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Also this note under <strong>the</strong> year 1787, '< At <strong>the</strong> meeting at DudZey Doz~bZe
Lecture, May 29th, 1787, present :-MY. BQ<strong>the</strong>, Mr. Hazedes, Mr. BaJer, Dr.
Priestley, Mr. SchoZejeZd, Mr. E~mans, MY. Cole, Mr. Anzner, IMr. H%od, Mr.
Gentleman, 1Mr. Procter, Mr. Severn, Mr. Carpenter, Mr. GrzBths, &!r. BeasZey.
Resolved :-
G That ye Persons who preach shall have ye Nontination <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Preachers for <strong>the</strong>
year fo!lozoing.
That ye Senior <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Preachers shall pray <strong>the</strong> yea? foZlowi?zg, klzless absent, itz wch
case ye o<strong>the</strong>r shall jerfornz ye same duty.
" That every lMinister nttendinz ye Lecture $?*od'uce a Ser?)ton at <strong>the</strong> Minister's hottse
'a qztartrr before eleven o'clock, and that he be censzc7-ed in case he do not, by <strong>the</strong>
Senio~ Preacher.
" That ilz case ei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> ye appointed Prenche?.~ be absent, he zuho has not preached
for ye longest time shZ tab his tztrn. This ntle to apply, if both Preachers <strong>of</strong>
<strong>the</strong> last year be absent, to <strong>the</strong> devotional Semice.
" That <strong>the</strong>se rules be read over by <strong>the</strong> Ministers <strong>of</strong> ye place nt mevy Lectlrg*e.
" It is je wish <strong>of</strong> us here present that <strong>the</strong>se rules be rend over a d adopted at
Oll'bury."
In 1866 this lecture was discontinued, and Dudley was included as one
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> regular places <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Monthly Meeting.
A list <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lecturers, fragmentary from 1723, but complete from 1777,
is given in Yestkes, pp. 344-351.
Chalices (2)) silver, Gxins. tall, bell, stem, foot.
handles :-
GIVEN
FOR THE USE OF DUDLEY MEETING,
BY MR. I*F*
London date letter, 1751-52.
Paten (I), electro, gins. diameter, stem, round foot.
centre :-
OLD MEETING HOUSE, DUDLEY,
Inscription between
Inscription in
1853-
Flagon (I), electro, ~oyins. tall, plain body, band round lower half,
lid, handle, beak ; same inscription and date as paten.
I. Baptisms ...
11, Births and Baptisms
Burials .. . a..
JOHN SOUTHWELL, ed. Sheriff Hales Academy, by John Woodhouse ; chaplain to Philip
Foley, <strong>of</strong> Prestwood, Esq. ; assistant to Mr. Woodhouse ; master <strong>of</strong> an academy at
Kidderminster, which he removed to Dudley ; min. Dudley, -1667?; Newbury,
1688-1694 ; d. <strong>of</strong> a consumption about 1694, at Newbury, zt. about 32.
cf; Historical View <strong>of</strong> Protestant Dissenters, Joshua Toulmin, D.D., 1814, p. 567;
C.R., 1832, p. 276.
J
WILLIAM WILLETTS, b. [1664] ; ed. Sheriff Hales Academy by John Woodhouse; min.
Dudley, -1700 ; nz. Anna, daughter <strong>of</strong> Humphry Colborne ; Issue, John, William
(min. Newcastle-under-Lyne, 1727-1769).
d 1699-1700, a=t. 36. Entry in Dudley Parish Register reads :-W7?2. Willetts, cle~ke,
burietl 1699: and his son, Johrz.
cf. Toulmin's Historical View, p. 560.
JOSEPH STOKES, b. [Dudley] ; ed. Sheriff Hales Academy, by John Woodhouse; ord.
1691 ; min. Dudley, I~OI?-1742.
d. 1742.
c$ Toulmin's Historical View, p. 561.
JAMES HANCOX, b. [1702] at Hurcott, nr. Kidderminster ; ed. Findern Academy, by Dr.
Lathanl ; ord. zo April, 1743 ; min. Gt. Appleby and Snareston, Leicestershire; Bloxham
and Milton, Oxfordshire, 1726-1733 ; Dudley, 1733-1769 ; m. Martha - ; Issue,
Elizabeth (cl: 1813, zet. 72, m. (I) William, bro<strong>the</strong>r to Rev. Timothy Laugher, <strong>of</strong>
Hackney, (a) John Worthington, <strong>of</strong> Altrincham), Anne (b. 1743, W. Rev. Benj.
Carpenter, g.v.), Phebe (b. 1745), James (b. 1747), Martha (b. 174g), Es<strong>the</strong>r (b. 1751).
d. 27 September, 1769, aet. 67.
c$ Register <strong>of</strong> Baptisnls ; Toulmin's BOZ~Y~Z, pp. 278, 284 ; M.R., 1813, p. 347, 1824,
p. 26~.
WILLIAM DENNY WOOD, ed. Daventry Academy, by Caleb Ashworth, D.D., 1762- ;
min. Dudley, 1771-1804, when paralysed ; m. Mary - ; Issue, John Whitehouse,
Mary (B. 24 November, 1778), William Andrew (b. 22 April, 1781).
c/ M.R., 1822, p. 195 ; Oldbury Chapel Register iii. ; Tamworth, Cole Hill Register.
JAMES HEWS BRANSBY, b. 1783, in Ipswich; ed. Exeter Academy, by Timothy Kenrick
and Joseph Bretland, 1799-1804 ; min. Moreton Hampstead, Cross Street, 1804-1805 ;
Dudley, 1805-1328; North Wales, withoz~t charge, 1828-1847; nz. Sarah (d. 18411, daughter
<strong>of</strong> Jacob Isaac, min. Moreton Hampstead, General Baptists, 1780-1818.
d. 4 November, 1847, at Bron'r Hendref, nr. Carnarvon.
cf Dic, Nat, Biog.