Records of Knaresborough Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends. 1701- [1826]

Darley Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends.

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Knaresborough Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends.

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In the mid-1650s, several Friends were active in Knaresborough, and suffered imprisonment for preaching at the parish church; they included John Snawdon, John Hogg, Thomas Warriner and John Geldart. Knaresborough Meeting was first recorded in 1665 as part of Skipton Monthly Meeting, and again in 1669, as part of the newly formed Knaresborough Monthly Meeting. Friends in Harrogate, Pannal and Scotton came within its orbit. Its leading members included George and Ann Watkinson of Scotton, and the ...

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...

Netherdale Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends.

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