Grave of a Tolpuddle Martyr
James Hammett was an outsider: unlike the other Tolpuddle Martyrs, he never wrote about his experiences, had a criminal record and was not a Methodist. He alone stayed in Tolpuddle, as a builder's labourer. He was not at the fateful initiation, and may have accepted arrest on behalf of his newly-married brother, John, who was present and whose wife was about to give birth. Hammett had been imprisoned in 1829 for allegedly stealing some pieces of iron. He was transported to Australia for 7 years. On release in 1837 Hammett remained in Tolpuddle. He died in the Dorchester workhouse in 1891
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