314.
Steam power applied to cotton in-
dustry, 57 ; to wool, 142, 148,
150 ; to worsted, 152 ; to lace,
254-
Steeple Ashton, 172.
Stirling militia, 313, 314.
Stockport, 59, 69 ., 75, 78, 120,
340 ; weavers' addresses and
petitions, (1811) 83, (1816) 88, 90,
(1818) 113, 114, (1819) 121 ;
spinners' combinations, 93, 100 ;
power-loom weavers' strike ( 1 8 1 8) ,
95) 96 ; weavers' strike (1818),
in, 114-117; jenny-spinners'
strike (1818), 94 ; spinners' strike
(1829 and 1830), 129, 134 ; and
Luddite disturbances, 271-279,
313, 337.
Stones, John, a Bolton spy, 277,
278 ; part in Luddite disturb-
ances, 279-284, 293, 296, 298,
337, 338.
Simon, father of John, spy,
277, 280, 281, 293, 337.
Strapper. See Cooper, William.
Strikes: miners, (1765) 13-16, (1810)
21, 22, (1816) 25, (1831 and 1832)
Chapter in. ; cotton spinners,
(1810) 92, (1818) 96-109, (1829,
1830) 128-135 ; cotton weavers,
(1808) 78, (1818) 95, 109-119;
woollen spinners, (1819) 155 ;
woollen weavers, Yorkshire,
(1819) 164, Frome (1823) 161,
Gloucestershire (1825) 162, (1828-
1829) 163, Rochdale and Hudders-
field (1827) 166 ; shearmen,
(1802) 171 ; woolcombers and
worsted weavers, (1825) 201-203 ;
frame-work knitters, (1814) 233,
(1817) 248, (1819) 250, (1821) 252,
(1824) 253.
Stroud, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163.
Strutt, Jedediah, 222.
Joseph, 367.
Sudbury, 211 n., 216, 217.
Suffolk : worsted centre, 137, 144,
r 53 J 54 n - ' an d silk, 211.
Lord, 210.
Summerseat, 127.
Sunderland, 19, 38.
Surrey, 224.
Surrey militia, 318.
Sutton, 359.
Swallow, 323.
Swindells, Henry, 104.
Swinton, 20 n.
Sykes, 322.
' T.,' spy, 73.
Tailors, 17, 47, 85, 103.
Talleyrand, 318.
Tate, John, 182 ., 188 n.
Taunton, 216.
Tavistock, 197.
Taylor, Benjamin, 253 n.
Dr., 279 n., 298.
Enoch and James, 303.
J. E., 297 ., 347 n.
J. F., 165 .
Richard, 84.
Taylor Hill, 303.
Temple, Colonel, 195.
Temples, John, 291, 292.
Tester (woolcomber), 201.
Tewkesbury, frame-work knitters
at, 224, 230, 232.
' Thirty-Eight, the,' 291 ; arrest
and trial of, 297-300, 336.
Thistlewood, 365 n.
Thomas, Charles, 179.
Thompson, Joseph, 291, 292.
Thompson's mill, 303.
Thomsdn, Baron, Lancashire Special
Commission (1812), 292 ; Yorkshire
Special Commission (1813), 323,
328, 329, 334.
Mr., M.P., 77.
Thong, Nether, 320.
Upper, 320.
INDEX
395
Thornhill Lees, 357-360, 363, 365 ;
Oliver's arrest and escape, 358.
Thorpe, 9.
Thomas, 63, 90, 120.
William, 324.
Threatening letters, 65.
' Three-days ' grievance (miners) ,
27, 3i 33-
Tierney, George, 77 ; on spy
system, 371 ; on Oliver, 373, 374.
Times, the, 78, 218, 219.
Tintwistle, 288, 291.
Tiverton, 197 ; Heathcoat's lace
works, 200, 242.
Todmorden, in, 124.
' Tommy-shops,' 20, 31-33.
Tooke, History of Prices, 88 .
Toplis, William, 196 ; petition
against woolcombers, 198, 199.
Tories, 121, 371.
Tottington, in.
Towle, James, 239, 240.
Rodney, alias Bill, 238, 241.
Towns of Industrial Revolution, 7.
Townsend, Sheriff, 208 ; Lord
Mayor, 209.
Trade Unions. See Combinations.
Trentham, William (hosier), 269,
270.
Trowbridge, 146, 188 ; centre of
shearmen's organisation in 1802,
171, 172, 175, 178-181.
