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Q Lord in Handmaids of theuaker History King's Lynn and West Norfolk Peter Smith, Ph.D.* Writing in in 2008, Stephen A. Kent showed how a nationwide petition sent to the English Parliament in 1659 could be used to shed light on the early Quaker movement and its sympathisers.1 In this article I hope to show that the petition, printed and published in 1659 as part of a nationwide campaign, enjoyed support from women from King's Lynn and west Norfolk but contributed to the fears and anxieties which led Norfolk gentry to support General Monck and the restoration of monarchy. The petition was published as These Severall Papers were sent to the Parliament but is perhaps better known as "The Petition of the 7000 Handmaids and Daughters of the Lord." 2 The petition was undoubtedly designed, on one level, to try to influence Parliament. But the petition also revealed the depth of the chasm between the world views of those that signed and those who read the petition. For the latter, the petition was a sign of more conflict to come. An analysis of their individual and collective biographies of the west Norfolk Handmaids reveals that the women petitioners
Quaker History – Friends Historical Association
Published: Nov 29, 2013
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