How are the members of The Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers now more commonly known, this name arose from a court case heard in 1797?
Tolpuddle Martyrs Tolpuddle Martyrs The Tolpuddle Martyrs were a group of six 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who were arrested for and convicted of swearing a secret oath as members of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers. The rules of the society show it was clearly structured as a friendly society and operated as a trade-specific benefit society. At the time, friendly societies had elements of what is now considered the predominant role of trade unions. On 18 March 1834, the Tolpuddle Martyrs were sentenced to penal transportation to Australia. Before 1824 the Combination Acts had outlawed "combining" or organising to gain better
Odiham Agricultural Society Europe except England, a strange exception considering how grossly ignorant our farriers are". The May 1788 meeting of the Odiham Agricultural Society, having heard of this, decided to send 2 or more boys to study at the school in France and advertised for contributions. In the same year, James Clark, a Scottish farrier wrote a treatise entitled 'Prevention of Disease' in which he put the case for farriery schools "to qualify the farrier for his profession" and praised the work of the French schools, calling for similar in Britain. At this point another new name is added to the Odiham