Chimers and silk weavers – the Tolliday family of Sudbury

Felix Parsonson Tolliday, (1838 – 1917), known as ‘John’, was the son of a well-known Sudbury bell-ringer and hand loom-silk weaver, Stephen Tolliday. The Tollidays were very proud of their craft and what they considered to be the superior finish of the hand-loom work.
Felix and his brother Arthur were the first members of the family to abandon weaving at home and work in a silk factory.
Admissions to the Freedom of the Borough of Sudbury in the early 19th century
The Thorn family
Thorn, Oliver Pettitt, of Marylebone, apprentice to Oliver Gooch, then Henry French, harness maker, admitted June 17th, 1818, borough only, by servitude
The Tolladay fmily
Tolladay, Arthur, of Gooseberry Row, Sudbury, labourer, son of John, silkweaver, of Gooseberry Row, Sudbury, admitted May 5th, 1871
Tolladay, George, weaver, son of John, silkweaver, admitted May 16th, 1848
Tolladay, John, sayscourer, admitted July 11th, 1778, borough only, by birth
Tolladay, John, a Private in the West Suffolk Militia, admitted October 28th, 1806, borough only, by birth
Tolladay, John, weaver, son of John, soldier, admitted June 12th, 1826, borough only, by birth
Tolladay, Joseph, sayscourer, admitted March 31st, 1784, borough only, by birth
Tolladay, Stephen Henry, of 18 Church Street, labourer, son of George Tolladay, weaver, dec’d, admitted May 2nd, 1879
Tolladay, William, senior, sayscourer, admitted July 9th, 1778, borough only, by birth
Tolladay, William, junior, sayscourer, son of William, senior, admitted May 4th, 1780, borough only, by birth
Tolladay, William, yeoman, son of Joseph, admitted June 17th, 1818, borough and commons, by birth
Tolladay, William, labourer, son of William, sayscourer, admitted June 18th, 1818, borough only, by birth
The Tolliday family
Tolliday, Arthur Woodlow, silkweaver, silkweaver, son of Stephen, silkweaver, admitted August 7th, 1857
Tolliday, Cornelius Mudle, silkweaver, son of Stephen, silkweaver, admitted August 7th, 1857
Tolliday, Felix, of Gregory Street, silkweaver, son of Stephen, silkweaver, admitted August 5th, 1859
Tolliday, Henry, of Gooseberry Row, Sudbury, weaver, son of John, of Gooseberry Row, Sudbury, silkweaver, admitted May 3rd, 1872
Tolliday, Stephen, silkweaver, son of John, late Private in the West Suffolk Militia, admitted July 28th, 1830, borough only, by birth
Tolliday, Stephen, cordwainer, son of William senior, Church Clerk, admitted July 28th, 1830, borough only, by birth
Tolliday, William, of (Sudbury) and of Ballingdon, labourer, son of William, sayscourer, admitted July 28th, 1830, borough only, by birth
The Tozer family
Tozer, Abraham, of Bury St Edmunds, draper, son of William, admitted October 3rd, 1812, borough and commons, by birth
The Turner family
Turner, John, victualler, admitted May 28th, 1813, borough and commons, by purchase, 15 guineas
The Tweedale family
Tweedale, John, of Bulmer, Essex, M.D., apprentice to Robert Anderson, surgeon and apothecary, admitted June 17th, 1818, borough only, by servitude