FR2/7/8/19

Report of Upperside MM by Jn Eeles & Wm Johnson, appointed to visit Wm Morris Payne.

3 Jul 1823

From: 1823 To: 1823

2 or 3 mths ago strolling players at Chesham W.M.P. "associated himself in a reproachful manner with the wife of one of them at a Public house there to which he had invited her - made a collection on her behalf. When the players left the Town, accompanied women several miles down the road to a public house where they stopped together A report appeared in the provincial newspapers ALSO unnecessarily frequents public houses. Agrees true - does not show repentance or sorrow... "he is of a hardened state of mind". Copy sent by Thos Squire (clerk)

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Payne, William Morris,
Eeles, John,
Johnson, William

Society of Friends individuals, Chesham, public houses, newspapers, adultery