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GB 0031 N10 Dorset History Centre This catalogue was digitised by The National Archives as part of the National Register of Archives digitisation project NRA 20755 The National Archives DORSET RECORD OFFICE N10 Deposited by the Shaftesbury and Sherborne Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends, 28 February, "!!5T?^ Bundle No. Date Description of Documents No. of Documents Records of the Society of Friends: DORSET QUARTERLY MEETING (1668-1804. In 1804 combined with Hants. Q.M. to form Dorset and Hants Q.M.). A 1 1668-1786 Minutes. 1 vol. At back: schedule of gifts, trusts and meeting houses, 1724-1732. A 2 1786- 1804 Minutes. 1 vol. A 3 1730- 1751 Draft minutes. 1 vol, A 4 1751- 1755 Draft minutes. 1 vol. At back: lis t of charity lands, meeting houses etc; memoranda of Quarterly and Yearly Meeting queries; memorandum on bequest cf Daniel Taylor. A 5 1764- 1771 Draft minutes. 1 vol. A 6 1772- 1774 Draft minutes. 1 vcl. A 7 1773- 1777 Draft minutes. 1 vol. A 8 1778- 1786 Draft minutes. 1 vol. A 9 1787- 1792 Draft minutes. 1 vol. A 10 1793- 1798 Draft minutes. 1 vol. A 11 1798- 1804 Draft minutes. 1 vol. A 12 1727- 1786 Copy minutes, 1727-1763, 1773-1786. 1 bundle A 13 1754- 1783 Copy minutes. 1 vol. A 14 1773- 1797 Minutes of Quarterly Meeting of Women Friends. 1 vol. A 15 1659- 1741 Account of sufferings. 1 vol. A 16 1742- 1757 Sufferings. ,/Found loose in A 157- 16 A 17 1793- 1804 l Account of sufferings. I vol. A 18 1648- 1703/4J "Propositions by way of Advise" from Cerne General I vol. I Meeting to Friends in Dorset, 1659.. with names of Cerne Friends; register of births, 1648-1703/4 and deaths, I068-I698, both at Hawkchurch. A 19 1669-1727 Copy letters to be read at Quarterly and Monthly 1 vol. Meetings, signed G.F./George Fox/, I.669-I67O/I; queries respecting County Courts, with precedents; "testimonies against such as have professed Friends principles but have departed therefrom", 1673-1727 DORSET RECORD OFFICE NIO Bundle No. Date Description of Documents No. of Documents DORSET QUARTERLY MEETING contd A 20 1691-1728 Certificates of enrolment of meeting houses at Quarter 14 Sessions. A 21 1694 Epistle on religious matters from George Khipe. 1 A 22 1729-1802 Copy minutes and advices with some epistles of Yearly 57 Meeting and Meeting for Sufferings, 1729, 1731* 1744 1745, 1752-1784, 1798-1802, including rules and directions relating to removals and settlements among Friends, 1729 and methods to be observed in recording marriages, birth and deaths and directions for registering title deeds, 1774. /Some printed/. A 23 N.D. Advices by Yearly Meetings, alphabetically digested, 1 vol. undated but covering dates in seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. A 24 N.D. Minutes to be inserted in book of extracts by direction 2 of Meeting for Sufferings, alphabetically arranged. HAMPSHIRE QUARTERLY MEETING -I754, B 1 I7II Page of minutes or copy minutes, 1754; letter about 4 N.D. account of sufferings, 1711; letter from Friends in Jersey asking advice, 1742; memorandum on legacies to Alton Monthly Meeting, undated. DORSET AND HANTS QUARTERLY MEETING (Formed in 1804 from Dorset Q.M. and Hampshire Q.M. In 1855 the area was divided between Bristol and Somerset Q.M. and Sussex, Surrey and Hants. Q.M.) I804 C 1 -I839 Minutes. 1 vol. C 2 1804-1812 Draft minutes. 1 vol. C 3 1819-1825 Draft minutes. 1 vol. C 4 1825-1830 Draft minutes. ^Defective/7- 1 vol. C 5 1830-1834 Draft minutes. 1 vol. C 6 I839-I855 Copy minutes. 1 bundle C 7 1851-1863 Certificates of registration of meeting houses. 8 BRIDPORT MONTHLY MEETING (I668-I783. Included Sherborne until I69O; re-combined to form Bridport and Sherborne M.M. in 1783). D 1 1690-1783 Minutes. 1 vol. D 2 1776-1782 I Copy minutes of Yearly and Quarterly Meetings. 7 i D 3 1776-1782 I Register of births. /Copy/7. 5 D 4 1780-1783 Register of burials. ^Ccpy/. 6 DORSET RECORD OFFICE NIO Bundle No. DATE Description of Documents No. of Documents BRIDPORT MONTHLY MEETING (contd) D 5 1782-1783 Register of marriages (Many names of witnesses). /popyf. 1 file WEYMOUTH AND DORCHESTER MONTHLY MEETING (1668-1753; joined to Bridport M.M. in 1753). E 1 1735-1753 Minutes. 1 .voI. SHERBORNE MONTHLY MEETING (Separated from Bridport M.M. in 1690, combined to form Bridport and Sherborne M.M. I783. Shaftesburyj M.M. detached ?1743). F 1 1728-1738 Minutes. 1 vol. F 2 1739-1754 Minutes. 1 vol. F 3 1754-1766 Minutes. 