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A Declaration of some of the sufferings of the people of God called Quakers
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1660
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other evidence against them then their standing with their hats on in the face of the Court which he said did represent his Majesties person so silence was commanded in the Court and that all should be uncovered upon pain of Imprisonment but they keeping on their Hats were asked the reason why they did so who answered It was not in contempt of the Court but for Conscience sake that they kept them on Yet notwithstanding for no other cause but for wearing their Hats were these fourteen persons whose names fines are undermentioned all fined by the Court and returned to prison to Dorchester until they pay it although Winstone Churchel when they were first brought before him said he did not regard the putting off of Hats for said he his Majesty looks not for it yet the same Winstone Churchel with the others aforesaid fined them and sent them to prison again where they remain to this day for no other cause but for keeping on their hats and called it a contempt of the Court which they said did represent his Majesties person Iohn Pitman fined 10. pounds Thomas Long the elder 1â— p. Thomas Long the younger 20. s. Iohn Hopkins 20. shillings Benjamin Hopkins 20. shillings Joseph Hopkins 40. shillings William Scot 5. pounds John Scot fined 40. shillings Francis Tuilour 4â— shillings George Ryal 40. shillings Edmond bound 40. shillings Thomas Miller 40. shillings Richard Philip's 40. shillings Charles Noak 40. shillings Bishoprick Lancelot Wardel Richard Wilson Imprisoned for not putting off their Hats and for not respecting mens persons Middlesex London Thomas Coveny John Pennyman Humphry Wolrich Committed to prison by Richard Brown now Mayor for not putting off their Hats to him Sollomon Eccles committed to prison for going as a sign Essex George Fox junior being at a Meeting in the worship of God was taken out of the Meeting by Order from the Mayor of Harwich and in the Kings Name committed to Prison and since was brought to Lambeth house and from thence is Ordered to the custody of the Serjeant at Arms. Robert Gressingham of Harwich sent for from his house and is also committed and remains prisoner in the custody of the Serjeant at Arms without any thinâ— proved against him or without examination contrary to all Law and Justice Nottinghamshire Robert Carnil imprisoned in Nottingham Goal the eighteenth day of the eighth Moneth called October 1660. being bound for William Smiths appearance in Easter Term so called at which time and at the day limited he did appear in person Worcestershire Daniel Baker imprisoned in Worcester for declaring against wickednesse and â—â—nity in the streets Hartfordshire Robert Heart committed to Prison the sixth day of the eight Moneth for saying being bid go to Church and hear the Word of God he could not hear it 〈◊〉 a drunkard for he can prove by many witnesses the Priest hath been drunk many times York-shire Oliver Ketterridge of Hornsey Burton in Holdernesse imprisoned in Home Castle a the Suit of Francis Smith Clerk for his wages for saying Aâ—â—â— being five pen. and four sheaves of Corn. â—â—mitted to Prison in the Names of the Keepers of the Liberty of England so called and of Oliver and Richard Cromwel and yet remain Prisoners Essex THomas Eltom John Eve of Much Easton imprisoned in Colchester Castle in the ninth month 1659 for Tithes at the suit of Thomas Leader priest Iohn Emson William Crowe imprisoned in Colchester Castle at the suit of Thomas Vale impropriator the nineteenth day of the eleventh month 1659. by a writ of â—â—tachment for not taking a copy of a Bill put into the Exchequer against the said Iohn Emson and VVilliam Crowe by the said Thomas Vale concerning Tithes and remain prisoners VVilliam Jâ—niveer of Broxted sent prisoner thither at the suit of John Pool Improâ—riator for Tithes about the beginning of the ninth month and since was put into the same warrant with Thomas Eltom and John Eve above named at the suit of Thomas Leader priest of Much Easton and now remains prisoner Thomas Chapman VVilliam Freeting both imprisoned in Colchester Castle about the seventh day of the third month 1660. at the suit of Robert VVicks priest of Burnham by a writ of Attachment for trespasses against the Keepers of the Liberties of England so calâ—ed Thomas Bradee of Ashleden Imprisoned in Colchester Castle the seventh day of the third month 1660. by a writ of Attachment for not appearing in the Exchequer to answer to