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A49675 The late barbarous and inhumane cruelties inflicted upon certain persons called Quakers for their peaceable religious meetings, in the county of Leicester, by the instigation of Thomas Cotten, priest, and divers officers of the parish of Broughton, and his man being present when some of these wretched abuses were transacted intimated in a letter from the sufferers themselves. 1682 (1682) Wing L541A; ESTC R5861 6,115 12

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THE LATE BARBAROUS AND INHUMANE CRUELTIES Inflicted upon certain Persons CALLED QUAKERS For their PEACEABLE Religious Meetings In the County of Leicester by the Instigation of Thomas Cotten Priest and divers Officers of the Parish of Broughton and his man being present when some of these wretched Abuses were Transacted Intimated in a Letter from the Sufferers themselves London Printed for Benjamin Clark in George-Yard in Lombard-street 1682. A short Account of some of the Violent and Inhumane Cruelties Acted upon the Peaceable People of God called Quakers at Broughton Meeting in Leicestershire From 27.9 Month. to the 30 of the 11 Month 1681. FRIENDS being met together in the Name and fear of the Lord to wait upon him there came in four Rude Youths viz. Thomas Towers William Towers John Groom and John Copson who did much Abuse Friends and the Constable coming in and taking a view of our Meeting after a little stay went forth to an House near the Meeting Then the Rude Youths said we will go to the Officers and if they will Charge us we will soon have them out for they say we can do it better than they So they going to Richard Moore the Constable William Read Church-warden Robert Bent Over-seer of the Poor and having stayed but a little time returned to our Meeting again Which Rude Youths beginning to excercise their Cruelties upon us we asked for their Warrant and they said they were set on by the Parish So in the Execution of their Cruelties Throwing at us Turnip Tops Punching us with sticks Throwing into the House Pieces of broken Punchins Pulling our Hoods from off our Heads and then laid Violent Hands upon us and pluck'd us out of the Meeting and then dragg'd Friends to and fro in the Dirt The Officers standing by and not reproving them saying You may keep at home So being thus in danger of our Lives William Read said he would speaks to the Youths That we should pass quietly home but when Great Cruelties had been Acted on us William Read said they had a Warrant to break up our Meeting after what manner soever they would and the same day a Lass coming to the Meeting she was taken by Violence and forc'd up 〈…〉 And indeed it is too hard for us to remember all our great Abuses we being weakly Women and having but one Man Friend with us that day who was Sorely Abused till he was almost Spent and drawing Blood of another Friend and an Antient Friend a Woman much Abused so Praising the Lord for his Mercies to us in supporting and preserving us Alive notwithstanding these inhumane endeavours ●o bereavd us thereof we returned home The Truth of this might be Testified by many but being at a distance we who were there give this under our Hands Elizabeth Hilton Jane Hilton Ann Griffeth Alice Griffeth Elizabeth Hill with several others ANd the next Meeting being the 4th day of 10th Month 1681. Friends being going to the Meeting and some Friends being come before the rest the rude Youths being there before several Friends were come quickly began to Act their Villanies pulled down the Fire and thrower about the House Then pulling out Elizabeth Hill with some other Friends so the rude Youths dragged Elizabeth Hill through the Dirt till she was almost Spent Then some Neighbourly Women came out and said What will you Kill the Woman The rude Youths said What care we Mr. Cotton bid 〈…〉 so the Woman said Did he indeed they said Aye indeed she said Then he may be ashamed of it He is the Priest his Name is William Cotten * It seems more probable that the said Priest Cotton did Incourage those Rude and ●iotous person seeing that above three Years agoe he himself did Violently Pull and Hale Thomas Pitston out of his Lodging at Edward Earby's House in Thorp in the Parish of Broughton and forced him before Justice Stafford without any Legal Authority or Warrant and caused the Justice to put the Oath of Allegiance to the said Thomas Pitstow and also to Edward Earby and John Swan lun who only went along with him to Accompany him and give the Justice an Account of their knowledge of him Whereupon they a●l three were committed to Prison for refusing to take it the said Edward Earby being an Ancient man of about seventy years of Age. So Elizabeth Hill being ●●●r Spent the Youths said Let us see if her Teeth be set and one of them put his Finger into her Mouth and perceiving her to Breath said Let us at her again and said The Devil is in her and we will sqeeze him out And then one of the Boyes went to the Constable and came again and said He bid them do so and if any take their parts we must serve them as bad So the Neighbourly Women took her and led her in at the Metting-House-Gate so when we came to go into the Meeting they left Elizabeth Hill whom they had so much Abused and came to the rest of Friends and began to fling Dirt at us in a Violent manner and Tore our Cloathes and through much hardship Friends got into the Meeting place The Constable and the Youths came to us and they laying Violent Hands upon John Brooks drew him out by force Tearing his Cloathes and drew out William Brooks and then threw some of us on Heaps upon the Floor So fearing there might have been Murther committed a Neighbourly Woman came in several times and said Will you Murther the People that do you no harm So she going out said to those that were pulled out I do not know but one lyeth Dead on the Floor Then John Brooks pressed in amongst them to see by whom it might be Acted but they would not suffer William Brooks to come in Then the Youths lifting up Elizabeth Hill they said to the Constable See if she do not breath So having no Mercy she being near Dead They carried her out and said her along in the Dirt and then Dragg'd out some other Friends by the Head and Heels and laid them also in the Dirt And when they came in again they fell Violently upon John Brooks and drew him backwards over a high Doorsil but through Mercy had not much hurt and then Dragg'd him out of the House And when they had thus used us then they took Clouts and dip'd them in the Dirt and threw in our Faces and upon our Cloathes and so continued rubbing of our Faces with Dirty Wisps of Straw and said If any took our Parts they should be served as bad as they For the Youths said The Constable bid them do so And further said We have good backers the Parson bid us also The Constable came to us in the Morning and bid us come and we should be paid when we had done These Cruelties with other shameful Abuses which for Modesties sake we forbear to mention in this place To the Truth of this we are Witnesses William Brooks John Brooks