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Elizabeth Hooton

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Reading edition

Aberdeen, 56.

Agbarus, 43n.

Aldam, Thomas, 7, n, 8, 10n, 12, 15, 77.

Allartown, 9n.

America, ship, 25.

Anabaptists, 4.

Angus, 55n.

Appleby, 63n.

Aquidneck, see Rhode Island.

Arlington, Lord, 69, n.

Askham, 3.

Atkins, Governor, 83.

Atkinson, ⸺, 78, 79.

Atkinson, Rose, 57n.

Austin, Anne, 21, n.

Aylesbury, 63.

Azores Islands, 70.

Babbington, Matthew, justice, 56, n, 60-62.

Balby, 13, n.

banishment, 21, 22, 24, 25, 29, 32, 44, 50n, 51, 53, 54, 63.

Baptists, 4, 41n.

Barbados, 21, 24, 26, 29n, 32, 33, 48, 49, 69n, 70-72, 83, 84.

Barclay, David, 57.

Barclay, Robert, 57.

Barke, Samuel, 75.

Barnby, 78, 84.

Barnes, Elizabeth, 57n.

Barradell, Thomas, 62.

Bayly, Mary, form. Fisher, aft. Cross, 7n.

Beckingham, 14, 78, 79.

Bellingham, Richard, governor, 43-45, 47, 54, n.

Bennet, Henry, see Arlington, Lord.

Bible, The, 43.

Billingsley, John, minister, 20n.

Bingham, John, 64.

Bingham, Robert, 3.

Birch, John, 83.

Black, William, 83.

Bootle, 50n.

Boston, Mass., 19, n, 21-26, 28-34, 36, 39, 40n, 42-44, 46, 49-51, 54, 79.

Bower, Benanuel, 41, n.

Brackney, Matthias, 81, 85.

Bradstreet, Simon, magistrate, 40n.

Breedon, Capt. Thomas, 27, 49n.

Bristol, 50n.

Brocke, James, 57, 58.

Brockshaw, Thomas, 13n.

Brocksopp, Joan, 30-34.

Brocksopp, Thomas, 30n, 64.

Brownley, Richard, 75.

Bugg, Francis, 42n.

Bullock, Noah, 7, 78.

Burden, Ann, aft. Richardson, 50n.

Burden, Thomas, 50n.

Burlington, N.J., 82, 83.

Burrough, Edward, 28, n.

“cage of unclean birds,” 42, n.

Callender, John, 19, n.

Cambridge, 11n, 13.

Cambridge, Mass., 26, 30, 40-42, 51, 79.

Carr, Sir Robert, commissioner, 46, 49n.

Carrier, Elizabeth, aft. Hooton, 2, 77.

Cartwright, George, commissioner, 46, 47, 49, n, 50.

Chapman, Rev. Francis, 3, n.

Charlestown, Mass., 41.

Charlestown, S.C., 7n.

Chatham, 64.

Chesterfield, 20n, 30n.

“Children of the Light,” 4.

chimney-money, 48.

Christison, Wenlock, 32n.

church, non-attendance at, 24, 40, 80.

churches, speaking in, 7, 13, 14, 49, 44, 79.

Clarke, Hannah, form. Scott, 21n.

Clarke, Robert, 62.

Clarke, Walter, governor, 21n.

Clay, Francis, 85, 86.

Clay, William, 64, 75.

Clayton, Ann, 33, n.

Cockram, George, 64, 81, 85.

Cockram, Thomas, 64.

Coleman, Sarah, 41-43.

Conventicle Act, 58, 59, n, 66.

conventicles, 3, 58.

Copeland, John, 29n.

Cornwall, 25.

Cotton, John, minister, 40n.

Cotton, Seaborne, priest, 40, n.

Cowes, I.W., 54n.

Cowland, Alice, 25.

Cowper, James, 3.

Craven, Robert, 15.

Cromwell, Notts, 20n.

Cromwell, Oliver, 10-12, 87.

Cross, Mary, form. Fisher and Bayly, 7n.

Curwen, Thomas and Alice, 83.

Danford, Thomas, magistrate, 40, 41, n.

