1883, Trustee of Lopping Hall, Loughton.
According to G. Sludge, ".. a builder's labourer". At the time this was not a normal occupation for a Trustee of something like Lopping Hall. We wonder if Hawkins was there "representing" Thomas Willingale (a lopper) who had initiated the campaign for lopping rights but had died in 1870.
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William Hawkins
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Warden of the Carpenters Company in 1956.
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