Last year I published a book called "Captain Swing in Sussex & Kent", about agricultural labourers uprising against poverty and new machinery. They "fired" stacks of hay, wheat etc and machinery and barns. Quite a few were transported. This is definitely what that means. Perhaps the person was a "Swing" rioter? The riots spread to Hampshire then across the country, but they began in Kent. Helena http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/cs.html Chris & Caroline wrote: > Anyone know what "firing a stack" would have been in the early 1800s as > found a distant cousing to a friend who was transported to Australia for > this (got 10 yrs) > Chris > SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > http://Southernlife.org.uk > History of the Hampshire, Dorset and IOW > Villages,Towns and Churches > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >
Thanks Helena I thought firing a haystack etc was too easy!!! But then crimes in those days were a lot simpler than today Chris PS Did Captain Swing wear his underpants outside his trousers!!! LOL ----- Original Message ----- From: "hastings press" <hastings.press@virgin.net> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 4:32 AM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] strange crime Last year I published a book called "Captain Swing in Sussex & Kent", about agricultural labourers uprising against poverty and new machinery. They "fired" stacks of hay, wheat etc and machinery and barns. Quite a few were transported. This is definitely what that means. Perhaps the person was a "Swing" rioter? The riots spread to Hampshire then across the country, but they began in Kent. Helena