Dartmouth, N.E., 25.

Davis, Nicholas, 24, n.

Deal, 69.

death sentence passed or proposed, 24-26, 31, 32, 34, 44, 49, 51.

Dedham, 41, 43, 44, 80.

Degge, Sir Simon, 78.

Derby, 6, 7, 78.

Derbyshire, 15.

Dewsbury, William, 63, n.

disownments, 8, 80-82.

Dixie, Beaumont, justice, 62.

Doncaster, 7n, 11n.

Dorchester, Mass., 79.

Dover, N.E., 40.

drink, 14, 15.

Dryden, John, 21n.

Dyer, Mary, 19, n, 24, 25, 50n.

Dyer, William, 19n.

Easton, Nicholas, 33n.

Edmondson, William, 80.

Ejected Ministers, 20n.

emigration, 19n, 50n, 82, 83, 85.

Endicott, John, governor, 28-31, 34, 43, 50, n, 86.

Evelyn, J., Diary, 64.

Evesham, N.J., 82.

False Prophets, 11, 17.

Farnsfield, 59.

Farnsworth, Richard, 57.

Farnsworth, Thomas, 81, 86.

Fell, George, 65, 66.

Fell, Hannah, 65-68.

Fell, Margaret, aft. Fox, 33, n, 65, 66n, 81n.

Fell, Sarah, 67n, 69n.

Fell, Thomas, judge, 33n, 66n.

Fifth Monarchists, 4.

Fisher, Martha, 68, n.

Fisher, Mary, aft. Bayly and Cross, 7, n, 8, 11, 21.

Fiskerton, 13n.

Foster, Thomas, 69.

Fowke, Thomas, 64.

Fox, George, 4-8n, 12, 13, 15, 29n, 33n, 42n, 50, 57, 65, 67-74, 77, 80, 83.

Fox, Margaret, form. Fell, 66, 68, 69.

Fretwell, John, 64.

Fry, Elizabeth, 14.

Furness, 65.

Gardner, Horred, 24n.

Garland, Timothy, 54, n, 62.

Generalists, 20.

Goggins, Daniel, magistrate, 40, 42, 43.

Goldsmith, Ralph, 29, n.

Goodaire, Thomas, 63, n.

Grace, Robert, 64, 81, 85, 86.

Greaseley, 20n.

Green, Thomas, 69n.

Grey, Henry (Earl of Stamford), 61, n, 62.

Grey, John, 61n, 62.

Halliday, James, 9, n, 10, 55n.

Hamilton, Governor, 83.

Hampton, Mass., 40n, 51.

Handsworth Woodhouse, 64.

Harby, 65.

Hassehurst, Robert, 64.

hat honour, 12, 24.

Hathorne, Capt. William, 40, n.

Hatter, Richard, 9.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 40n.

Heath, Elizabeth, 5, 16.

Hillborne, Elizabeth, form. Hooton, 82, 83.

Hillborne, Richard, 83.

Hillborne, Thomas, 82, 83.

Holder, Christopher, 21n, 29n.

Holder, Mary, form. Scott, 21n.

Holland, 54, 63, 64.

Holmes, Jane, 8, n, 11.

Hookes, Ellis, 67n.

Hooton, Elizabeth:

family name, 1.

birth (c. 1600), 1.

marriage, 2.

early religious associations, 4.

home at Ollerton (1633), 1.

removal to and residence at Skegby (c. 1636), 3, 16.

meeting with George Fox and convincement (1647), 4, 72.

in Derby prison (1651), 6.

in York Castle (1652-????), 7.

opposition and convincement of her husband, 4, 5.

meetings at her house, 5, 6.

imprisoned in Lincoln Castle (1654-5), 14.

assaulted by Priest Jackson, 17.

death of her husband (1657), 16.

enters New England (1661), 30.

return to England (1662), 33.

sets out again for New England, 39.

return again to England (1665-6), 53, 54.

marriage of son and daughter, 64, 80.

visits prisons, 35, 55.

correspondence re Fell family, 65.

third visit to the New World (1671), 67.

illness and death (1672), 72, 73.

descendants, 80-86.

her printed writings, 11, 87.

financial condition, 34n.

numerous epistles, 35, 55, 60, 87.

