FR2/1/1/3

Albans MM minutes. Fo. vol., parchment bound, pp. 276 (of which 258 written)

1791-1805

From: 1791 To: 1805

Routine business: queries (general answers), removals (numerous), marriage, finance (national stock - e.g. £11.10.6 subscribed 1795, p. 84), sub. for Ackworth (e.g. p.67), representatives & reports, objections to tithe Organisation indications: YM epistle of 1798 considered, pp. 166, 170, 175 (considerable attent.); Books of Extracts, pp. 185, 188 (18 for individuals, 5 for MMs), 1801; Friends' School & Workhouse, Clerkenwell: p241 - cert. sent for Ric. Marks Brown whose apprenticeship has expired, 1805 QM time fixed: day after 3rd First Day, 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th month (p.72); 1794 complains of deficiencies in queries 1, 4, 6-7, 9 (p.170) 1800 MMs should pay attention to mtgs. on First Day afternoon & on weekday being properly kept (p.185) 1801 complains of want of admonition (p.231) 1804 minute on overseers - cttee apptd. (p.252) 1805 MM attendance: usually 4 from Luton (mainly Brown, Jn. Freeth, Phil. Gutteridge, Chris Pryor) 0-4 from Albans, esp. Wm. Hawson, also Sam. Wooding, Jas. Smith, Tho. Bailey 1 from Hemel, usually Tho. Squire; sometimes Sam. & Jn. Squire, Jas. Pollard, Ren. Jermyn, Tho. Belch 0 from Chorleywood, unless Emmott of Jos. Skidmore finance: some examples: new mtg. ho. in London: £35.14.0 (p.4) 1791 national stock (Luton £5.12.6, Albans £2.12.6, Hemel £2.2.0, Chorleywood £2.2.0) 1791 national stock £11.10.6 total 1795 Ackworth (Luton £3.11.0, Hemel £1.16.6, C.£1.1.0) 1800 qtrly. coll. (Luton always largest) Place of meeting: Luton every other month; alt. mth. either A. or H. clerk: Emmott Skidmore from 1799 (p.156-7) suc. Tho. Squire accounts: pres. by Jos. Brown overseers: p.112, 114 suggestion for woman; Mary Brown (p.116) 1797 114 "only 1 Fd. (i.e. man) overseer in 1 mtg." 152 cttee. to consider 1799 159 still only 1 196, 199 Abigail Squire 1802 217, 222, 251 "we have no Fd. apptd. overseer" 1803-5 Meetings & mtghouses: p.157 QM says consider time of afternoon meeting to remedy "the frequent complaints of drowsiness" 1799 Luton new mtgho.: deficiency of £120; cttee. to get subs Hemel subscribes £55.5.0, Chorleywood £17.12.0; £100 still reqd.; trustees notified to QM 1799-1901 (pp.163-5, 183) Albans: (p.6) no 2nd mtg. on First Day Nov.-Feb. 1791 Chorleywood: (p.25) mtgho. "ruinous" - two to enquire 1792 Wood End: (p.35) propose to QM discontinuance 1793 43 QM wants to continue - no good 47 MM sees no utility, QM agrees 107 mtgho. ruinous, to be taken down, & materials sold: take care of bur. gd. 1796 108 this has been done 1797 Sewell: mtgs. 2nd First Day in 7th month & 6 wks. later 1792 to be held as heretofore as arr. by MM 1794 Dunstable: Luton Friends think m/w monthly in summer no (p.65) longer useful, there being no Friend now living there; but hold a meeting "once or twice in the year" - QM arrange 1794 (p.72) once a year at discretion of MM (p.78) 2nd First Day in 6th month 1795 (p.118) not thought profitable to continue 1797 Travelling Friends: (p.228) visit from Mary Pryor, Hertford, visiting MMs & weekday mtgs. in QM area 1804 (p.247) Tho. Cash from Cheshire, Tho. Speakman from Reading 1805 Membership (rare): e.g. p.65 1794 (pp.101-2, 104) Tho. Belch, young man (father was Friend & & married out) accepted, sober conduct, regular attendance 1796 (pp.198, 201) Jas. Pearman, Water End 1802 Queries: (wording is very general) p.32 "some admonition" 1793 p.144 "some slackness on weekday" 1798 p.217 "drowsiness" 1803 Discipline: Tho. Ansell of Albans v. slack in attendance; twice visited, not to satisfaction; doesn't want to be disowned but will take his own course; disowned (denies Christ) 1791-3 Sarah Gutteridge of Hemel, servt. of Th. Squire: criminal connection with young man; disowned 1792 Tho. Haggar sr. in debt when he left 1793 Jos. Freeth, Luton, & Emmott Skidmore, Rickmansworth, have procured militia substitutes; J.F. acknowledges & is concerned; E.S. at first sees no inconsistency, then sensible of misconduct (pp.37-8, 50) 1793 Jon. Freeth, Luton, reprehensible (young woman); visited to little satisfaction; disowned (p.68-9) 1794 Tho. Hagger jr. (Hertford MM but resident here) absents himself v. much; suggest Hertford visit him; 1795 (he is s. of Jos., formerly Hemel but now resident with gdf., Hertford); considerable labour bestowed; only once at meeting (pp.72, 85, 89, 121, 134) debts 1795-8 Edm. Humphrey's family insolvent; relief (pp.89, 9, 95) 1795 Hannah Brown, Luton, intemperate (pp.113, 115, 141, 143) 1797-8 Betty Kendall: marriage out; disowned (pp.119, 122-4, 129) 1797-8 Wm. Perrin, Luton, idle & drinks to excess, disowned p.133 5) 1798 Jos. Simcock courting out of Society, intention fixed, disowned (p.137-8, 145) 1798 Jn. Green plans to marry out; sensible of misconduct, attends more regularly (p.142, 144) 1798 Jn. & Eliz. Tredwell, Rickmansworth, disowned some years since for insolvency, want readmission with their 3 children; they have not paid their debts in full (p.153) 1799 Jos. Hill, swearing; disowned (p.167-8) 1800 Jn. Perrin, p.212 1803 Sarah Hemmings shows little sorrow (p.236) 1804 (Note also p.83 "remissness in a few" p.87 "negligence over weekday meetings) 1795 Miscellaneous Ruth Hill servant goes to Baldock MM 1795 Jos. Gilkes, now living with Dan. Brown as servt. goes to Banbury MM p.81 1795 Joanna Simms of Baldock MM servt. in this MM, p. 92 1796 deeds should be kept in safe place - safe in Luton mtgho. pp.124, 153 1798-9 visit from Mercy & Ann Ransom, Hitchin, p.128 1798 visit of Jos. Nicholson from Ireland, p.131 1798 visit of Mary Sterry, London, p.140 1798 chest at Hemel for deeds of Hemel & Albans, Chorleywood & Wood End (pp.156, 159-60) 1799

