From The First Publishers of Truth
Yorkshire: Scarhouse
ffurthermore, Geo: ffox, at his first comeing into ye North, wch was in ye year 1652, was Directed to ye house of James Tennant, called Scarhouse, in Langstroth Dale, where he Preached ye Truth in yt family, & by ye powerfull Vertue of it, ye said James Tennant and his Wife were Reached, so as to receive ye Truth in the Love of it, where a mee[ting] was soon after setled, & is continued to this Day, bearing the name of Scarhouse Meeting. Now ye said James Tennant became a Serviceable Man to friends & truth in his Day, wch was not long, after the time of his convincement, being taken Prisoner for his Testimony against Tythes, from which he did not decline, but Patiently Endured Close Imprisonment untill Death. [page 306]
“The First Publishers of Truth” edited by Norman Penney (London: Headley Brothers, 1907). Presented to Yearly Meeting in 1709.
From George Fox Journal (1694) for 1677
... and I, having Leonard fell with me, passed on through Sedberg and Garsdale, and into Wensydale, visiting Friends, as we went. And at night I reached to Richard Robinson’s at Counterside, where several Friends came to me that Evening; and some of them went with me next Day over the Hills, to the Widow Tenant’s at Scarhouse in Langstroth-dale, whither we had much ado to get, the Snow lay so deep, though it was a Week in the Second Month. Here on the next Day (which was the First Day of the Week) we had a large Meeting, Friends coming to it from several parts round about; and the Lord gave me a very seasonable Testimony to bear amongst them, which I did for several Hours, to their great Satisfaction and Comfort. Thence passing on through Bishopsdale, Mildum,1 Barton, and so through the Country by Bedale and North-allerton, I came to George Robinson’s at Burrowby2 ... [page 423]
A journal or historical account of the life, travels, sufferings, Christian experiences and
labour of love in the work of the ministry,
of ... George Fox edited by Thomas Ellwood (London: Thomas Northcott, 1694).
1. Middleham.
2. Boroughbridge.