Hooton, Elizabeth, form. Carrier, 2, 77.

Hooton, Elizabeth, aft. Lambert (daughter), 3, 39, 41-43, 64, 68, 82.

Hooton, Elizabeth, aft. Hillborne (granddaughter), 81, 82.

Hooton, Elizabeth, form. Smedley, 65, 80, 82-84.

Hooton, John (son), 3, 83, 85.

Hooton, Josiah (son), 3, 86.

Hooton, Martha, 84.

Hooton, Mary, form. Sharp, 84.

Hooton, Oliver, 2.

Hooton, Oliver (husband), 4, 5, 7, 8, 13n, 16, 77, 80.

Hooton, Oliver (son), 3, 4, n, 54, 73, 83.

Hooton, Oliver (grandson), 81, 84.

Hooton, Robert, 2.

Hooton, Samuel (son), 2, 35, 54, n, 57, 65, 75, 77, 80-84.

Hooton, Thomas (son), 3, 84.

Hopkinson, George, 75.

House, Nicholas, 62.

Howgill, Francis, 63, n.

Hubberthorne, Richard, 31n.

Hull, John, 70.

Hussey, John, 40, n.

Hussey, Rebecca, form. Perkins, 40n.

Hutchinson, Anne, 19-21.

Hyfield, Sarah, aft. Livingstone, 56.

Indians, 21, 45, 79, 82.

Industry, ship, 69.

Ipswich, Mass., 18.

Jackson, ⸺, priest, 17.

Jackson, Henry, 63, n.

Jackson, Thomas, 3.

Jamaica, 1, 72.

judgments, 32, 38, 51, 66, 79.

Kendal, 63.

Killam, John, 13n.

Killam, Margaret, 13, n.

King’s Commissioners, 20, 27, 44-50.

Ladd, George, 25.

Lambert, Elizabeth, form. Hooton, 64, 82, 83.

Lambert, Thomas, 64, 68, 82, 83.

Lancaster, 66-69n.

Lancaster, James, 72, n, 73.

Laodiceans, Epistle to the, 43, n.

Leddra, William, 25, 26, 29n, 32.

Leicester, 35, 55, 56, 80.

Leicestershire, 4, 35, 39, 54-56n, 60-62, 84.

Leverett, Capt. John, 28, 30.

Lewins, John, 55.

Lincoln, 13-16, 78, 79, 85.

Lincolnshire, 13-16, 65, 78, 84.

literature distributed, 21, 22, 67, n, 72.

Livingstone, Patrick, 9n, 55, n, 56.

Livingstone, Sarah, form. Hyfield, 56.

Lord Chamberlain, see Manchester, Earl of, 35, 49, 50, 60, n.

Lyndley, Mrs., 4.

Lyndley, Thomas, 3.

Lyndley, William, 3.

Macaulay, Lord, 56n.

Malson, William, 64, 75, 81, 85.

Malton, 8n.

Manchester, Earl of, 28, 60n, see Lord Chamberlain.

Mansfield, 2, 3, 5, 6, 13n, 16, 20n, 47, 54, n, 81, 82, 84-86.

Mansfield Woodhouse, 3.

Marbury, Francis, minister, 21n.

Marsh Grange, 65.

Maryland, 34.

Mavericke, Samuel, 46.

Medfield, 44.

Miers, Elizabeth, 69, n.

Milton, Mass., 79.

miracles, 5, 6.

Molson, see Malson.

Montagu, Edward, see Manchester, Earl of.

More, Robert, 75.

Muggleton, Lodowicke, 57, n, 80.

Nayler, James, 67n.

New England, 1, 18-34, 38-52, 54, 64, 79, 81.

Newhouse, Thomas, 79.

New Jersey, 82, 84-86.

New York, 48.

Newark, 13.

Newbould, Godfrey, 64.

Newport, R.I., 19n, 24n, 31n.

Nicholls, Richard, commissioner, 46, 49n.

