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Humphrey Wollrich (also Wolrich, Woolrich, or Wooldridge) (1633–1707) was an English Quaker writer. ==Life== From Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, he was probably born there about 1633. A Baptist in early life, he joined the Quakers soon after their rise, was imprisoned in London for preaching in 1658, About 1659 Wollrich, although a Quaker, actually baptised a convert. In this he was supported by some in the Society of Friends, while severely judged by others. Sir Richard Browne, Lord Mayor of London in 1661, who was particularly severe against Quakers, committed Wollrich to prison for keeping his hat on before him. In 1661 he was taken out of a meeting in Staffordshire, and, for refusing the oath of allegiance, carried to prison. On 2 December 1662 he arrived in Chester at the end of the assize. On the following Sunday he entered Chester Cathedral during the anthem, and when the singing ceased attempted to speak, but was hastily removed and confined in the castle. In February 1682 he was fined £20 and sent to prison for offering prayer at the burial of a quaker woman in her husband's garden at Keel, Staffordshire, the priest having threatened to arrest the corpse if Wollrich did not pay the fees. Wollrich died, after a painful illness from cancer in the mouth, at the Friends' Almshouses in Clerkenwell on 31 August 1707, and was buried on 2 September. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Humphrey Wollrich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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