priest John Anger about Tithes Robert Levet of Stobbing sent prisoner to Colchester Castle at the suit of John Sorrel impropriator the fifteenth day of the sixth month 1660. Iohn Adams of Hadsicok sent prisoner thither about the twenty sixth day of the seventh month 1660. by a writ of Attachment from the Keepers of the Liberty of Engâ—and so called and by a writ of common processe both at the suit of Thomas VVallis priest of Hadstock about Tithes and he is now a prisoner Thomas Mumford and Anthony Page imprisoned in Colchester for Tithes at the suit of Iohn Cooper of Saling impropriator and Anthony Maxey impropriator the said Thomas hath been a prisoner near three years VVidow Balls and VVilliam Balls both of Horsely imprisoned in Colchester sent prisoners to Colchester at the suit of Iohn VVrite priest for Tithes although the said VVilliam Ball occupied no land Abraham Couzin John Dankes Wilâ—iam Drake Sent Prisoners to Colchester for doing something on the first day of the week by Thomas Beek Mayor and John Shaw Recorder and kept in Prison six weeks and then let go upon their promise to appeare when called for Somerset shire John Langdon Thomas Loscomb Henry Gerrish Ann Brock John Roman Robert Carpenter Robert Hillburn John Combe Tristram Gundry George Taylor John Allen. The most of these are close Prisoners for Tythes being sued in the Name of the â—eepers of the Liberty of England so called Oxfordshire Edward Butcher of Milcom Imprisoned the third day of the twelfth Month 1659 â—y Richard White Priest of Wickington for not payment of Tythes Timothy Poulton of Charbery Imprisoned the ninetenth day of the eleventh Month 1659. at the suit of Thomas Cobb Impropriator for not payment of Tythes Thomas Taylor of Norley sent to Prison in Trinity Term so called 1659. at the â—â—it of Thomas Twitty Priest of the aforesaid Town for not payment of Tythes Thomas French of Chippen-Norton Imprisoned the seventh day of the second Moneth 1658. at the suit of William Thomas Renter of the Tythes of the aforesaid Parish because he could not pay him Tythes Alexander Harris of Chalbery Imprisoned the fifth day of the eleventh Moneth 1657. at the suit of William Brown Priest for not payment of Tythes York-shire the fourteenth day of the eight Moneth 1660. Richard Towse of Garton Imprisoned in York Castle the eleventh of the ninth Moneth 1659. by Christopher Sarret of the same Town Impropriator for Tythes York-shire Alice Maw widdow John Halliday of Towthorp in the Woulds
warrant from the Lord Harbert to take us we requiring the warrent to be shewed but could not see it they gave order first to hale our women and children forth and then said they would send for pistols and when they had discharged three or four amongst us we would be willing to go forth but we were not willing to break our meeting so they began to hail and teare and push us forth adoors and ran against us as wee passed along the streets we acquainted them that the King had promised us our liberty in worship one of the Constables made answer that the King had promised no such thing so they brought us to prison and thrust us in and gave the Jaylor orders to keep us there untill the Comissioners came to Town and at present there we remain prisoners for the truths sake Thomas Onyon Robert Newcome Walter Howlings John Roberts Philip Gray Richard Townsend Thomas Barnfield John Silvester Thomas Elridge William Hinton Richard Bartlot John Ovendell Henry Stacy Richard Bowly Thomas Knight John Clark Thomas Bowly John Cripes Jacob Howlings Roger Sparks William England Durham Darlington the third of the tenth Month 1660. Where we the people of God called Quakers had a meeting peaceably and waiting upon the Lord in the aforesaid Town the Captain sent some Souldiers and violently broke up our meeting and carried away forty or more of us to the Castle of Durham and as we were passing along we met the Captain and the Justice who threatened us much in high expressions and five of us they single out and said we should go to prison if we did not give bond for our good behaviour and four of them is sent to Durham Castle for no other cause but for meeting together to worship God in spirit according to Christs Doctrine which now is come to be fulfilled and witnessed Portsmouth the second of the tenth Month 1660 As the people of the Lord were met together to worship God in the spirit peaceably in the said Town Captain Sprag sent several files of armed men with firelocks and violently haled out of our meeting eighteen men and women and punched them dragged them along shut the Gates men and wives were turned from their habitations and children and families and