Anne Gargill (born about 1625) was an English Quaker and writer.
Anne Gargill | |
|---|---|
| Born | circa 1625 |
| Died | after 1659 |
| Nationality | English |
| Known for | Quaker writings |
Life
editGargill was born in Swine, East Riding of Yorkshire around 1625.[1]
It was said that in 1654 she swore allegiance to the founder of the Quakers George Fox greeting him as the "son of God".[1]
She wrote "A Warning to all the World" and it was published by Giles Calvert in London in 1656.[2] Later that year, in September, the same publisher published "A Brief Discovery of that which is Called the Popish Religion".[3] This was after she had been to Lisbon where she had been questioned by the Inquisition and it was said that she started Quaker groups there. In 1657 she was in Amsterdam where the early Quakers there were troubled by her views and she formed a small schism.
She is known to have been alive in 1659 but her fate after that is unknown.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Gargill, Anne (b. c. 1625, d. in or after 1659), Quaker and writer | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64775. Retrieved 21 April 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Gargill, Anne (September 2008). A warning to all the vvorld by Anne Gargill.
- ^ "A brief discovery of that which is called the popish religion with a word to the Inquisition discovering their seat of injustice and cruelty, and also a word to them who are in bondage under this deceit that upholdeth the Beasts worship. And a word to the Pope who calls himself a bishop and is not, his throne of deceit is discovered, by the Spirit of the eternall God. / Given forth by me who am called of the world. A. Gargill". quod.lib.umich.edu.