The Cantor Dimension by Delarose Sharon

Author:Delarose, Sharon [Delarose, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Gityasome Books
Published: 2012-01-05T16:00:00+00:00

James Baker

William Barber

Robert Barefoot

Richard Cox

Edwin Griffin

John Hardwicke

John Hayes

Richard Hinde

Thomas Munck

Thomas Overman Jr.

Thomas Overman Sr.

John Revell

Jacob Troughton

Thomas Washer

Symon Weeden

Edmund Whitwell

Of the sixteen, two died in Newgate Prison and the rest were imprisoned for no less than ten months after which they agreed never to make soap again. Halley was not among them, so he was not bound by the agreement.

The Westminster monopoly continued but dislike for the new soap was so strong that Ralph Freeman, who was the mayor of London, was called upon to inquire about the quality of the new soap. Countesses, laundresses, and ladies of all persuasions were interviewed, all of whom reported that the new soap was inferior and that it burned the skin and the cloth.

In 1634 the soapers of Westminster, in an effort to sell their inferior soaps, engaged the services of one of the soap-boilers of London to manufacture the soaps. It was their hope that having a London stamp would bless the soap. Still the inferior soap did not sell and the soapers of Westminster finally surrendered their patent to the king for a price. Their equipment was sold to the soap-boilers of London who were now back in business with their own agreement to pay the king. The soapers of Westminster who had thought to revolutionize the business of soap were now dissolved.

One might presume that after the victory the businesses of the Londoners would be booming and would thus be eyed favorably by a woman seeking a wealthy husband, such as the Joane who married Edmond Halley the soap-boiler in 1682. One might also suspect one of the soapers of Westminster in having a hand in the death of a successful soap-boiler of London.

A few months after the victory, Mayor Ralph Freeman died. An interesting coincidence is that soap-boiler Edmond Halley's great-granddaughter was Mary Freeman, the daughter of Rowland and Sybilla Freeman. After Rowland died, Sybilla married the astronomer Halley's son who was the surgeon Edmond Halley, and her daughter Mary became the astronomer Halley's only grandchild. Whether Rowland and Mary Freeman were related to the Mayor Freeman who became involved in the soap wars is unknown.

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