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Steer (surname)
Steer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bartholomew Steer (bap. 1568–1597), English rebel * Bill Steer (born 1969), British guitarist *Dugald Steer (born 1965), English writer * Frank Steer (1901–2006), American First World War veteran * Gary Steer (born 1970), English cricketer *George Steer (1909–1944), British journalist and soldier *Jed Steer (born 1992), English footballer * John Steer (1824–1918), English merchant *Irene Steer (1889–1947), Welsh swimmer * Michael Steer (born 1956), Australian academic *Philip Wilson Steer (1860–1942), British painter * Rene Steer (born 1990), English footballer *Ricardo Steer (born 1982), Colombian footballer *Serafina Steer (born 1982), English musician *Spencer Steer (born 1997), American baseball player *Stanley Steer (1900–1997), Anglican bishop * Teri Steer (born 1975), American shot putter * Trevor Steer (born 1938), Australian rules footballer * Vincent Steer, typographer *William Steer William He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartholomew Steer
Bartholomew Steer (baptised 1568, died 1597) led the unsuccessful Oxfordshire Rising of 1596. He was a carpenter, born in Hampton Poyle, Oxfordshire, brother to a weaver. In Little Ice Age, 1596 the area was suffering through famine and increasing poverty. The weavers and carding, carders were severely affected by enclosure laws, and Steer, although he claimed upon his arrest that he was free and not in any want, lived in the midst of a great deal of suffering. He was well aware of the history of rebellion in Oxfordshire, and he agitated his fellow workers to rebel against the enclosures. John Walter says that Steer "preached the politics of Cockaigne, Cockayne" to hungry people. The goal of the uprising Steer organized was to tear down the fences and then to attack the landlords who maintained the enclosures, the law officers who enforced the enclosure act, and then to march with the people down to London, where the disaffected apprentices would join with them to demand change. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |