Vol. II. No. 3. Price to Non-members, 2/- net. (50 cts.) THE JOURNAL OF THE FRIENDS' HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SEVENTH MONTH (July), 1905. London: HEADLEY BROTHERS, 14, BISHOPSGATE WITHOUT, E.C. Philadelphia: "AMERICAN FRIEND" OFFICE, 1010 ARCH STREET. New York: FRIENDS' BOOK AND TRACT COMMITTEE, 51 FIFTH AVENUE. QJufe* of t$t (I.) Membership shall be open (a) To any member of the Society of Friends on payment of a minimum annual sub­ scription of Five Shillings ($1.25), or of a life composition of Five Guineas ($25) ; and (b) To any other person on similar payment, and on the introduction of two members ; (II.) The officers shall consist of President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary (or Secretaries), and a small Executive Committee, of which the Clerk of the Meeting for Sufferings of London Yearly Meeting, the Clerk of that Meeting's Library and Printing Com­ mittee, the Recording Clerk, and the Librarian shall be ex-officio members, and to which several representative Friends in America shall be attached as consul­ tative members ; (III.) As funds will allow, but not more frequently than four times a year, a Journal shall be issued in the interests of the Society, and sent free to all members; (IV.)2As supplements to its periodical, the Society shall, from time to time, as means allow, print various documents of interest, which sub­ scribers shall be able to obtain at a reduced price. VOL. II. No. 3. Seventh Month (July), 1905. THE JOURNAL OF THE FRIENDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Confente* PAGE Notices - - - - - -81 Notes and Queries - - - - - 82 " The First Publishers of Truth " III. By John W. Graham; M.A . 85 Edmund Peckover, Ex-soldier and Quaker (illustrated). By E. Josephine Penrose - - - - 88 County Tipperary Friends1 Records II. - - 90 Bevan and Naish Library, Birmingham. By C. Dickinson Sturge - 91 " Decline " Literature II. - - - 93 Th^ Price of Candles - - - - - 93 Friends on the Atlantic I. - - - 94 Extracts from the Bishop of Chester's Visitation, 1665 I- By W. Fergusson Irvine - - - 97 Meetings in Yorkshire, 1668 III. - 101 The Will of Margaret Fox - - - 104 William Keynell, of Dorsetshire - - - - 106 " William Miller at the King's Gardens " I. By William F. Miller 107 Springett Penn to James Logan - - - in 'Occurrences for the Progress of Truth " I. - - -112 Friends' in Current Literature. By Norman Penney - 115 Friends' Reference Library, Devonshire House - - 119 Sixth List of Members - - - 120 Editors' Notes - - - - - -120 D.=The Reference Library of London Yearly Meeting, Devonshire House, 12, Bishopsgate Street Without, London, E.G. A balance sheet for the first year of the Society's work, 1903-4, is included in this issue. The cost of printing vol. ii. of THE JOURNAL will be more than that of vol. i., as it will consist of four numbers instead of three. The second annual meeting was held in Leeds, on the 25th of Fifth Month, when there was a good attendance of members and others. William Charles Braithwaite, B.A., LL.B., of Banbury, Oxfordshire, was appointed president for the year. Vol. ii. Qtotee <m& Queries, FRIENDS AND Music (ii. 2). is out of Truth and the ancient Att ayearely meeting, the 26th day practice of faithfull freinds of the loth-month, 1681. at freinds elsewhere, who hath and doth beare meeting house in Scarborough, it testimony all along against all was agreed upon (by friends at such wanton, brutish practices, the said meeting whose names are tending only to satisfie and please hereunder written) asfolloweth : vayne and wanton minds with " Whereas freinds have taken their foolysh musick." notice that the men that goe through the Towne in the night As a practical answer to Thos. season doth call at some freinds' Wm. Backhouse's question about houses, playeing at their dores or Friends' estimate of music in past windowes, saying, * Good morrow/ times, I send the following extract to some freinds and to their chil­ from a book, published by the dren, playing with their Instru­ late Henry Clarkson, relating ments of musick, &c. some of his early recollections. " Friends of this meeting, He was a railway engineer, and weightily considering of it, doth associated with Stephenson and give their sense and judgment others in their work. He lived concerning the said practice, vizt. : at Alverthorpe Hall, near Wake- That it is altogether unbecoming field, and died at a very advanced freinds to allow on or countenance age a few years ago. He was the same ; yet if some friends may articled to a surveyor at Thorne, plead that it may be of service and speaks thus of some Friends to them in some particular to heare called Reeder, with whom he what hour in the night or morning lodged during the years 1821-5. it