In many places in Derbyshire and the north of England merchants gave out the raw cotton to the workers, and the whole family, from grandparents to small children, combined in the various processes. They were jealous of his success and combined against him, and, accusing him of having borrowed his ideas from other inventors, brought a case into court to have his patents set aside.

into the making of private loans to some well-heeled borrowers: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (anxious to conceal her gambling debts from her husband), Sir Thomas Hunloke, Henry Cavendish, William Lowe, the sixth Earl of Chesterfield, and many local businessmen. Peter:       17 April 1784 - 19 Sept 1866.

Arkwright Junior kept an eye on the accounts until shortly before his death - and bringing up his large family at Rock House while his father occupied the grander Willersley Castle. In 1946, after the end of the Second World War, a booklet was produced by the Sir Richard Arkwright & Co Ltd, Masson Mill, to mark the end of the war and the beginning of a new peacetime prosperity. He married Sarah Hoskyns at the age of 44 and the couple had 12 children.John became a JP and High Sheriff of Herefordshire.

Much of Richard's wealth stemmed from his banking business, Richard Arkwright & Co. of Wirksworth.

The funds released by these sales were invested in Consolidated stock or ploughed into property. Augustus Peter: 2 Mar 1821 - 6 Oct 1887. This did not seem a very fortunate beginning, and for many years he had a hard struggle. where 122 sat down to tea on the lawn in front of the house. Peter Arkwright extended their home considerably, adding a new 3-storey extension at the front. Anne married Sir James Wigram of Walthamstow in 1818 and they had 4 sons and 5 daughters. Surprisingly, the Times carried no obituary when, aged 87, he died from a sudden stroke. Meanwhile, the mills at Cromford, the birthplace of this revolution in the cotton industry, fell into decline, and finally closed during Peter Arkwright's lifetime. In 1881 she was a widow living in Kensington, London. His needs were simple, and occasionally he would be mistaken for another gardener as he worked in the exotic greenhouses, the house and gardens being opened to the public on one day each week. Jane was born on January 20 1867, in Ontario, Canada. Charlotte died in 1855. Already Richard held £40,000 in the Funds, and by the time he died he was the largest holder in the kingdom. His father Richard was at Willersley Castle with his unmarried daughter Frances and nine servants. Much of his estate was left to the daughter of his second marriage, his grandchildren, and to charities, but the residue, including a number of the manufactories, passed to his son Richard. He became a wig-maker and barber. Water Frame works see Adam Hart-Davis's article in                          Science and Technology online.

At last it was finished, but he was too poor to put his machine into production himself, so he had to find somebody who could give him the financial help he needed.

They lived at Hatton House, Warwickshire, where John was a Justice of the Peace and county Sheriff. That same year 12 year old Peter was sent to Eton with his older brothers Richard and Robert. How long will the footprints on the moon last?