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A History of the County of Oxford
… been John Holloway's endowment of the Bluecoat school for journeymen weavers' sons in 1724, which included provision …
A History of the County of Oxford
… issued rules for taking apprentices and employing journeymen, and exacted fines for non-compliance; all … by 1712 membership comprised 56 master weavers and 48 journeymen, rising to 79 masters and 41 journeymen by 1719, and, despite a gradual decline from the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… West End, endowed in 1724, catered expressly for sons of journeymen weavers and avoided exclusive Anglican links, … from Witney and five from Hailey, and all of them sons of journeymen weavers. The master's salary was then 20, from … 280, and it was proposed to open the charity to sons of journeymen fullers if there were insufficient weavers' sons …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and by steady worsening of relations between masters and journeymen, particularly in the 1790s. 299 Such periods of … of the disturbances, and relations between masters and journeymen were clearly deteriorating by the 1790s, when the … of war, recession, and local unrest. An accompanying journeymen's feast was ended slightly earlier, prompting …
A History of the County of Oxford
… should work in Woodstock except for a freeman, and all journeymen were to be hired for at least a year and in the … no. 24. 95 In 1768 the steel industry employed 2030 hands, journeymen earning between 15 s. and 2 gn. a week. 96 …