Albans MM minutes

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Albans MM minutes

1806-1813

Fo. vol., parchment bound, 176 pp., good condition.

Routine business: largely as before - routine answers to queries, appointment of representatives, removal, marriage financial contributions (including Ackworth); less about books.

Organisational matters:

YM latterly good reports;

p.140 each MM should have alphabetical list of members 1812

p.141 Friends should not have guns or joins associations to protect property - confidence in divine prot. 1812

QM p.66 minute on 4th query (visitation) considered; the meeting "feeling its own weakness" asks for help 1808

69 Friends (2 m., 2 w.) appointed to help - Dan. Brown & Jn. Foster

72 QM Friends joined, above in visiting families agreable to YM direction 1808

88 QMs have been asked by Meeting for Sufferings to send details from all meetings of imprisonment for militia cases: MMs to go into the matter. 1809

123 QM joining with London & Middx. QM in subscribing for "the school in Islington Rd." 1811

126-7 alteration in day of meeting 1811

164 state of QMs to be investigated by YM direction 1813

MM meetings: p.14 Chorleywood PM to be moved to Albans, to be held at end of weekday meeting for worship Fourth Day before MM 1806

p.75 Berkhamsted: minute reported of Upperside MM: Albans MM undertain whether Berkhamsted within its limits, but Friends resident there consider themselves Upperside and attend Tring PM; so Upperside informs Albans that it considers Berkhamsted within its compass. 1809

membership: p.2, 10 adm. of Jn. Forster (has attended some years) 1806

outreach: p.13, 15, 18 £15.10.0 collected for civilising Indian natives in N. America (5 Friends were appointed at QM request) 1806

organisation: 31: overseers:

solid consideration - time not suitable 1807

34 cttee. appointed

35 four names: Jos. Brown, Dan. Brown jr., but

36 E. Skidmore & R. Squire not easy to have theirs

36 women: Mary Brown continues; add Abigail Squire, & Eliz. Smith.

58 said to be still only one (man) overseer

113 Tho. Belch, Jn. Foster, Eliz. Belch, Eliz. Brown 1810

Boundaries, discussions on, pp.51, 53, 55, 60, 75 (reasoned objections); see also above under Berkhamsted; 1808

p. 76 between Herts. & Middx. county boundary; beginning at Lt. Heath turnpike on gt. road from London, N. along said rd. to R. Lea at Lemsford mills, taking in Hatfield; follows Lea to Water End; then (as regards Hitchin MM) places to be Hitchin or Albans according to which nearer; 1809

State of meeting:

p.98 "low state of things amongst us", esp. women;

104 QM asked to appt. stdg. cttee to visit 1810

Arrangements:

p. 96 Albans PM weekday mtg. to be 11 a.m. instead of 10 1810

99 Albans PM no PM held because of small number & indisposition of some 1810

123 procedure as to certs. for travelling Friends 1811

147 members' list to be prepared according to YM dir. 1812

149 Luton PM: aft. mtg. not to be 3 p.m. March-Oct; otherwise 2 p.m. 1812

York Retreat: p.147-9 Mary Kendall's case; cannot continue 8s. week; is MM privileged mtg. entitled to reduced charge of 4s.? write to Wm. Tuke 1812

Discipline:

Ann Freeth reproved; much distress & tears; (p.19-23) Nich. Adams the cause of her trouble; disowned (both) 1806

Wm. Brown visited - excess in drinking; engaged to housekeeper (non-Friend) 1807

Hannah Brown not to be disuaded from marrying out - a person of the name of Sells; disowned (p.51-2) 1808

Wm. Hawson insolvent & disowned (p.95, 103, 106) 1809

Mary Stamper pays eccles. demands (= church rate) without scruple of conscience, but as she is so much out of the way & deprived of advantages of Friends near, inclined to recommend to friendly regard (p.159, 167) 1813

Poor: p.27 increasing illness of Sar. Simcock; 6s. week 1806

53 Jos. Simcock & bro. will be responsible (also she has just had legacy of £384) 1808

161, 166, 167-8 in trouble again 1813

p. 65 The Humphrey family's rent to be paid 1808

66 Wid. Hill's 2s. week increased to 8s. 1808

81 -. Pryor bankrupt leaving dau. Mary Hawson with no property 1809

Apprenticeship: notice of vacancies or requirements should be given before QM

19 Tho. Squire needs apprenticing to miller or mealman 1806

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