1 vol. F 4- 1766-1783 Minutes. 1 vol. F 5 1730-1783 Draft minutes. 1 vol. F 6 1762-1786 Minutes of Monthly Meeting of Women Friends. 1 vol. F 7 17/4-1792 Account of sufferings. 1 vol. F 8 1741-1783 Copy minutes of Dorset Quarterly Meeting, with letter, 4 1741; letters forwarding copy minutes of Yearly Meeting about disorderly marriages, 1743 and oaths, 1780; advice relating to stamp duty on registers, 1783 /printed/. F 9 1756-1786 Certificates on removal, including one for William 28 Master from Burlington in New Jersey, 1762, and four letters of William Master, 1764. The certificate of 1762 is signed by (inter alia) John Woolman /T720-1772, anti-slavery propagandist/. P 10 1759-1786, Certificates of character before marriage and consents 20 N.D. to marriage. p 11 1761,1771 Testimonies of denial. 2 F 12 1772 List of books belonging to the Meeting. 1 vol, SHAFTESBURY MONTHLY MEETING (Separated from Sherborne M.M. in ?1743; became part of Shaftesbury, Bridport and Sherborne M.M. in 1804). G 1 ! 1743-1765 Minutes. x VOJ G 2 1766-1779 Minutes. 1 vex. G 3 1779-1787 Minutes. 3 DORSE T RECOR D OFFIC E NIO 1 No. Bundle No. Date Description of Documents of Documents i SHAFTESEURY MONTHLY MEETING contd G 4 1788-1791 Minutes. 1 vol. G 5 1792-1804 Minutes. 1 vol. G 6 1777-1785 Minutes of Monthly Meeting of Women Friends. 1 vol. G 7 1785-1793 Minutes of Monthly Meeting of Women Friends. 1 vol. G 8 1793-1802 Minutes of Monthly Meeting of Women Friends. 1 vol. G 9 1802-1815 Minutes of Monthly Meeting of Women Friends, l802-l804. 1 vol. Minutes of Shaftesbury Preparative Meeting of Women Friends, 1804-1815. G 10 1776-1794 Birth notes. ^/Contemporary copy/. 1 vol. G 11 1776-1794 Burial notes, with death dates. Contemporary copy/. 1 vol. N.B. For sufferings, 1793-1803, see under Shaftesbury and Sherborne M.M. BRIDPORT AND SHERBORNE MONTHLY MEETING (Formed 1783 from Brldport M.M. and Sherbome M.M.; became part of Shaftesbury, Bridport and Sherborne M.M. in 1804) H l 1783-1796 Minutes. n vol. JL H 2 1796-1804 Minutes. 1 vol. H 1783-1798 Minutes of Monthly Meeting of Women Friends. 1 vol. SHAFTESBURY, BRIDPORT AND SHERBORNE later SHAFTESBURY AND SHERBORNE MONTHLY MEETING (Formed 1804 from Shaftesbury M.M. and Bridport and Sherborne M.M.) "i J 1 1804-I8l8. Minutes. X vol. J 2 1819-1837 Minutes. 1 vol. J 1838-1841 Minutes. I vol. J ii. 1842-1844 Minutes. 1 vol. J 5 1844-1846 Minutes. 1 vol. J 6 1846-1850 Minutes. J. vol. J 7 1850-1852 Minutes. 1 vol. T 8 1852-1854 Minutes. T vol. U J 9 1854-1858 Minutes. vol. DORSET RECORD OFFICE NIG No. Bundle No. Date Description of Documents of Documents SHAFTESBURY, BRTDPORT AMD SHERBORNE, later SHAFTESBURY AND SHERBORNE MONTHLY MEETING contd J 10 1858-1862 Minutes. 1 vol. J 11 1862-1866 Minutes. 1 vol. J 12 1866-1881 Minutes. 1 vol. J 13 1881-1889 Minutes. 1 vol. J 14 I889-I898 Minutes. 1 vol. J 15 1899-1906 Minutes. 1 vol. J 16 1906-1912 Minutes. 1 vol. J 17 1913-1919 Minutes. 1 vol. J 18 1819-1821 Draft minutes. 1 vol. J 19 1821-1824 Draft minutes. 1 vol. J 20 1824-1826 Draft minutes. ^Defeetive/. 1 vol. J 21 1826-1828 Draft minutes. 1 vol. J 22 1828-1832 Draft minutes. 1 vol. J 23 1832-1838 Draft minutes. 1 vol. J 24 1839-1856 Draft and copy minutes. 66 J 25 1884-1897 Draft minutes. 1 vol. 1 J 26 1804-1815 Minutes of Monthly Meeting of Women Friends. vol. JL J 27 1826-1846 Minutes of Monthly Meeting of Women Friends. 1 vol. J 28 1846-1869 Minutes of Monthly Meeting of Women Friends. 1 vol. J 29 1811-1818 Draft minutes of Monthly Meeting of Women Friends. 1 vol. J 30 1818-1833 Minutes of meetings of Ministers and Elders. 1 vol. J 31 1877-1901 Minutes of1 meetings of Ministry and Oversight. 1 vol. J 32 1901-1913 Minutes of meetings of Ministry and Oversight. i vol. J 33 1911 . Agendas. /Printed duplicates/7 . 8 J 34 1793-1836 Account of sufferings of Shaftesbury Monthly Meeting, 1 vol. 1793-1803* and Shaftesbury and Sherborne Monthly 2 dOCS . Meeting, 1804-1836; two copies, 1834-1835. J 35 1850-1853 Account of sufferings. 1 vol. J 36 1857.1B58 Account of distraints (two entries only) with printed i vol. letter forwarding volume, 1857' 1 dOC. : - .j ' 5" "" DORSET RECORD OFFICE NIO Bundle No. Date Description of Documents No. of Documents SHAFTESBURY AND SHERBORNE MONTHLY MEETING contd J 37 1812-1837 List of members, alphabetically grouped. 1 vol. J 38 1851-1912 Certificates of removal into the compass of the Meeting 1 bundle and acceptances of certificates by Clerks of other Meetings, I85I-I859, 1877, 1885-1912.