callings and are not permitted to come in again though some came in again yet were turned out of the Town again from their Families and imployments some desiring to have their Instruments to labor withal was not permitted besides were kept in a house where Friends met by a guard nineteen daies denyed to see their wifes Families Children and gave commandment no victualls should be brought to them and a Officer said if they turnd us out of the Town and set Souldiers to plunder our houses they served us well enough though we never acted any thing against this Goverment Ireland FOr speaking the truth to people in Steeple-houses Markets and other placeâ— have sufferred in the Nation of Ireland and for other causes herein exprest have been fined whipt Stockt Imprisoned and suffered loss of their goods 94 persons For meeting together in the fear of the Lord in their own houses according to the practice of the Apostels and the true Churches in the Scriptures mentioned have been Imprisoned c. nineteen persons For speaking the truth to the people in Steeple-houses and Markets and other places have been Whipt and Imprisoned and some stockt and shamefully beaten and abused thirty four persons For not swearing as Christ commands they should not swear two persons had goods taken from them worth eight pounds ten shillings and one had taken from him seventy barrels of Salt For not paying Tythes for conscience sake that bears Testimony to the everlasting Priest-hood that ends the first that takes tythes eight persons for two pounds sixteen shillings four pence demanded for Tythes have had taken from them goods worth thirty four pounds ten shillings Stopt as they were passing the streets and high ways about their occasions and Imprisoned twelve Persons For receiving Friends and for visiting Friends in Prison one was Imprisoned and another fined five pounds Sufferers for other causes for the truths sake eleven Persons An Account of the sufferings of Friends in Scotland where there hath suffered for the causes hereafter exprest in all ninety one Persons SCOTLAND For denying the Priest practices have been Excommunicated forty five Persons For meeting together in the fear of the Lord have been stoned and beaten eleven persons For speaking the truth to people in Steeple-houses and Markets and asking Priests questions have been Imprisoned and some stockt and whipt and some banished in all fifteen Persons There was likewise Imprisoned and otherwise abused and some banished and no cause why shewed in all eighteen persons A Declaration of some Part of the Sufferings of the People of God in scorn called Quakers from the Professors in New-England onely for the exercise of their Consciences to the Lord and obeying and confessing to the Truth as in his light he had discovered it to them TWo honest and innocent women stripped stark naked and searched after such an inhumane manner as modesty will not permit particularly to mention Twelve strangers in that Country but freeborn of this Nation received twenty three whippings the most of them being with a whip of three cords with knots at the ends and laid on with as much strength as they could be by the arme of their executioner the stripes amounting to three hundred and seventy Eighteen Inhabitants of the Country being freeborn English received twenty three whippings the stripes amounting to two hundred and fifty Sixty four Imprisonments of the Lords people for their obedience unto his will amounting to five hundred and nineteen weeks much of it being very cold weather and the Inhabitants kept in Prison in harvest time which was very much to their loss besides many more Imprisoned of which time we cannot give a just account Two beaten with pitcht roops the blows amounting to an hundred thirty nine by which one of them was brought near unto death much of his body being beat like unto a Jelly and one of their own Doctors a member of their Church who saw him said it would be a miracle if ever he recovered he expecting the flesh should rot off the Bones who afterwards was banished upon pain of death there are many witnesses of this there Also an Innocent man an Inhabitant of Boston they banished from his Wife and Children and put to seek a habitation in the Winter and in case he returned again he was to be kept Prisoner during his life and for returning again he was put in Prison and hath been now a Prisoner above a year Twenty five Banishments upon the penalties of being whipt or having their Ears cut or branded in the hand if they returned Fines laid upon the Inhabitants for meeting together and edifying one another as the Saints ever did and for refusing to swear it