Year
1660
Alternative Title
Edward Bourne's letter to George Fox, 6 February 1661
Sender Place
Warwick Gaol, Warwickshire, England
Receiver
George Fox
Repository holding original letter
Library of the Society of Friends
Full Date
1660-02-06
Document Type
Correspondence
Country, State, Location 1
52.283373578149714, -1.5892914942556684
Keywords
Cook, Thomas; Warwick Gaol, Warwickshire, England
Subject - Person (Linked Data)
Bourne, Edward, -1708 [VIAF]
Edward Bourne (Q135193833) [Wikidata]
Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669 [LC]
Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669 [VIAF]
Francis Howgill (Q1441546) [Wikidata]
Subjects
Fell family; Society of Friends; Quakers; Religious communities; Religious minorities
Genre
Correspondence
Abstract
Correspondence, dated February 6, 1661 (6 12mo. 1660 Quaker Style), from Edward Bourne, to George Fox
PRINT ID
LSF_ARBarclay_MS_Vol323_081
Language
english
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: AR Barclay Collection
Type
Correspondence; Text
Transcription
[page 1] 81 Deare: [dear] G: ff: [George Fox] My love flowes [flows] forth unto thee [you] in ^the^ pure holy Im mortall [immortal] life & [and] friends here theire [their] Deare [dear] loves is to thee [you], & [and] our lords and to all faithfull [faithful] friends there are many [deletion][...] thee [you][/deletion] in & [and] aboute [about] London there are many of us here imprisoned in Warwick to ye [the] Number of 120 as neer [near] as wee [we] can Judge of it & [and] amongst us some women ^ friends^ & [and] they continue in goeing [going] on in theire [their] persecution Still for there were severall [several] more brought to prison this morning, & [and] what prisoners are att [at] Coventry & [and] in another place in this County wee [we] have not certaine know ledge [knowledge] of the number of them, but wee [we] heard yt [that] there is aboute [about] a hundred besides wt [what] bee [be] of us in Warwick & [and] wee [we] yt [that] are here are kept closse [close] from romeing [roaming] one to another, there were [deletion]severall[/deletion] ^some^ of our friends here a little time Since put into a closse [close] seller where they had not roome [room] to lye [lie] one by another & [and] one of them being neere [near] dead for want of [deletion][...][/deletion] roome [room] & [and] aire [air] was brought forth very weake [weak], & [and] yet hee [he] remaining sicke [sick] & [and] weakly this cruelty of ye [the] persecutors hath [has] caused a ^great^ cry agst [against] ^them^ from many in Warwick since wch [which] time they have removed ye [the] prisoners to A more convenient place, but ^they^ are kept closse [close] & [and] there is little romeing [roaming] - to them (or us) many times but with much difficulty to bring us necessary things, but some times it is other [page 2] wise, the last night wee [we] were brought be fore [before] ye [the] Commissioners to try us whether wee [we] would sweare [swear], they Appeared with much moderation towards us & [and] a pretty savour was left amongst them, but when they saw wee [we] would not sweare [swear] ye [the] keeper was [deletion]swift[/deletion] hasty [deletion][/deletion] in sending us bacck [back] to ye [the] dungiun [dungeon] where wee [we] remaine [remain] in much peace with ye [the] Lord, after wch [which] I felt it upon mee [me] to write somthing [something] to ye [the] Commissioners to ^shew [show]^ ye [the] cause where fore [wherefore] wee [we] could not sweare [swear] this is in short [deletion][/deletion] an account of things here with us att [at] present, as there shall bee [be] an oppertunity [opportunity] & [and] it bee [be] Judged necessary it may bee [be] done more att [at] large./ Edw: Bourne [Edward Bourne]. Warwick Goale [jail] ye [the] 6th of ye [the] 12th month [Feburary 6] 1660) Soone [Soon] after I was Imprisoned here I sent a letter to ffs:H: [Francis Howgill?] concerning it I would willingly know whether it Symon horne [Simon Horn?] Humphrey Beeland [?] John Tombes [Combes?] Rich: Lucas [Richard Lucas] Thomas Cooke Rich: Ishmead [Richard Ishmead?] & [and] 11 more friends [...] are Imprisoned with mee [me] in ye [the] dungion [dungeon] [page 3] [page 4] ffor [For] George ffox [George Fox] the Elder in London or Else where this with Speed deliver / Leave this with Richard Bourne Shoee maker [shoemaker] att [at] ye [the] Signe [sign] of ye [the] Checker in Martins lane neere [near] Aldersgate London London to deliver it as before directed E Warwick [East Warwick] 6. 12. mth [February 6] 60 [1660] To Bourne or in the dungeon Letter to G: Fox [George Fox] 1660
Citation
Edward Bourne to George Fox, 6 February 1661, AR Barclay Collection, MS Vol. 323, 81, Library of the Society of Friends, London, PRINT, LSF_ARBarclay_MS_Vol323_081 https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-arbarclayvol-323/79
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