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The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family the gentry all repair to me upon all occasions of unlawful meetings, although I am neither a deputy-lieutenant nor a Justice of the peace I have been informed by John Eyre of Little Chalfield, Henry Long a Captain of Foot in Wiltshire and Mr Cornelius, each of whom are very active in suppressing Conventicles, that the Quakers who were fined by Jas Montague and George Johnson still despite all authority and say they will meet; also that there have been great meetings of Anabaptists and Presbyterians of which Mr Eyre will give lord Arlington an account after he has met Sir Edward Hungerford at sessions what we desire is that a troop of lord Oxford's Regiment may be sent and quartered in Wilts so as to curb these insolent people; otherwise they will so increase that it will be impossible to bring them to obedience 238 The Conventicle Act of 1664 was an Act of parliament that forbade religious assemblies of more than five people outside the control of the Church of England. This law was Clarendon’s program to discourage nonconformity and strengthen the position of the Established Church. These prohibitions led many priests to leave their parishes rather than submit to the new church authorities. Many congregations followed their ministers out of the established church, meeting on hillsides etc. From small beginnings these field assemblies - or conventicles - were to grow into the major problems of public order that Talbot feared in his letter. "An Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles." The Act imposed a fine on any person who attended any religious assembly (conventicle), other than those of the Church of England, of five shillings for the first offence and ten shillings for a second offence and it is these Acts which the local JP’s, including James II, are enforcing with fines. Talbot was . was the second President of the Royal Society, but his main interests, were antiquarian rather than scientific. Taking advantage of the many opportunities of making money which his official position gave him, he became very rich. 238 Green, MAE (ed) (1895) Calendar of State Papers Domestic : Series James I 1619-1623 p384 Letter dated August 20 th 1670 60
The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family Fig. 19 Descendents of James Montagu and Diana Hungerford ** 61
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