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Marks Brown, Richard,
Freeth, John,
Gutteridge, Phillip,
Pryor, Christopher,
Hawson, William,
Wooding, Samuel,
Smith, James,
Bailey, Thomas,
Squire, Thomas,
Squire, Samuel,
Squire, John,
Pollard, James,
Jermyn, Henry,
Belch, Thomas,
Skidmore, J.,
Skidmore, Emmot,
Brown, J.,
Brown, Mary,
Squire, Abigail,
Pryor, Mary,
Cash, Thomas,
Speakman, Thomas,
Belch, Thomas,
Pearman, James,
Ansell, Thomas,
Gutteridge, Sarah,
Haggar, Thomas,
Freeth, Jos.,
Humphrey, Edmund,
Brown, Hannah,
Kendall, Betty,
Perrin, William,
Simcock, Joseph,
Green, John,
Tredwell, Elizabeth,
Tredwell, John,
Hill, Joseph,
Perrin, John,
Hemmings, Sarah,
Hill, Ruth,
Gilkes, Jos.,
Brown, Dan,
Simms, Joanna,
Ransom, Mercy,
Ransom, Ann,
Nicholson, Jos.,
Sterry, Mary

Quakers, Society of Friends meetings, Society of Friends buildings, Society of Friends individuals, , militia, insolvency, servant, travel, Ackworth, Clerkenwell, LUTON, Hemel Hempstead, London, St.Albans, Chorleywood, Hemel Hempstead Wood End, Sewell, DUNSTABLE, Hertford, Cheshire, Reading, Baldock, Banbury, Hitchin, Ireland