Anne Askew, Martyr - Anne Askew and Margaret Fell

Started by Rupert Bullock on Sunday, October 14, 2018
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10/14/2018 at 6:51 AM

It is interesting that Anne Askew's granddaughter was Margaret Fell, one of the founders of Quakerism. She was married to Judge Thomas Fell and after his death, married George Fox, founder of Quakerism. She used her home, Swarthmoor Hall in Cumbria, England, as a centre for the movement, which it still is today.

7/16/2019 at 1:19 AM

Margaret Fell probably could not be Anne Askew's granddaughter, on chronological grounds. Askew died in 1546, while Margaret Askew Fell Fox wasn't born until 1614. That would mean that Margaret's father would have had to be in the neighborhood of 60 (or more) when she was born, which -- though technically possible, is almost unheard of even now -- let alone then.

I have wondered about some sort of relationship between the two, but is Margaret Fell's parentage even known?

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