The religion of the people and the problem of control, 1790–1830

W.R. Ward

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The religion of the people and the problem of control, 1790–1830

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Information: Studies in Church History , Volume 8: Popular Belief and Practice , 1972 , pp. 237 - 257

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0424208400005581 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © Ecclesiastical History Society 1972

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^{page no 240 note 2} M[ethodist] C[hurch] A[rchives] MSS. Joseph Entwisle to Joseph Benson, 21 June 1802.

^{page no 240 note 3} Despite confusion of terminology this is evidently what is referred to in a Report from the clergy of a district in the diocese of Lincoln (London 1800) pp 11-12.

^{page no 240 note 4} The Journals of William Clowes (London 1844) p 59.

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^{page no 241 note 2} Hartley-Victoria College, Manchester, MS Journals of Hugh Bourne F fol 131.

^{page no 241 note 3} Ibid, fol 121. The charge here was that they were actually in witchcraft.

^{page no 242 note 1} Clowes, Journals, pp 43-4.

^{page no 242 note 2} Hartley-Victoria College, Manchester, MS Journals of Hugh Bourne E fol 299.

^{page no 242 note 3} CfIngram, R.A., The causes of the increase of Methodism and dissension (London 1807) pp 85-6Google Scholar.

^{page no 242 note 4} Bunting, T. P., The Life of Jabez Bunting (London 1859-87) 1, p 115 Google Scholar.

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^{page no 243 note 2} Nightingale, J., Portraiture of Methodism (London 1807) p 266 Google Scholar.

^{page no 243 note 3} MCA MSS. Joseph Entwisle to George Marsden, 30 November 1802

^{page no 243 note 4} MCA MSS. Jabez Bunting to Richard Reece, 15 July 1803 (copy). Cf same to same, 11 June 18[03]: same to George Marsden, 10 June 1803.

^{page no 244 note 1} MCA MSS. W.Jenkins toJabez Bunting, 29January 1806.

^{page no 244 note 2} Clowes, Journals, pp 94-5.

^{page no 244 note 3} MCA MSS. J. Barber to George Marsden, 7 February 1816. J. Braithwaite to B. Slater, 10 September 1816; W. Leach to Jabez Bunting, 20 January 1816; James Nichols to Jabez Bunting, 8 February 1816; R. Wood to Jabez Bunting, 9 March 1816; M. Wilson to Jabez Bunting, 17 March 1816: Hartley Victoria College, Manchester, James Everett’s MS, Memoranda Book 1, fol 219.

^{page no 244 note 4} MCA MSS. Miles Martindale to Jabez Bunting, 9 July 1816.

^{page no 245 note 1} MCA Tyerman MSS 111, fol 355. Another account of the same events by the same writer was reprinted in the Monthly Repository, 1814, pp 377-8 from a flysheet published at York.

^{page no 245 note 2} MCA MSS. James Blackett to Jabez Bunting, 12 September 1828; W. Dale to same, 15 July 1842; same to same, 12 July 1839.

^{page no 245 note 3} MCA MSS. John Mercer to Jabez Bunting, 14 March 1820.

^{page no 245 note 4} MCA MSS. John Baker to Jabez Bunting, 16 June 1834.

^{page no 246 note 1} MCA MSS. W. Dale to Jabez Bunting, 15 July 1842.

^{page no 246 note 2} Shaw, T., A history of Cornish Methodism (Truro 1967) p 81 Google Scholar.

^{page no 246 note 3} MCA Tyerman MSS, 1, fols 358-9.

^{page no 246 note 4} Ibid, 1, fols 362-3.

^{page no 246 note 5} MCA MS. Copy of a circular sent by Mr Isaac to the Superintendents of circuits. December 1816.

^{page no 247 note 1} MCA MSS. Joseph Entwisle to T. Stanley, 27 April 1812.

^{page no 247 note 2} MCA Thomas Allan MSS. J. Stamp to T. Allan, [19 June 1813].

^{page no 247 note 3} MCA MSS. Jabez Bunting to George Marsden, 28 January 1813.

^{page no 247 note 4} MCA MSS. Jabez Bunting to George Marsden, 24 June 1815.

^{page no 247 note 5} Jackson, T., Recollections of my own life and times, ed Frankland, B. (London 1873) pp 171-9Google Scholar.

^{page no 248 note 1} Manchester Observer, pp 894-5. Cf A letter to the Rev. John Stephens occasioned by some recent transactions and occurrences in the Methodist Society in Manchester (Manchester 1820).

^{page no 248 note 2} Stephens, J., The mutual relations, claims and duties of the rich and poor (Manchester 1819)Google Scholar.

^{page no 248 note 3} For a case which has the ring of truth about it see, e.g. Manchester Observer, p 1000.

^{page no 248 note 4} MCA MSS. J. Hanwell to J. Everett, 15 October 1821. Cf J. Hebblewhite to J. Everett, 15 March 1820.

^{page no 248 note 5} MCA MSS. J. Edmondson to J. Crowther, 16 November 1819.

