[128] MSS. in D. (Portfolio iii. 1, 29)
[129] MS. in D. (Portfolio iii. 75), endorsed: “El. Hooton To yᵉ King & Councell on behalf of yᵉ innocent & Judge Fells Widdow.” Further mention of this dispute may be found in Maria Webb’s Fells of Swarthmoor Hall, 1865, pp. 255 ff. See also Jnl. F.H.S. xi. 181.
[130] Hannah Salter, as Hannah Stringer, the wife of John Stringer, of London, participated in the troubles associated with James Nayler in 1656, but repented thereof, and returned to the Quaker fold. In 1666 she married Henry Salter, of London.
[131] Swarth. MSS. i. 152, addressed: “Leaue this with Sarah ffell at Swarthmore ffor to be sent to her mother In Lancashire.” Endorsed by Fox.
[132] The Arraignment of Popery; being a short Collection, taken out of the Chronicles, and other Books, of the State of the Church in the Primitive Times; also the State of the Papists ... by George Fox and Ellis Hookes, 1667, a learned treatise of 140 pages.
[133] Extracts from State Papers, 1913, p. 341.
[134] The Journal of George Fox, bi-cent. ed. ii. 140. The other woman friend was Hannah Salter; see note to this name in Fox’s Journal, Camb. ed.
[135] Martha Fisher (c. 1631-1687) was a member of the valuable band of London women Friends active in work for the cause of Truth.
[136] Swarth. MSS. i. 83. The letter is addressed: “ffor Sarah ffell this at Swarthmore To be left wᵗʰ Thomas Green grocer in Lancaster,” and endorsed by Fox: “j rous to mff 1671 of patin of releas.”
[137] Henry Bennet, first Earl of Arlington (1618-1685), was Secretary of State 1662-1674, and Lord Chamberlain 1674 (D.N.B.).