This trial is notable in England because it established the legal right of a jury to give their verdict according to their own best judgment, whatever the pressure from authorities. Elizabeth Duke Dunedin, New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel W Treadway" <treadway@netins.net> To: "jwhipple" <jwhipple@opusnet.com>; <QUAKER-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [Q-R] The tryal of William Penn & William Mead for causing a tumult > On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:42:35 -0700 > "jwhipple" <jwhipple@opusnet.com> wrote: >> Hello >> >> I just found this interesting little book at >>http://books.google.com/books?id=BMoxs7o-JWwC&oe=UTF-8 >> >> The tryal of William Penn & William Mead for causing a tumult: at >>the sessions held at the Old Bailey in London the 1st, 3d, 4th, and >>5th of September 1670. >> >> >> Who is this William Mead? Did he or his children come to Maryland, >>Pennsylvania or Loudoun Co., VA? >> >> >> Judy Whipple >> > > Judy, > > Using as my source /Margaret Fell Mother of Quakerism/ by Isabel Ross: > > William Meade of London married Sarah Fell, daughter of Judge Thomas > and Margaret (Askew) Fell of Swarthmore Hall. After her husband's > death, Margaret Fell married George Fox. > > William Meade died in 1713, and was not, as far as I can tell, > rereading quickly, connected to Maryland. > > William and Sarah had one child, a son, Nathaniel (1684-1760) who was > knighted. > > This reference > > http://books.google.com/books?id=FffeHyyjkwUC&pg=PA306&lpg=PA306&dq=sir+nathaniel+meade&source=bl&ots=B_JWGA9ZYk&sig=UMeYMISWMwa-zMHES3AfUakRl7k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AI2LUPfUAvG42QW_zIBA&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=sir%20nathaniel%20meade&f=false > > states "I have recently come across an entry in the Middle Temple > Records showing that Thomas Meade, son and heir of Sir Nathaniel > Meade, was admitted a student of that Inn on 6 November, 1732.... I > had hitherto thought that the only children of Sir Nathaniel were two, > who died in infancy." > > -- > Dan Treadway > P. O. Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 > treadway@netins.net > http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message