Records of Selby Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends 1698-1951

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Records of Selby Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends 1698-1951

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb206-msdep.1981/2(cliffordstreetarchive)selbypm

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GB 206 Leeds University Library

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Society of Friends England Yorkshire History Sources

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Selby Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends.

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George Fox first visited Selby in 1651, after his release from gaol in Derby. There is no evidence that he actually preached in the town at that time, but he had already made contact with John Leake of Selby, who had visited him in prison. Some of the first Friends to be convinced in the town were John Leake and his wife Ann, and Richard and Elizabeth Tomlinson. William Dewsbury preached in Selby in the early 1650s and was probably responsible for settling the Meeting. Mary Fisher, counted as on...