Note 612 — Chapter XXII
Reading edition
There are numerous letters belonging to this period in the State Paper Office, written by Bowen. Letters dated 1675, Jan. 15; Feb. 17, 19, 24, furnish what I have said, and a great deal more. It appears from the following extract, as well as from a former one, that Nonconformists did not always meekly submit to their oppressors. In reading the letter, however, it must be remembered that an enemy writes it. "John Faucet had disturbed the Presbyterians at worship in the Granary—and, in consequence, was violently assaulted, beaten, and trodden upon by several rude persons, and in great danger of his life."
(Norwich, Dec. 11, 1674, Thomas Corie.)
A similar complaint is made by Bowen of the treatment of a constable who disturbed a meeting at Yarmouth.