Year

1652

Alternative Title

Francis Howgill's letter to Margaret Fell, 5 January 1652

Sender Place

Appleby, Westmorland, England

Receiver

Margaret Fell

Receiver Place

Swarthmoor Hall, Swarthmoor, Lancashire, England

Repository holding original letter

Library of the Society of Friends

Full Date

1652-01-05

Document Type

Correspondence

Country, State, Location 1

54.577771, -2.491265

Country, State, Location 2

54.183466, -3.111669

Subjects

Fell family; Society of Friends; Quakers; Religious communities; Religious minorities

Genre

Correspondence

Abstract

Correspondence, dated January 5, 1652 (5 11mo. 1652 Quaker Style), from Francis Howgill, to Margaret Fell

PRINT ID

LSF_ARBarclay_MS_Vol323_074

Language

english

Format

application/pdf

Collection

PRINT Migration Network: AR Barclay Collection

Type

Correspondence; Text

Transcription

[page 1] Deare [Dear] Sister in the [...] & Eternall [Eternal] treuth [truth] in which all the saynts [saints] ar [are] 74 united and become one in that which is peuere [pure]. the [bowels] of love presents it selfe [itself] to the [thee] and all this famely [family] and all the saynts [saints] which ar [are] begoten [begotten] of that mortall [mortal] sede [seed] which shall last for ever & evar [ever]; oh its [it's] the greate [great] love of the father that he should think me worthy as to sufer [suffer] for his treuth [truth] & [and] at present I find it the greatest liberty that evire [ever?] I enioyed [enjoyed], and many weake [weak] ones ar [are] much strenthned [strengthened] by our boudnesse [boldness]: and all the prest [pressed?] houre [here?] abouts [hereabouts] are so stifiling [stifling?] & sending all the Cuntrey [country] abrod [abroad?]: for witness agaynst [against] us, and we are made to write much; and senes [scenes?] abrod [abroad] heare [here] which vexes them horably [horribly] that they seke [seek] by all meanes [means] to prove any thing agaynst [against] us; they sent to newcastell [Newcastle] to have us any way [anyway] disposed of, but the the lord will doe [so] with them & [and] us what ever he will: as for my Brother :James: their [there] is no question but he will be Cleared for their [there] weare [were] many freinds [friends] that heard all the discorse [discourse] so after he was apprehended some other frends [friends] with my selfe [myself] was moved to goe [go] along [along] with him: till we cam [came] at a markett [market] towne [town]: and [load] the Cargoe [cargo] [hi...] but we could not be Pmited [permitted] upon that all the towne [town] came out: whear [where] some other frends [friends] spok [spoke] to the people: and I was constrayned [constrained] to speak with great power & [and] was kept safe in the bosam [bosom] of love though the people [...ed] [deletion]much[/deletion] much: and we wear [were] so huried [hurried] that they wear [were] all gone but my selfe [myself] at last Comes 4 prests [priests] & [and] sooth [soothe] the people diligent to hearken me in the twone [town?] strete [street]. [Cans...] [cancelled] and ran back to the Justis [justice] which was in the high-prests [high-priest's] house of that towne [town]; with many other proud sonns [sons] of Belvill [?] & [and] all the prests [priests] in the cuntrey [country]: so they comanded [commanded] me to goe [go] in I was not fre [free] at last they sent to compell [compel] me and sought an acusation [accusation] anyway: but could find non [none]: but the Justis [Justice] comanded [commanded] my hat & I must not [...]it at last a man taks [takes] it of [off] my head & [and] threw it in the fire: so for a litle [little] spase [space?] I was silent: & [and] reseved [received] many up[-] brayding [upbraiding] words: at last I spoke to the high prest [priest]: and I asked him if ever ^he^ knew any minester [minister] of [...] preach sermonis [sermonize] or prosecute & the man was spechles [speechless]; at last Burton sayd [said] I spoke even [or enou - enough] of the law because I testified agaynst [against] all the prests [priests] that they weare [were] hirting [hurting?] & [and] so he sayd [said] I