Nicholson, Benjamin, 11, n.

Nicholson, Jane, 50, n.

Nicholson, Joseph, 50n.

Northampton, 63.

Northumberland, 9, n.

Nottingham, 1, 6, 16, 20n, 55n-57, 59, 80, 85.

Nottinghamshire, 4, 15, 17, 56, 59, 68, 73, 78, 81, 82, 84, 85.

oaths, 80.

Oliver, Capt. James, 26, 29, n, 39.

Ollerton, 2, 3, 77, 80, 84.

Osborne, William, 3.

Oxford, 11n.

Oxfordshire, 16.

Oxley, Joseph, 74, n.

Palmer, William, 60, 61.

Papists, 49n, 58, 63.

Parsons, Nicholas, 62.

peace, 83, 84.

Peares, William, 8, n, 11, n.

Pennsylvania, 84.

Pentrich, 20n.

Pepys, S., Diary, 63.

Perkins, Rebecca, aft. Hussey, 40n.

Pett, Peter, 64.

Philly, John, 29n.

Pidd, John, 84.

Pilgrim Fathers, 18, 30, 41n, 47, 86.

Piscataway, 25.

Piscatua, 39, 40, 46.

plotting, 56.

Plymouth, N.E., 24n.

Port Royal, Jamaica, 73.

Porter, Robert, minister, 20n.

prison fees, 10, 14, 80.

Providence, R.I., 23, 32.

Puritans, see Pilgrim Fathers.

Radley, Mary, 56n, 64n, 77, 84.

Rayner, ⸺, priest, 40.

Reading, 63.

Reeve, John, 57n.

Reynolds, William, minister, 20n.

Rhode Island, 19n-21n, 24, 31n, 32, 41, 44, 48, 73.

Richardson, Ann, form. Burden, 50, n.

Roadby, see Rotherby.

Roberts, Joseph, 85.

Robinson, William, 24, 25, 29n.

Rofe, George, 31n.

Rookby, Thomas, priest, 7n.

Rotherby, 56n, 60, 62.

Rotherham, 7.

Rous, John, 69, n.

Roxbury, Mass., 43, 80.

Royal Exchange, ship, 54n.

Rufford, 2.

Ruyter, Admiral de, 63.

Salem, Mass., 23, n, 25, 29, n, 40, n, 50n.

Salter, Hannah, form. Stringer, 67, n, 68, n.

Salter, Henry, 67n.

Salthouse, Thomas, 81n.

Savile, Hon. Lumley, 2.

Say and Sele, Lord, 28.

Scituate, 41, 43, 79.

Scotland, 55n.

Scott family, of N.E., 21n.

Scott, Katharine, 21, n.

Selby, 7.

Selston, 17.

Senior, Abraham, 64.

Sharp, Mary, aft. Hooton, 84.

Shattuck, Samuel, 29, n, 50.

Sheerness, 64.

Shrewsbury, N.J., 82.

Sibson, 84.

signs, 8n, 37, 40n, 43, 80.

Sileby, 35, 60, 84.

Skegby, 3, 4, 6, 15, 16, 54, 56, 64, 65, 77, 80, 81, 83, 84.

slavery, 24, 40, 84.

Smedley, Elizabeth, aft. Hooton, 65, 80.

Snooden, Thomas, 62.

Snooden, William, 62.

Snowden, John, 83.

Southwick family, of N.E., 23, n.

sports and pastimes, 58.

Stacy, Mahlon, 64.

Stacy, Robert, 64.

Stamford, Earl of, see Grey, Henry.

Stevenson, Marmaduke, 24, 25, 29n.

Stoddard, Amor, 8, n, 11.

Stringer, Hannah, aft. Salter, 67n.

Stringer, John, 67n.

sufferings, 10, 58, 60, see whipping.

Swarthmoor Hall, 33n, 67n, 69, n.

Swinstone, Francis, 3.

Sympson, William, 83.

Syston, 55, see Sileby.

taxes, etc., 48, 58, 66.

Taylor, Thomas, 58n, 63, n.

Thoroton, Robert, 2, 3, 77.

Throsby, John, 2, n.

