thanks mag, 

this might be it. this group is always good to get
information on just about anything. 


--- Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> TIMELINE [1819] 
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> In 1819 a “Society of Good fellowship" was
> established at the Artichoke, the rules and
> regulations of which were approved by the Midsummer
> Sessions of the Liberty of St. Albans. Societies
> such as these were the beginnings of Craft Unions or
> Friendly Societies, culminating in the Parliamentary
> Act of 1896 which consolidated all the previous laws
> regarding them, Unfortunately the Midsummer Sessions
> of 1819 did not see fit to preserve a copy of the
> actual Artichoke "Rules and Regulations” but it is
> safe to assume that they were true to type of the
> many similar Societies formed at Inns of that
> period. Subscriptions according to age varied from
> 1/- per month at 18 to 1/9 monthly at 45. Benefits
> for general sickness were 6/- per week for specified
> periods, while a member who became blind, lame or
> otherwise incapable was superannuated at the same
> figure. Further to sickness benefit it was allowed
> that “Any free member of this Society that is in
> Prison for Debt shall from the tine
>  he gives Notice to the Clerk of such his
> imprisonment be allowed 2/6d per week during the
> continuance thereof". No benefits were payable
> following inoculation for Small-pox or through
> incapacity as a result of fighting! 
> 
> There were many regulations for upholding the
> dignity of such societies. A fine of 10/- was
> imposed on those members in receipt of benefit who
> frequented gaming houses or who became "intoxicated
> with liquor" and "Any member who shall be convicted
> of Felony, Theft, Swindling or Breach of Trust in
> any of his Majesty's Courts of Judicature, or by
> Turning King's Evidence shall prove himself Guilty
> of any of the aforesaid Crimes or misdemeanours he
> shall be excluded". "If any member curse or swear he
> shall forfeit 2d for every such offence". 
> 
> Fests were generally held on Boxing Day and Whit
> Monday, the accumulated fines augmenting the funds
> to defray expenses. The Society's monies would be
> kept in a chest on the premises, there being four
> keys, held by the President and three stewards. 
> 
> What the Registrar of Friendly Societies might have
> eventually thought of such rules and regulations is
> interesting speculation, but there is not further
> evidence in the Sessions records to suggest that the
> Artichoke Society of Good Fellowship survived long
> enough for his attention. 
> 
> TIMELINE [1823] 
> 
> But Good Fellowship was not the general rule,
> apparent for a dispute is recorded in the Epiphany
> Sessions of 1323. An order was recited with the
> object of "stopping up Chandlers Lane or Rouse Barn
> Lane", as being "useless and unnecessary"
> ……….”between two old enclosures belonging to the
> Earl of Clarendon, continuing thence between certain
> coppices or woods of John Finch and the Earl of
> Essex, continuing its course and passing "by Rouse
> Farm between the enclosure of Robert Williams,
> Esquire, and the poles of Cashiobury Park, and
> proceeding thence over the canal bridge ……. Free
> passage is reserved to the said Earl of Essex, John
> Finch and Robert Williams and the Masters and
> Fellows of Caius College, and their respective
> tenants and undertenants, for persons, horses,
> cattle and carriages through the land and soil of
> the said highway to and from the land respectively
> belonging to them accordingly to ancient usage". 
> 
> This “Ancient usage" is evidence by the probabllity
> that the name cormes froma one Henry Rowce, who was
> party to a deed concerning a messuage Watford in
> 1527. Preservation of the lane can be accredited to
> Peter Clutterbuck, esquire, who successfully
> complained to the justices, contending that "the
> said highway called Chandlers Lane or Rouse Barn
> Lane is not unnecessary and useless." 
> 
> Thus our present ROUSEbarn lane, so often pronounced
> Rose-barn Lane, probably came from ROWCE-Barn and in
> 1766 was spelt ROWS-barn Lane. 
> 
> The history of English paper-making and much of the
> history of Hertfordshire is synonymous. Mills for
> the caking of pulp and paper were scattered
> throughout the country from the 15th century.
> Locally we had Austins Mill at Mill End, McFarlanes
> Scot’s Bridge Mill (now the M.G.M. Off ices) and
> Curtis’ Mill at Sarratt. There were "family affairs”
> small pulp or hand made paper mills, with only a
> handful of workers, mostly resident on the premises.
> At Loudwater, however, a Mill was purchased in 1848
> by Mr. Herbert Ingram, and developed into a large
> business of its day. He was the founder and
> proprietor of the Illustrated London News, and built
> Glen Chess alongside his Mill, which was purchased
> 10 years later by William McMurray. Paper was taken
> to London once a week from this Mill by traction
> engine, and stories are still told of the noisy
> adventures of this method of transport in those
> quiet days. 
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 10:21:10 AM
> Subject: thomas jefferson and artichoke society
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> 
> hey guys i was reading a book saying that thomas
> jefferson was part of a group known as the artichoke
> society. doing web searches i have found nothing
> about
> this. before i dismiss this as sheer fiction i
> thought
> i'd ask this learned group if anyone has heard or
> read
> anything at all like this. 
> anmyone? 
> 
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