must enter bond to apear [appear] at the sesions [sessions]: & I sayd [said] for what: & [and] refused and at last I sayd [said] to the Justise [Justice] & [and] prests [priests]: that I se [see] a greate [great] deale [deal] of: Tirany [tyranny] and Psecution [persecution] in ther [their] actones [actions] : & [and] was upon the Justise [Justice] Caled [called] all the people to witness that I sayd [said] the law was tiriny [tyranny] and opreson [oppression] & [and] sayd [said] I was guilty of treson [treason]: herupon [hereupon] I sayd [said] take hed [heed] what thou [you] dost [does] I speak of thy [your] actons [actions] & [and] not of the law: but however they wear [were] all enimies [enemies] to me that was there that they will prove any thing: what the [they?] will; upon the giving out of Burtons [Burton's] word: all people witnesed [witnessed] what ever he sayd [said]: but how ever it doth [does] not trouble me at all: I have strength and promised gevin [given?] & [and] refreshment dayly [daily] & [and] though I should ly [lie] and dy [die] I hear its [it's] an unexpresable [unexpressable] favor [favour] that the lord should let me Do whear [where] I was: and should make me to owne [own] treuth [truth] at the first: I never [s...d] a word to opose [oppose] but was made to submite [submit] [page 2] [page 3] prauses [praises] prayses [praises] to him for ever for his love ^to^ me and all the saynts [saints] of the most: [deletion]the[/deletion] high god: all frends [friends] heare abouts [hereabouts] growes [grows] mighty and bould [bold] & [and] valiant prayses [praises] unto him for ever: the lord shall reigne [reign] as king let the earthe [earth] reioyste [rejoice?] but all the hethen [heathen] shall trembel [tremble] and wrath shall be powerd [poured] upon the head of all Psecutors [persecutors] the: prests [priests] of this generaton [generation] the plauge [plague?] is upon them I se [see] they shall be removed out of the [...] place and Xt [Christ] the the treue [true] shepherd shall be sett [set] up & of [deletion]his[/deletion] ^the^ Increace [increase] of his goverment [government] ther [there] shall be no end: and the saynts [saints] shall live with him and In him prayses [praises] for ever: [...oh] the Incomparalent[...] [incomparable?] love of god thou cayses [causes?] love so to abound: them with ar [are] [deletion]brog[/deletion] brought in to the fayth [faith]: oh how deare [dear] they ar [are] as my owne [own] life: farwell [farewell] so is the lord be pleased to get me at liberty I will [se...re] long for thou [you] art [are] pretious [precious] in my thoughts: one [?] this ward hath [have] not a litle [little] refreshed me: thou [you] mencions [mentions?] ^his [?]^ Lampalt [?] I love him as a man: but I abominat [abominate] his practise [practice] & [and] many of his prenciples [principles] leads into the Chambers of Death and quite abov [above?] the crose [cross]: but blesed [blessed] be our God who hath [have], let us so our Condition: and let the time sufise [suffice?] that we have spent in uncleanenesse [uncleanness] but now being we ar [are] awayked [awaked] out of the darke [dark] night in which we [...]: and the light of god hath [have] apeared [appeared] to us walke [walk] as Childeren [children] of the light to the prayse [praise] of him that hath [have] awaked us & [and] hath [have] mad [made] our soules [souls] drink of the liveing [living] water to him be everlasting pease [peace] for ever farwell [farewell] and the power of the love kep [keep] the [thee] & [and] all with the [thee] for ever and ever; Thy [Your] deare [dear] brother in the felowship [fellowship] Apelby [Appleby] 5th January of the gospell [gospel] 1652 ffrancis: Howgill [Francis Howgill] [page 4] For the hands of my deare [dear] freinde [friend] margett ffell [Margaret Fell] att [at] Swarthmore House with trust ffrom [From] ffH [Francis Howgill] to M:ff [Margaret Fell] 1652 apelbe [Appleby] presen [Prison] read over

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Swarthmoor Hall (Q7653931) [Wikidata]

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