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.

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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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...

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Celebrated Quaker school. From the guide to the ACKWORTH SCHOOL, RECORDS (C678), 1339-1988, (West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield) ...

Rawdon School

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Society of Friends

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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...