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• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Witney, Oxfordshire, England
• Occupation: 6 Jun 1841, Witney, Oxfordshire, England; fuller

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Died at age 74

(Research):The Fuller Family - Old OccupationsOld Occupations - Fuller & Tuckers
The name fuller derives from the Old French fouller to trample on, and probably
originated from the Latin fullo for a fuller, the man who fulfilled the
essential role of ``filling out'' or felting the cloth woven by weavers, Tuckers
derives from the Middle English tukere, for a cloth fuller or finisher. The
process of fulling or tucking consists of the closing together of the threads of
woven woollen fabric with the assistance of soap or acid liquor; this makes the
cloth thicker. The romans practised fulling techniques, so would have introduced
the process to Britain. Until the 13th Century the most common method was to
trample the cloth in tubs and then in streams and this method continued to be
used in Ireland until this century.
However, fulling was the first part of the cloth-making process to become
mechanised and fulling mills in Britain have been operating since at least 1295.
They were established anywhere there was a stream of sufficient power to drive
the water-wheel and because they were already mechanised often became the nuclei
of later woollen factories. In Merionethshire ``Walking'' or Fulling Mills
traced from surviving examples or references in documents or place names,
numbered at least 60 all told, although they were not all in operation at one
time. Geoffrey Grigson, in his ``exploration'' of his native parish of Pelynt,
Cornwall, relates to how the survival of the old name ``Woolwashing'' applied to
an area of a stream and the discovery of an overgrown flight of steps, led him
to the discovery of a forgotten Cistercian fulling mill.
Fulling was a very important process, as the cloth straight from the loom was
too greasy and loose to use. Many fulling mills were built on farmland since a
good many farmers either wove in the winter months to supplement their income or
employed labourers who could weave. Rent for a ``Wake or fulling mill'' was 15
shillings a year in 1740 and, about the same period, it cost between

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Did he have an apprentice in 1777? See source detail.

John married Hannah Shepperd 18 Nov 1770, Witney, Oxfordshire, England. Hannah was born 1742; was buried 28 May 1820. [Group Sheet]

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