Truck system: mines, 20, 21, 26, 33;
woollen industry, 157, 161, 163,
184 ; frame- work knitting in-
dustry, 228, 229, 235, 236, 258,
266.
Trye (woolcomber) , 196.
Turner, William, trial and execution
of, 3 6 8, 37-
Turnpike men, 181.
Twarton, 200.
Twist-net fever, 255.
Tyburn tickets, 335.
Tyne Main, 43.
Mercury, 24, 33-36, 38 ., 41.
Vale, 1 8.
ULEY, 162, 163, 168 n.
Undertakers in ribbon trade, 214.
Union lodges (woollen weavers),
163, 164.
Unions, Trade. See Combinations.
United Trades' Co-operative Journal,
131-
Unwin, Professor G., 144 .
Ure, A., Cotton Manufacture of
Great Britain, 50, 124 n.
VAGRANCY ACT, 43, 348.
Valline, John, 208.
Vend, the Newcastle, 24, 25.
Venezuela, 112.
Vickerman, Mr., 303, 308 n., 322,
323-
' Vindex ' in Tyne Mercury, 36.
Voice from the Coal Mines, A , 27.
Volunteers, doubts of, 66.
WADDINGTON, Robert, spy, alias
A. B., 113 ., 277 ; activities over
' general insurrection ' (1817),
350-352.
Wages, regulation of : cotton
weavers, 61, 62, 72-75, 77, 78, 83,
86, 87, 121, 124, 128 ; woollen
weavers, 157-159 ; silk weavers,
207, 209-219; frame -work
knitters, 223, 224, 254.
miners, 18, 18 n., 20, 21 ., 28,
33. 37 I cotton spinners, 94, 97-
99, 129 n., 131-133 ; cotton
weavers, 70, 74, 78, 88, 92, no,
1 20, 343, 344 ; woollen spinners,
144, 147, 154, 155 ; woollen
weavers, 144 n., 154, 155, 158,
160, 161, 164, 166, 167 ; shear-
men, 173 ; worsted spinners, 155 ;
worsted weavers, 192, 195 ;
woolcombers, 198, 201 ; silk
weavers, 213, 217 ; ribbon
weavers, 217 ; frame- work
knitters, 223-225, 228, 244 n.,
246, 249, 263, 264, 266, 270.
Wakefield, 311, 319, 342; and
Oliver, 354, 356, 357, 359, 360,
363-
Waldridge, 38-40.
Wales, 43.
Walker, Benjamin, murderer of
Horsfall, 322, 324, 329, 330;
subsequent history, 334.
John, 331.
William, 292.
Wallas, Graham, 7 n.
Waller, Ann, 179.
Walmsley, Elizabeth, 81.
Walshaw Lane, in.
War: with America, (1775) 53, 55,
141, (1812) 319 ; with France, 8,
142, 162, 193, 226 ; with Spain,
55-
Wardle, Colonel, 280.
Warminster, 171, 172.
Warp machine, 226, 236.
Warp lace trade, 236, 237 ; workers,
238.
396 THE SKILLED LABOURER, 1760-1832
Warr, Adjutant, 79 n. t 277, 279, 280,
285.
Warren, Joseph, 179.
Phoebe, 179.
Warrington, 59.
Warwick, 197 ; ribbon weavers,
214, 216.
Washington, William, 298.
Watch and Ward Act, 311.
Water frame, patented by Ark-
wright, 50 ; used for worsted,
152, 155, 222.
Watermen, 209.
Watson, Dr., 365 n.
Mr., J.P., 320.
Watt, James, and steam engine, 57.
Watts, Nathaniel, 160.
Webb, Mr. and Mrs., History of
Trade Unionism, 86, 130 n., 336.
Mr. (clothier), 180.
Weddle, George, 44.
Wedgwood, Josiah, 54.
Weightman, George, 367 n., 369,
3?o.
Wellington, 162.
Duke of, 10.
Wesley, John, 230.
(Luddite), 262.
Wesleyan Methodists, 307 n.
Westenholme, James, 355.
West Houghton weaving factory,
272 ; plans to fire, 279-284 ;
burned down, 285 ; trials and
executions for, 293, 295, 296.
Westmoreland, 141.
West Riding, 4 ; and worsted trade,
137, 141, 143 ; and woollen
trade, 137-140.
Whalley, 127.
Whig Ministry of 1806, 73, 186.
Whigs, 121, 240 ; and spy system,
371-
Whitbread, Samuel, 83, 267, 278,
279 n., 280 ; on spies, 300.