is, and also where or what Of John Reeder he writes: quarter the winde is in, and to " He had a lofty contempt thrust or try if their dores be fast; for anything like music, and I may be condesended to and was very fond of playing the flute. allowed of. But, however, freinds His wife had a secret fondness should limmet them to this re­ for my performances, and used striction, that they only call them sometimes to say when he went by their names, without saying, out, ' Now he's gone out thou 1 God morrow/ and calling on may play/ One day I was in­ their childrens' names, nor playing dulging her and myself with an on their musicall instruments air and variations from one of the at freinds dores or windowes; operas, when the door was warily as to these things freinds should opened, and first appeared the forbit them and not at all en­ broad brim of a Quaker's hat; courage them. And we do desire with a grim face underneath it, and hope that all faithfull freinds and then a voice said, ' Henry, in Scarborough will be unanimous put that vain piece of wood away/ in this particular, as well as in I afterwards made an Eolean harp, other things of like nature that to which, when placed in the open 82 NOTES AND QUERIES. window,- he would listen with some­ FAMILISTS (i. 51; ii. 5). See thing like satisfaction a fine an interesting account of this distinction between the natural Sect and of the relation of Fami- and artificial.'1 CHARLES BRADY, lism with Quakerism, in Alien C. The Limes, Barnsley. Thomas's Family of Love; 1893; reprinted from " Haverford Col­ FRANCE. In the possession lege Studies/' No. 12. See also of Thomas Henry Webb, of Dublin, Hallyweirs Account of Familism are two MSS., relating to Friends as it is Revived and Propagated in the South of France. One is by the Quakers, 1673. endorsed, " A List of the names of the friends and their families JOHN HILL, OF ACKWORTH. in the villages of Congenies and A letter, written by this Friend, (St.) Cilles, copied by Anna who was the first superintendent Rawes, of Marnhull, in Dorset­ of Ackworth School (1779-1790), shire, 1798." The Congenies list to his daughter, Lydia, at French- contains twenty-two families, and ay, in 1783, is in the possession that of St. Gilles fifteen. An of John Dymond Crosfield, of asterisk, denoting a minister, Liverpool. The letter gives a is placed opposite the following full and striking account of the names : Peter Marignan, Peter writer's early life, and especially Robinet, Junr., Madelene, wife of the circumstances connected of Francis Benezet, and Louis with his engagement to, and Antoine Masolier, of Congenies, marriage with Judith Leaper, and Mary, wife of Adrian Heraut, his second wife. Students of Ack­ of St. Gilles. The list closes worth history may be glad to with this sentence : " David know of this letter. Ventugol, of (St.) Gilles, is said REGISTERS OF WILLS. Some to have in his possession 2,700 of the Friends' Meetings of Sheep, 800 of which he milks Ulster, Ireland, kept registers of twice a day, 60 yoke of Oxon, wills. This custom was brought 50 horses, 10 asses ; 100 Persons from Ireland to Westmorland,- are employed by him as Servants the will book at Kendal beginning constantly, but in vintage time about 1699. Are there any other upwards of 200, when they make instances of will books kept by annually 1,200 hogsheads of wine." Meetings in other parts of Eng­ land ? ALBERT COOK MYERS, The other MS. is composed Kennett Square, Pa., U.S.A. of a copy of a document " Res­ pecting Friends in France," dated THREE YEARS FOR SEVEN " From Congenies, near Nismes, FARTHINGS. In A Few Instances in Languedoc, 4th October, 1785," of the Severe Prosecutions in the and also of two letters, which Exchequer for Tythes of Small passed between Friends of the Value ; Humbly Offered to the same place and London Friends, in Parliament, folio, 2 pp., c. 1705, 1786. The visit of Jean de occurs the following : Marsillac to Congenies, Fontanes, " Peter and Thomas Hardcastle> Quissac, and other places is of Kirby-Malzard, Yorkshire, were referred to with satisfaction. Prosecuted in the Exchequer by NOTES AND QUERIES. Ben. Holden, Vicar of Hobthwait, Hopes he understands rightly for Seven Farthings demanded, that all Nonconformists in cor­ and were Imprisoned in York porations will be disfranchised." Castle, 'till Discharged by K. GEO. EYRE EVANS, Aberystwyth. William9s Clemency, which was about 3 years after." Another copy of this broad­ MISSING EDITION OF BARCLAY'S side omits the above " instance/ 1 " APOLOGY." The Librarian of but whether the statement was D would be obliged if those who omitted because of lack of proof, possess copies of the 1678 editions or added because of its apposite- would kindly compare them with ness, cannot now be determined.