From Brislington. ‘I perfectly unite with you my dear friend - & do approve of your filling up the trust of the chapel in the wood [Madeley Wood Methodist Chapel] with the following names; The Revd. Mr [John] Eyton Vicar of Wellington , The Revd. Mr Walter Curate of Madeley, Mr [Richard?] Williams of Madeley & Miss Faulk of Madeley.
[Annotated by Mary Fletcher - ‘The consent & approval of Mr Ireland to the additional trustees of Madeley Wood House 1807’]
Notes
- John Eyton (1779-1823) was the son of Thomas Eyton, gent. , of Wellington, Shropshire. He was educated at Rugby School and St John's College Cambridge. Eyton was Vicar of Wellington and Eyton between 1802 and 1823, and was a friend of Mary Fletcher and her companion Mary Tooth. He was appointed a trustee of Madeley Wood Methodist Chapel in 1807. Eyton published a book of sermons. Source: Alumni Cantabrigienses, compiled by J. A. Venn (1940) and Fletcher-Tooth collection
- Richard Williams (d. 1832) was a brazier in Ludlow, Shropshire. Despite family opposition he was a member of the Methodist society in Ludlow for many years and served as a chapel trustee at Madeley Wood from 1807. Nevertheless he was not fully converted until a short time before his death which occurred in June 1832. Williams had been acquainted with the prominent female evangelists Mary Bosanquet-Fletcher and Mary Tooth. Source: Arminian Magazine 1832, p. 689 and Fletcher-Tooth collection