White, George, 229 n.
Mr. (cotton master), 119.
Whitefield, 59, 63, 64.
Whitehead, 316.
Whithers, 241.
Whittaker, Thomas, 273 n., 274,
286 n., 291-292.
Wigan, 54, 55, 58, 59, 78, 100 ; and
abuse of charitable at, 90.
Wilberforce, William, and woollen
workers, 184, 186, 187 ; on
Oliver, 373.
Willans, Mr., of Dewsbury, 362, 363,
364-
Williams (counsel for ' the 38 '), 299.
Wilmot, Mr., 180.
Wilton, 197.
Wiltshire, 10 ; clothing district,
137, 146, 158 ; riots of 1802,
268 n. ; suggestion to get spies
thence, 314, 315.
Wingfield, 361.
Wolstonholme, Rev. Hugh, 367.
Women : as cotton hand-spinners,
5 53> 56 ; as cotton machine-
spinners, 131 ; as cotton hand-
loom weavers, 60 ; as cotton
power-loom weavers, 72 ; strike
of, in 1818, 95, 96 ; as woollen and
worsted spinners, 143-156 ; as
woollen weavers, 161, 162 ; as
silk weavers, 209 ; as frame-work
knitters, 222 n. ; Luddite opposi-
tion to employment, 257, 263 ;
as lace workers, 254, 255 n., 256;
lace runners try to combine, 262,
263 ; as embroiderers of hose,
269, 270 ; behaviour in strikes
(pitmen's wives in 1832 strike),
42,43; in cotton strike (1808), 80;
in cotton strike (1818), 105, 115,
116.
Wood, Alderman, 327 .
Baron, 332, and trial of ' the
38,' 299, 300 ; and trial of
Huddersfield rioters, 365, 366.
John (cropper), 310, 322, 329.
(Bradford spinner), 156.
Sir Francis, 311.
William (Blanketeer) , 348, 349.
Wool, export of British, 136, 137.
Woolcombers, 47, 190, 194 (see
Chapter vi., section vi., 195) ;
nature of work and character-
istics, 195, 196 ; opposition to
machinery, 197-200 ; Toplis on,
198, 199 ; Congress at Coventry,
200, 201 ; Bradford strike (1825),
201-203 ; superseded by machin-
ery, 203, 204 ; address to masters
(1840), 203.
Woollen Bill, 136 ., 145.
industry, 136-140.
Manufacture, Committee on
state of (1806), 181, 186, 187.
statutes, 1 68 ; attempt of men
to enforce (1802-1809), 180-188 ;
Bills suspending, 181-185, 187,
188; shearmen's Bill, 184 ; Com-
mittee of 1806 on, 1 86 ; repealed
(1809), 188. See also Gig mills,
Apprentices, Limitation of looms.
weavers (see Chapter vi., sec-
tion iii.), 156 ; early character-
INDEX
397
istics, 156 ; attempt to obtain
regulation of wages in S.W. (1756),
I 57" I 59 ; attempt to enforce
woollen statutes (1802-1899), 18-
188 ; and flying shuttle, 159-161 ;
stability of wages in S.W., 162 ;
organisation and strikes in S.W.,
162-164 ; organisation and strikes
in Yorkshire, 164-167; and power-
looms, 167.
Wool-sorters, 181.
Worcester, 56.
Worsley, 296.
T., 93 n.
Worsted Acts, 190, 191.
Committee, 190, 199.
industry, 136-138, 140-143.
mills, 152, 153, 155, 156.
weavers, 47 (see Chapter vi.,
section v., 190) ; of Norwich, 191-
194 ; of West Riding, 194, 195 ;
and power-looms, 194, 195 ; join
woolcombers in 1825 strike, 201-
203.
Wortley, 154.
Stuart, 325 n.
Wotten, 163.
Wright, Mr., J.P., 116.
Wyatt and Paul, 51.
Wylde, Dr., J.P., 239.
Wymondham, 193.
YARWOOD, Humphrey, and Luddite
disturbances, 276, 278, 286, 287,
297.
Yates, Mr. (Peel's partner), 66.
Yeomanry, the, used (1818), 95, 119.
Young, Arthur : on woollen manu-
facture, 2, 136, 139, 150, 151 ; on
worsted, 141, 152 n., 192 ; on
wretchedness of spinners, 145 ;
on miners, 18 n., 19, 20 n. \ on
silk, 211 n.
Young, Sir William, 184.
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