Year

[1671]

Sender Place

Manchester, England

Receiver

the Constable of Bolton

Receiver Place

[Bolton, Lancashire, England]

Repository holding original letter

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Full Date

1671-10-08

Document Type

Transcription

Country, State, Location 1

53.480759, -2.242631

Country, State, Location 2

53.577694, -2.428887

Keywords

Roger Longworth, James Houlden, Quakers, Society of Friends, Persecution- imprisonment, Persecution-fees, migration- forced migration, Legal concerns- proceedings, Manchester, Lancaster

Abstract

A copy of a letter dated October 8, 1671 (September 28, [1671] Old Style) from Roger Longworth to the constable of Bolton regarding legal matters and his arrest, along with that of several others, while in town.

Transcription

[…mes] houlden [James Houlden]-
and thy [your] fellow
constable
manchestR [Manchester, England] the 28 day of 7th month
I understand that you have a warrant to
gather 30s [shillings] in the towne [town] for carreing [carrying] mee [me] to LancastR [Lancaster, England]
which seemes [seems] to mee [me] verie [very] unjuste [unjust] as from the Justices
and much wronnge [wrong] to the towne [town] firest [first] for the Justices
to greant [grant] out a warrant to gather 30s [shillings]: for a men bringing mee [me]
to Lancaster and I weant [went] every foot of the way without
any geard [guard] at all, Secondly for the towne [town] to be charged
where the soposed [supposed] fence [offense] was not committed, for [strikethrough]
exemple [example] I with severall [several] others was taken at bury and brough [brought]
[page tear] [hoult of casteltion], [Castleton, England] and he asked the constables if wee [we]
the had bonds men [bondsmen] the [he/they] said noe [no], he said then I must [strikethrough] com [come]
wite [with] them and you must bring ^them^ to Lancaster one whose
charge said they on your and said heer [here] the haveing [having] beene [been]
at charges before with bringing some to Lancaster the [thee] [you] would
have had charges of us or the places from whence [where] wee [we] came, and now when we were sent heather [hither] [here] the justicess [justice/justices]
would a [have] sent us to Lancaster but for puting [putting] the towne [town] t
charge, but the [they] were at more [ink blot] charge with bringing us
heather [hither] [here] then the [thee] [you] had with bringing us to Lancaster, and
if a men came from Manchester and trancgras [transgress] the Law in
[page tear] anie [any] kind were not you bound to excuite [execute] the Law upon him
and soe [so] in all causess [causes] whatsoeuer [whatsoever], whereaseuer [whereas ever] the ofence [offense]
is commited [committed] the [perty] [party] greived [grieved] is to excuite [execute] the Law soe [so] 
in Love to you and to all [strikethrough] ^the ^ townes [towns] I write these
Lines to you and Leave them to your consideration from
one who desires that truth and Righteousness ^may^ flow as
a mighty streeme [stream] and equity and Judgmant [judgment] Rune [run] downe [down]
knowne [known] by the name of
Roger Longworth

[page 2] 

a coppey [copy] of a letter to 
the Constables of boulton [Bolton, England] 

[along right side]

Roger Longworth
Manchester
4 mo [month] 23 1671?

HSP DAMS ID

15760

Language

english

Type

article

Format

application/pdf

Collection

PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Creator (Linked Data)

Roger Longworth (Q106658182) [Wikidata]

Sender Place (Linked data)

Manchester [GeoNames]

Manchester (England) [LC]

Receiver Place (Linked data)

Bolton [GeoNames]

Bolton (Greater Manchester, England) [LC]

Organization (Linked data)

Society of Free Quakers [LC]

Quakers (Q170208) [Wikidata]

Society of Friends [LC]

Family (Linked data)

Pemberton family [LC]

Pemberton Family (Q113325696) [Wikidata]

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