ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 



Kingston, Lambeth, Merstham, Mortlake, East and West Moulsey con- 

 solidated, Ockley, Pirbright, St. George's, and St. Olave's, and St. Sav- 

 iour's, and St, Thomas' Southwark, Walton on Thames, and Worplesdon. 

 Comparing this list with the Royalist sequestrations we can see that, as in 

 the former case, the clergy in south London were completely changed. 

 Decided Puritans had been put in there, not only in London, but in the 

 populous places on the Thames, who could not accept the Act of Uni- 

 formity of 1662. The block of south-eastern parishes, which had seen 

 so few changes earlier and had organized Presbyterianism since, were 

 again little changed. Charlwood, Coulsdon and Merstham on the bor- 

 ders of this territory saw changes, but the general opinion here was in 

 the direction of concurrence in the existing authority whatever it 

 might be. 



Nonconformity of course was organized after 1662 in many places 

 in the county, more especially in Southwark and in the clothing towns of 

 Guildford and Godalming, and about Dorking. 



In 1669 Archbishop Sheldon tried to obtain returns of the non- 

 conformist congregations in the province of Canterbury. The period 

 was favourable for their observation, for after the fall of Clarendon in 

 1667 the tendency of the Government was less intolerant of dissent and 

 conventicles could meet more freely. The returns of meetings held in 

 Surrey are curiously local, there being large meetings in some places and 

 no meetings at all recorded in many others. Of course there are most 

 about London. In St. Olave's, Southwark, there was one in Mill Lane 

 of about 200 people. There was another in Morgan's Lane, and another 

 in Farthing Alley of 500 or 600 people, some of good quality. The 

 denominations of these are not mentioned, but clergy who had held 

 livings under the Commonwealth officiated in them. At Horsley Down 

 about 100 Fifth Monarchy men used to meet in a warehouse, and at 

 another house ' built on purpose' at Horsley Down 200 or 300 Quakers. 

 In Shad Thames 1,000 Anabaptists met in a house 'built on purpose.' 



In St. Saviour's, Southwark, 100 Presbyterians met in Montague 

 Close. At a house near St. Mary Overie's Dock 150 Fifth Monarchy 

 Men and Independents met ; at another house 100 Anabaptists, at 

 another 60, and in two large meeting houses in Globe Alley 600 ' Pres- 

 byterians and Independents.' The last were presided over by Mr. 

 Wadsworth, the late rector of Newington. 



At Ewell were 50 Presbyterians, to whom Mr. Batho, probably the 

 late rector of Ewell, ministered. At Kingston 100 people 'of several 

 opinions ' and 40 Quakers met. Mr. Mayo, late vicar, officiated for the 

 former. The ' several ' means perhaps ' Separatist ' opinions. At Home 

 a few Anabaptists met monthly in a farmer's house. At Esher 40 or 50 

 people of unspecified opinions met once a month. Thomas Moore is 

 mentioned among them, perhaps Fox's friend and a Quaker. Godal- 

 ming, which some thirty years before had been so bitter against Dr. 

 Andrewes, seems to have been very full of nonconformity. Some 700 

 or 800 people belonged to a conventicle held every Sunday in ' the time 



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