^{page no 248 note 6} MCA MSS. H. & S. Kellett to T. Ingham, 24 February 1820.

^{page no 248 note 7} PRO, H.O. 42.198 (1819) quoted in Gowland, D. A., Methodist secessions and social conflict in South Lancashire, 1830-57 (Manchester PhD thesis 1966) p 14 Google Scholar; MCA MSS. J. Hebblewhite to J. Everett. 15 March 1820; Wearmouth, Robert F., Methodism and the working-class movements of England 1800-1850 (London 1947) pp 145-6Google Scholar; MCA Thomas Allan MSS. Thomas Allan to John Eliot, to Rev. Mr. ColUson, and to Lord Liverpool, all on 3 December 1819.

^{page no 248 note 8} MCA MSS. J. B. Holroyd to Jabez Bunting, 23 December 1819. Cf same to same, 26 January 1820. A similar letter to the first reached the Home Office. Wearmouth, Methodism and working class movements, pp 146-7.

^{page no 249 note 1} Ibid, p 168.

^{page no 250 note 1} E.g. ‘The lower orders of society...unless led on by men of talent, wealth, and fame, can never overthrow any government possessed of even a moderate share of strength’: Macdonald, J., Memoirs of Reu. Joseph Benson (London 1822) p 311 Google Scholar.

^{page no 250 note 2} MCA MSS. J. Stephens to Jabez Bunting, 1 February 1821. Cf T.Jackson to same, 26 March 1821.

^{page no 250 note 3} James, Everett, Adam Clarke portrayed (London 1843-9) 111, 251-2Google Scholar.

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^{page no 251 note 2} MCA MSS. R. Miller to R. Reece, 11 July 1816; W. Worth to Jabez Bunting, 23 January 1818; R. Miller to T. Blanchard, 13 March 1819; same to Jabez Bunting, 1 April 1819 (2 letters); Jabez Bunting to Samuel Taylor, 10 March 1814; Miles Martindale to Jabez Bunting, 9 July 1816. Eventually Conference fixed the number of children circuits should support in proportion to the membership and arranged for any surplus to be maintained by a connexional Children’s Fund. MCA MSS. James Akerman to Jabez Bunting, 31 July 1821.

^{page no 251 note 3} Bunting, , Life of Bunting, 11, pp 162-3Google Scholar: MCA MSS. J. Edmondson to J. Crowther, 16 November 1819; J. W. Cloake to Jabez Bunting, 29 March 1820.

^{page no 251 note 4} MCA MSS. J. Sharp to Jabez Bunting, 20 April 1819.

^{page no 251 note 5} MCA MSS. W. Myles to Joseph Dutton, 3 June 1814.

^{page no 252 note 1} Crowther, J., Thoughts upon the finances or temporal affairs of the Methodist connexion... (Leeds 1817) pp 24-5Google Scholar.

^{page no 252 note 2} MCA MSS. Charles Atmore to George Marsden, 3 April 1818.

^{page no 252 note 3} Bunting, , Life of Bunting, 11, p 80 Google Scholar; MCA MSS. W. Mylesto Jabez Bunting, 5 June 1819.

^{page no 252 note 4} MCA MSS. M. Martindale to Jabez Bunting, 9 July 1816.

^{page no 252 note 5} MCA MS. Letters of Presidents of Wesleyan Methodist Conference, 1, 1744-1838, fol 58; J. Taylor to G. Marsden, 7 February 1811.

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^{page no 253 note 2} There were independent reports of great losses to the Primitives in the villages because of dissatisfaction with the Wesleyan constitution, and ‘the wish for a cheaper religion’. Monthly Repository, 1820, p 168.

^{page no 253 note 3} MCA MSS. W. Worth to Jabez Bunting, 23 January 1818.

^{page no 253 note 4} Crowther, Thoughts upon finances, p 12.

^{page no 253 note 5} Ibid, p 11.

^{page no 254 note 1} Ibid, pp 16, 29; MCA MSS. W. Myles to R. Blunt, 1 November 1813; J. Entwisle to Jabez Bunting, n.d. [before 18 December 1812]; T. Lessey Snr. to same, 6 May 1815.

^{page no 254 note 2} MCA MSS. Jabez Bunting to I. Clayton, 14 July 1815.

^{page no 254 note 3} MCA MSS. Samuel Taylor to Jabez Bunting, 22 July 1819.

^{page no 254 note 4} MCA MSS. E. Hare to Jabez Bunting, 12 June 1810; Z. Taft to same, [7] May 1818; John Mercer to Jabez Bunting, 14. March 1820. Cf W. Evans to same, 2 August 1820.

^{page no 255 note 1} George, Smith, History of Weskyan Methodism (4 ed London 1866) 111, p 5 Google Scholar.

^{page no 255 note 2} Ibid, 111, p 34.

^{page no 255 note 3} Ibid, 111, p 35.

^{page no 255 note 4} MCA MSS. J. Edmondson to B. Slater, 11 November 1819.

^{page no 255 note 5} MCA MS. Conference Journal, 1820-1.

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