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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1312/A1
TitleAccount and minute book for Friargate Unitarian Church
Date1697-1819
DescriptionUntil the 1790's meetings were held for special purposes. Regular meetings begin in 1798. There is a gap in the detailed annual accounts between 1713 and 1731:
Minutes of a general meeting held 27 March 1699 to appoint a new minister;
Minutes of a general meeting held 6 July 1704 to appoint one minister to have the whole pastoral charge;
Minutes of a general meeting held 12 June 1718 for the election of chapel wardens and settlement of money due on a bond;
Minutes of a meeting of the "heads of the Society of Protestant Dissenters in Derby" at the George Inn 3 September 1754, regarding the ministers' salaries;
Memorandum of plate received from Samuel Crompton 21 June 1758;
Minutes of meeting held 23 July 1766 regarding a bequest of £200 by Abraham Compton to augment the salary of the ministers to be lent on the turnpike road from Derby to Mansfield;
Minutes of meeting held 15 May 1776: agreement to pay the choirmaster £3-10s per annum;
Minutes of meeting held 27 March 1796 to consider a request for the resignation of the minister Mr Pilkington following his publication "The Doctrine of Equality" which had given offence to some members of the congregation.
Extent1 volume
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorFriar Gate Unitarian Church, Derby
TermElections
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