Thumerstone, 56.

Thurston, Joseph, priest, 14.

Tibshelf, 3.

Tickhill, 11n, 82.

tithes, 8n, 48, 79, 81, 82, 85, 86.

Tomlinson, Richard, 7.

Tomlinson, William, 9.

Truman, Joseph, minister, 20n.

Unketty, 43, 79.

Upsall, Nicholas, 22, n.

Virginia, 24, 31, n, 34, 80.

Waker, ⸺, informer, 59.

Walcott, Humphrey, justice, 14.

Walden, Richard, magistrate, 40.

Walney Island, 72n.

Ward, ⸺, minister, 18.

Wardell, Eliakim, 40, n.

Wardell, Lydia, 40n.

Warmsworth, 7n.

Warwick, 63.

Watertown, 41.

West Indies, 7n, 69-73.

Westmorland, 63n.

Whalley, Penistone, justice, 59.

Wharton, Edward, 29n.

whipping, 21-23, 29n, 32, 40-45, 47, 48, 51, 80, see sufferings.

Whitehead, John, 13, n.

Whitlock, John, minister, 20n.

Wilkie, Thomas, 25.

Williamson, Sir Joseph, 69, n.

Windlocks [?], 44.

Worthington, A. W., minister, 20n.

York, 7-12, 77.

York, Duke of, 61, 62, n, 87.

Yorkshire, 24, 63, n, 64.

HEADLEY BROTHERS, PRINTERS, BISHOPSGATE, E.C.; AND ASHFORD, KENT.

