Marriage certificate of Benjamin Denison Smith and Caroline Wyke, 25 December 1891, issued by the Society of Friends. 1891.

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Marriage certificate of Benjamin Denison Smith and Caroline Wyke, 25 December 1891, issued by the Society of Friends. 1891.

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Comprises a certificate for the marriage of Benjamin Denison Smith of Wednesbury, Staffordshire, son of Matthew Ellis and Emma Smith of Leeds, and Caroline Wyke of Leeds, daughter of William and Hannah Wyke of Leeds, at Brighouse Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends on 25 December 1891, signed by the parties and 34 witnesses.

1 f., vellum.

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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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...

Smith, Benjamin Denison.

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Wyke, Caroline.

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