Records of Huby Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends. 1775-1911.
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Huby Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends.
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The first Quakers in this area of the North Riding were Valentine Johnson and Thomas Wedall of Crayke, who were convinced by the preaching of William Dewsbury around 1652. Two years later, Jane Wilkinson was imprisoned for preaching in the church at Crayke, and William Dewsbury was also arrested at a meeting of Friends in the hamlet. Alexander Hebblethwaite and Richard Vause of Huby were imprisoned for non-payment of tithes in 1662. There was a burial ground in Crayke by 1661, which was in use u...
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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...