Notes in this chapter

Note 3 · John Throsby (1740-1803) republished Thoroton’s Nottinghamshire, with additions, in 1790. He wrote also on Leicestershire.Note 4 · See Original Records of Early Nonconformity under Persecution and Indulgence, compiled by G. Lyon Turner, 1911, iii. 13. See other referenceNote 5 · MS. in D. This piece is endorsed: “Oliver Huttons Certificate Concerning G: ff:”; and is among other similar certificates which were read at Note 11 · The home of Thomas Aldam (c. 1616-1660) was Warmsworth, near Doncaster. His detention in York Castle followed a contretemps with the clergymNote 13 · Mary Fisher (c. 1623-1698), afterwards Bayly and Cross, became a prominent preacher and traveller. She visited Cambridge and preached to theNote 15 · According to a MS. in D. (Swarth. MSS. iii. 91), William Peares died in York Castle. Fox endorses this scrap of paper: “W peres died in presNote 16 · Prior to her incarceration in York Castle, Jane Holmes was one of the Friends whose preaching made such an impression on the town of Malton Note 18 · Amor Stoddard (d. 1670), frequently styled Captain, was one of Fox’s companions on various missionary journeys. He lived in London. His wifeNote 19 · James Halliday was a weaver of Allartown, in Northumberland. He travelled frequently with Patrick Livingstone. The date of his detention in Note 21 · MS. in D. (Portfolio iii. 3) Although this letter is signed “Elizabeth Hooton,” there are evidences that it is in the handwriting of Thomas Note 22 · As with William Peares, so with Benjamin Nicholson, the rigours of York Castle, though unable to reduce the spirit, proved too strong for thNote 23 · Two copies are in D. An interesting and curious production, and badly printed. On page 3 we read: “You do not read in all the Holy ScriptureNote 26 · Margaret Killam was wife of John Killam, of Balby, Yorks. She was a great traveller and sufferer for the Truth.Note 27 · D. Swarth. MSS. i. 2. Margaret Killam, writing to George Fox, in 1654, mentions holding a meeting at “Oliuer Hoottens,” also one at “Thomas Note 30 · John Whitehead (1630-1696) was a Yorkshireman in early life and afterwards resided at Fiskerton, near Lincoln. See Camb. Jnl.Note 1 · Callender, Historical Discourse, Boston, 1739. Both these quotations are taken from The Quakers in the American Colonies, by Rufus M. Jones,Note 3 · Mary Dyer (????-1660) was the wife of William Dyer, then of Newport, Rhode Island. She was described by George Bishop as “A Comely Grave WomNote 4 · Calamy, Account of the Ejected Ministers, i. 481, calls Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, a “little Zoar.” In the chapel known as the OldNote 5 · In 1641, the assembled citizens made the following declaration: “This Body Politick is a Democracie; that is to say, it is in the Power of tNote 7 · Katharine Scott, wife of Richard Scott, was the daughter of (Rev.) Francis Marbury, of London, and her mother was of the family of John DrydNote 10 · Of Anne Austin (d. 1665, in London) little is known. She was advanced in years at the time of her American visit. See Bowden, Hist. i. 30-37Note 11 · Upsall endeavoured to supply Quaker prisoners with food, but only succeeded by a weekly payment to the gaoler of five shillings (Bishop, op.Note 13 · The Southwicks lived at Salem. Other children were Daniel and Provided. Bishop has many notices of the family.Note 15 · Bishop, op. cit. p. 60, in the case of Horred Gardner, of Newport.Note 16 · Nicholas Davis was of Plymouth Colony.Note 19 · One of the young and vigorous preachers of early Quakerism (1634-1662). He died in Newgate Jail, London. See Camb. Jnl.Note 21 · The furious attack on the Quaker travellers, Christopher Holder and John Copeland, in 1657, made by the civil and Church authorities of SaleNote 22 · In a letter from John Philly to George Fox, in 1661 (Swarth. MSS. iv. 158), there is this mention of Ralph Goldsmith: “There is one Ralph GoNote 23 · Captain James Oliver is frequently mentioned in the history of these troublous times. He led forth Robinson and Stevenson to execution, causNote 25 · Joan Brocksopp (d. 1681) was the wife of Thomas Brocksopp, of Little Normanton, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire.Note 27 · Mary G. Swift, of Millbrook, N.Y., who has made considerable study of Hooton printed literature, suggests that Elizabeth Hooton and Jane BroNote 28 · Margin gives the name—Wenlock Christison.Note 30 · Margaret Fell (1614-1702) was the wife and widow of Judge Thomas Fell (1598-1658). In 1669 she married George Fox (1624-1691). She was the nNote 32 · Ann Clayton held some position of trust in the Swarthmoor household, but she also travelled in the ministry at home and abroad. It was she, Note 36 · In the voluminous records of the cost of many religious journeys taken by the early Friends, there is no record of any money paid to ElizabeNote 4 · Seaborne Cotton was a son of John Cotton (1584-1652), the noted Puritan minister, of Boston. His wife was a daughter of Simon Bradstreet, soNote 6 · This was Eliakim Wardell, mentioned two lines below. His home was at Hampton. He was one of those who suffered for entertaining the Quaker tNote 7 · John