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James Hawker (poacher)

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95:, was produced by the Emma Theatre Company in 1980 and written by Andrew Marley and Lloyd Johnston. After the first performance of the play, a collection was raised which paid for a headstone at Hawker's grave, bearing the motto: "I will Poach till I die". 91:
published his journal, written in 1904–1905, a "mixture of autobiography, poacher's handbook, and radical philosophy". A play of Hawker's life,
102:. David Sneath is a direct descendant of James Hawker who has also lived on Stoughton Road and was part of the Oadby Historical Society. 274: 53: 159: 46:
to acquire a gun and reached the rank of corporal, although he left Daventry after falling out with the head gamekeeper at Badby.
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at Stoughton Road, Oadby, and was buried in Oadby cemetery. Descendants of James Hawker are also buried there.
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and began poaching as a teenager to gain extra income whilst working as an apprentice bootmaker. He joined the
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Liberty, Retrenchment and Reform: Popular Liberalism in the Age of Gladstone, 1860–1880
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In 1982, David Sneath and Barry Lount published a book on James Hawker titled
169: 213: 35: 28: 25: 50: 137:, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 18 April 2010. 232:. Fleckney, Leicestershire, UK: Manchester House. 191: 24:(baptised 29 August 1836 – 7 August 1921) was an 230:The Life of a Victorian Poacher: James Hawker 8: 194:James Hawker's Journal: A Victorian Poacher 154:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 145: 143: 135:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 111: 125: 123: 121: 119: 117: 115: 7: 228:Sneath, David; Lount, Barry (1982). 80:in his diary. In 1921 he died of a 14: 100:The Life of a Victorian Poacher 49:In 1893, he was elected to the 1: 60:. Hawker kept photographs of 131:"Hawker, James (1836–1921)" 16:English poacher (1836–1921) 306: 275:Burials in Leicestershire 150:Biagini, E. F. (1992). 89:Oxford University Press 62:William Ewart Gladstone 280:People from Daventry 129:Robin P. Jenkins, 285:People from Oadby 70:Augustine Birrell 66:Charles Bradlaugh 297: 251: 224: 222: 220: 197: 188:Christian, Garth 174: 173: 147: 138: 127: 40:Northamptonshire 305: 304: 300: 299: 298: 296: 295: 294: 255: 254: 240: 227: 218: 216: 206: 190:, ed. (1979) . 186: 183: 181:Further reading 178: 177: 162: 149: 148: 141: 128: 113: 108: 34:He was born in 17: 12: 11: 5: 303: 301: 293: 292: 287: 282: 277: 272: 267: 257: 256: 253: 252: 238: 225: 204: 182: 179: 176: 175: 160: 139: 110: 109: 107: 104: 58:parish council 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 302: 291: 288: 286: 283: 281: 278: 276: 273: 271: 268: 266: 263: 262: 260: 249: 245: 241: 235: 231: 226: 215: 211: 207: 201: 196: 195: 189: 185: 184: 180: 171: 167: 163: 161:9780521403153 157: 153: 146: 144: 140: 136: 132: 126: 124: 122: 120: 118: 116: 112: 105: 103: 101: 96: 94: 90: 87:In 1961, the 85: 83: 79: 78:Gladys Cooper 75: 74:Thomas Sayers 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 52: 47: 45: 41: 37: 32: 30: 27: 23: 19: 229: 217:. Retrieved 193: 151: 134: 99: 97: 92: 86: 82:heart attack 54:school-board 48: 33: 22:James Hawker 21: 20: 18: 270:1921 deaths 265:1836 births 93:The Poacher 259:Categories 248:1252164297 239:0950727814 205:0192812556 106:References 290:Poachers 170:23869026 36:Daventry 214:4788542 44:militia 29:poacher 26:English 246:  236:  219:28 May 212:  202:  168:  158:  76:, and 51:Oadby 244:OCLC 234:ISBN 221:2024 210:OCLC 200:ISBN 166:OCLC 156:ISBN 261:: 242:. 208:. 164:. 142:^ 133:, 114:^ 72:, 68:, 64:, 38:, 31:. 250:. 223:. 172:.

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English
poacher
Daventry
Northamptonshire
militia
Oadby
school-board
parish council
William Ewart Gladstone
Charles Bradlaugh
Augustine Birrell
Thomas Sayers
Gladys Cooper
heart attack
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"Hawker, James (1836–1921)"


ISBN
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OCLC
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Christian, Garth
James Hawker's Journal: A Victorian Poacher

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