Records of York Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends 1661-1980

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Records of York Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends 1661-1980

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

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GB 206 Leeds University Library

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York Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends.

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George Fox visited York as early as 1651 and attempted to preach at York Minster. He was followed soon afterwards by William Dewsbury, who held a meeting in Richard Smith's orchard. Amongst the first to be convinced in York were Richard Smith and his wife, his sister Mary, and her future husband Thomas Wayte. The Meeting remained small during the 1650s, despite the public testimony of local Friends and visits by Quaker leaders such as Stephen Crisp and John Whitehead. There were also of course l...