Hussey and Rebecca his wife, née Perkins, lived near the Wardells at Hampton.Note 8 · Captain William Hathorne was a Salem magistrate. His descendant, Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author (1804-1864), writes of him: “He was a bitteNote 9 · Benanuel Bower, of Cambridge, Mass., was originally a Baptist, but later his family and he became Friends. A correspondent quoted in FriendsNote 10 · The correspondent referred to in the previous note copied the wording of the warrant as found in the public records of the Cambridge Court HNote 11 · This phrase—“a Cage of uncleane birds”—quoted originally from the Bible—“Babylon is become ... a cage of every unclean and hateful bird,” ReNote 12 · This is doubtless a reference to an early, undated quarto pamphlet, issued by Friends, entitled Something concerning Agbarus, Prince of the Note 15 · MS. in D. (Portfolio iii. 62) The following is taken from the Calendar of State Papers Colonial, 1665, i. 292: April 10, 1665. From Captain Note 16 · Ann Richardson was, by her first marriage, Ann Burden. After some years of married life in Mass., Thomas and Ann Burden returned to England,Note 19 · Jane Nicholson (d. 1712) was the wife of Joseph Nicholson, of Bootle, Lancs. They visited the New World in 1659, and again, for several yearNote 20 · John Endicott (c. 1588-1665), first Governor of New England, will go down to the end of time as the arch-opponent of New England Quakerism. Note 2 · The Nottingham and Mansfield Quarterly Meeting was long held at the house of Timothy Garland. Letters for Friends were at times addressed: “Note 3 · MS. in D. (Portfolio iii. 81) The difficulties and delays of travel on land and sea at this period are illustrated by another letter of SamuNote 4 · Richard Bellingham (1592?-1672) was Deputy-Governor of Massachusetts from 1635, and Governor from 1665 to his death.Note 6 · Patrick Livingstone (????-1694) was born at Angus in Scotland, and was convinced in the North of England in 1658. He travelled in the ministNote 8 · Justice Matthew Babington lived at Rotherby, Leics. He was an ancestor of Lord Macaulay. Mary Radley states that he was the “Some Justice” aNote 10 · MS. in D. (Portfolio iii. 33), dated “13ᵗʰ day of 6ᵗʰ Month 1667,” and endorsed: “El. Hooton to some Spirits who were gone out from yᵉ truetNote 11 · Lodowicke Muggleton (1609-1697/8) and John Reeve (1608-1658) announced themselves the “two witnesses” of Rev. xi. 3. The sect of the MuggletNote 12 · A Volume of Spiritual Epistles written by John Reeve and Lodowicke Muggleton, printed 1755, reprinted 1820, p. 227.Note 14 · The Conventicle Act of 1664. For particulars of its working see F.P.T. 357.Note 19 · Edward Montagu, second Earl of Manchester (1602-1671), was Lord Chamberlain at this time, having been appointed in 1660 (D.N.B.).Note 21 · Henry Grey (1599?-1673), created Earl of Stamford in 1628. (D.N.B.) He was a Leicestershire nobleman. His son, John Grey, is mentioned laterNote 23 · MS. in D. (Portfolio iii. 17), endorsed: “To yᵉ Duke of York desiring an Answer to her former papers, & pressing for justice to her selfe.”Note 26 · William Dewsbury (1621-1688), Thomas Goodaire (????-1693), and Henry Jackson (????-1727), were prominent Friends of the early day. Dewsbury Note 30 · The copy of this record is amongst the late Mary Radley’s notes, but the authority is not stated. The names of witnesses correspond with thoNote 34 · MS. in D. (Portfolio iii. 75), endorsed: “El. Hooton To yᵉ King & Councell on behalf of yᵉ innocent & Judge Fells Widdow.” Further mention oNote 35 · Hannah Salter, as Hannah Stringer, the wife of John Stringer, of London, participated in the troubles associated with James Nayler in 1656, Note 36 · Swarth. MSS. i. 152, addressed: “Leaue this with Sarah ffell at Swarthmore ffor to be sent to her mother In Lancashire.” Endorsed by Fox.Note 37 · The Arraignment of Popery; being a short Collection, taken out of the Chronicles, and other Books, of the State of the Church in the PrimitiNote 39 · The Journal of George Fox, bi-cent. ed. ii. 140. The other woman friend was Hannah Salter; see note to this name in Fox’s Journal, Camb. ed.Note 40 · Martha Fisher (c. 1631-1687) was a member of the valuable band of London women Friends active in work for the cause of Truth.Note 41 · Swarth. MSS. i. 83. The letter is addressed: “ffor Sarah ffell this at Swarthmore To be left wᵗʰ Thomas Green grocer in Lancaster,” and endorsNote 42 · Henry Bennet, first Earl of Arlington (1618-1685), was Secretary of State 1662-1674, and Lord Chamberlain 1674 (D.N.B.).Note 43 · Sir Joseph Williamson (1633-1701) was Clerk of the Council 1672, and afterwards, 1674, Secretary of State to Charles II. (D.N.B.)Note 44 · Of the previous life of Elizabeth Miers we are yet in ignorance. Apparently she did not proceed further than Barbados, and returned home aboNote 48 · James Lancaster (????-1699) was of Walney Island, Lancashire. He was one of Fox’s fellow-travellers to the Western World.Note 53 · Joseph Oxley, Journal, under date 1771.Note 7 · T. Salthouse to M. Fell (Swarth. MSS. i. 103), and Letters of Early Friends, p. 165.
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