Hi Dawn, It may take me a little while, as I thought I had an e-mail address for him and he travels around quite a bit. I will contact his father Barry Standfield in B.C. as he has a computer and E ----- Original Message ----- From: "P.F. & D. Stewart" <stewpot20@btopenworld.com> To: <TOLPUDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [TOL] Polly Hammett > Hello Gayle, > > Many thanks for your reply. I do have a copy of the TUC book but if you > could manage to contact David and extract any photos from him, that would be > a great help. > Cheers > Dawn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pete & Gayle Young" <pgyoung@rcv.org> > To: <TOLPUDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:10 AM > Subject: Re: [TOL] Polly Hammett > > > > Hi Dawn and everyone. > > > > The only picture that I have of the Standfield Cottage is the drawing from > > the The Martyrs Of Tolpuddle book published by the Trades Union > Congress. > > David Standfield a newfound cousin of mine visited Tolpuddle a few years > ago > > and > > actually knocked on the door of the old Standfield residence and the lady > > who lived there at the time invited him in for a tour of her home. > > He, probably has some photographs of the Standfield home and I will try > > to reach him to see if he does. He will not be attending this reunion > that > > I > > know of, as we haven't had a response to the invitation notice that we > > sent. > > > > If you would like a copy of the one in the book I have, just let me know > and > > I will scan it and send it to you. > > > > Robert Standfield the great grandfather of Thomas Standfield T.M. owned > > an "alehouse" or a "Tippling House" which was a small version of an Inn, > > but the exact location is not clear, but it was known as The King's Arms, > > and > > was most likely situated near the main road through the village of Dorset. > > (This info is from the Pidela, which I know you have read Dawn) > > > > Just for the interest of those on the List, it says he appears to be a man > > of average > > wealth, in that his wearing apparel is in triplicate, and would appear to > be > > of good > > quality, he possessed silver shoe buckles, had two wigs and quite a lot of > > ready > > cash in the house. As well as the King's Arms, he had another house in > > Topuddle > > called Clarks, and a house or booth on Woodbury Hill which appears to > have > > been a > > lodging house for travellers to the fair. His total estate was worth 273 > > pounds. > > > > The Pidela contains the last will and testament of Robert Standfield of > the > > parish of > > Tolpuddle and it is quite an interesting read as to what he willed to each > > of his > > children and his wife Katherine (Jones) Standfield. Robert's daughter > Mary > > married Thomas Raison, and Robert left some money to his grandson Jethro > > Raison, > > so if any of you have any Raisons in your genealogy you may be related to > > the > > Standfields. > > > > Gayle > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "P.F. & D. Stewart" <stewpot20@btopenworld.com> > > To: <TOLPUDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:19 PM > > Subject: [TOL] Polly Hammett > > > > > > > Greetings Gayle & everyone else, > > > > > > Firstly Gayle good luck with the reunion. I bet it will be a great > > success. > > > > > > Gayle, do you, or does anyone else, have any old photos of the > Standfield > > > homes in T'pud? One was presumably the pub. I have been trying to track > > > down a Polly Hammett who I'm told lived in the Standfield's house in > > T'pud. > > > My late mother remembered staying with Polly in the 1920s but couldn't > > > remember how she was linked in with our Hammett and Loveless families. > > > There is a photo of a cottage owned by Mary Hammett (who might just be > > > Polly) the widow of Samuel Hammett son of TM James Hammett hence my > > interest > > > in knowing if this was also a Standfield cottage. > > > > > > Any help will be much appreciated because Polly is fast becoming my > > > equivalent of Irene's Blasted Bobby - take it you haven't found him yet > > > Irene. > > > > > > Cheers everyone > > > > > > Dawn > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TOLPUDDLE Mailing List ==== > > > LOVELESS/LOVELACE GENEALOGY PAGE - > > > UNITED KINGDOM/CANADA/AUSTRALIA > > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~martyrs > > > > > > > > > ==== TOLPUDDLE Mailing List ==== > > LOVELESS/LOVELACE GENEALOGY PAGE - > > UNITED KINGDOM/CANADA/AUSTRALIA > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~martyrs > > > > > ==== TOLPUDDLE Mailing List ==== > LOVELESS/LOVELACE GENEALOGY PAGE - > UNITED KINGDOM/CANADA/AUSTRALIA > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~martyrs >