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Matthew Madlin from Slaley [Fenwick Room]
Matthew Madlin from Slaley [Fenwick Room]
Matthew Madlin from Slaley
Matthew Madlin hails from Slaley. A farmer with a small holding of his own right, he is 29 years old. His farm is also close to Slaley.
Matthew walks the six miles to Hexham and is joined by others on his way, including his friend Thomas Standford. He is very reluctant to join the militia and hates such an imposition. He wants to be allowed to get on with his farming and hates the disruption to his way of life which such a thing would bring.
In fact he is quite angry about the whole thing and the feeling of powerlessness which he has in the face of the establishment effectively conscripting him into the militia. He is not alone in these views as a number of men he meets along the way to Hexham hold similar views.
At the market he and Tom were shouting,
“WE HAVE RIGHTS”, “ DON’T FORCE US INTO WAR!”
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