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The Thomas Allan Collection

Thomas Allan (1774-1845)

Thomas Allan was born near Malton, North Yorkshire. He was married to Esther (d. 21 November
1844), the daughter of Thomas Robinson, merchant and ship owner. They had two sons, Thomas
Robinson Allan (d. 8 December 1866) who was also a solicitor and Joseph William Allan (d. 10
February 1848).

A solicitor and political adviser to the Wesleyan Methodists, Thomas Allan was considered to be one
of the most important laymen of his generation. Based in Frederick’s Place, Old Jewry, London, he
was appointed WM connexional legal adviser in 1803. He came to prominence as a member of the
Committee of Privileges opposing Lord Sidmouth’s Bill. The Bill would have effectively put in
jeopardy Methodism’s use of local preachers and even threatened the itinerancy itself. Seen as a
threat to religious liberties, it was opposed by the Committee which was set up in 1803 to protect
nonconformist rights under the Toleration Act. Thomas Allan produced 700 WM petitions against
the Bill which contained 30,000 signatures. As a result of the petitions and in the face of growing
opposition, the Bill was dropped after its second reading. He was responsible for masterminding the
new Toleration Act of 1812 which was of importance to all the Free Churches.

Thomas Allan was a leading member of the Protestant Union, founded in 1813, and opposed
Catholic Emancipation in 1829 and grants to Catholic schools. As a local preacher, he preached to
the poor in the workhouses and smaller chapels. He died at Brighton on 26 September 1845.

Thomas Allan’s biographical information was taken from the following sources:
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
The Wesley Society online Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland.
The Dictionary of Evangelical Biography.

The Thomas Allan Collection

This is a significant collection which will prove useful for researchers into Methodism and the early
19th century in general. It contains letters from 3 Prime ministers (Henry Addington, Spencer
Perceval and Lord Liverpool), numerous bishops, government ministers and senior legal figures. The
subjects covered by the archive include the Toleration Act controversy, medicine, Roman Catholic
emancipation, and anti-slavery.

Provenance

The collection was probably compiled by the Allan family and passed to the WM Connexion in
London sometime after Thomas Allan’s death in 1845. It was retained there by the Methodist Church
until 1977 at which time it was transferred to the John Rylands Library on permanent deposit as part
of the Methodist Archives and Research Centre.

Arrangement and content

The collection consists of 22 boxes of manuscript and printed material comprising letters,
documents, and personal papers relating to Thomas Allan’s role as a solicitor and also concerning his
opposition to the Toleration Act and Lord Sidmouth’s Bill. The collection has been listed by item and
where an asterisk appears, this indicates that there is biographical information which can be found
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at the end of the catalogue. The items have been retained in the original box order and have been
listed accordingly. The first part of the reference number relates to the box to which the material
belongs.

Karen Jacques

The John Rylands Library

December 2012

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Box 1 (MAW MS 1) Toleration Act documents

Brown Manila Folder labelled “Practising Certificates, etc (1799-1832)”

1/1 Counterpart articles of clerkship between Thomas Allan, Thomas Smith (witness) and James
Smith (employee). Dated 30 Jan 1810
1/2 Itemised list of expenses relating to admittance as an Attorney Commissioner for Oaths, etc.
Dated Easter Term 1795
1/3 Certificate of Qualification to act as an Attorney in the Court of Exchequer, Westminster,
granted to Thomas Allan, late of New Malton in the County of York now of Fredericks Place,
Old Jewry, London. Dated 31 Jan 1831
1/4 Certificate of Authority to take affidavits in the counties of York, Lancaster, Lincoln,
Cumberland and Nottingham, cities of York and Lincoln and towns of Kingston-upon-Hull and
Nottingham granted to Thomas Allan of New Malton, County of York. Dated 19 May 1795
1/5 Certificate of Admittance as a solicitor in the Court of Chancery granted to Thomas Allan of
New Malton in the County of York. Dated 16 May 1795
1/6 Certificate of Authority to take affidavits in the Court of common pleas in the counties of
York, Lancaster, Cumberland, and Nottingham, the cities of York and Lincoln and the towns
of Kingston-upon-Hull and Nottingham granted to Thomas Allan of New Malton in the
County of York. Dated 19 May 1795
1/7 Certificate of Admittance as an Attorney in the Court of Common Pleas granted to Thomas
Allan late of New Malton in the County of York, now of Charles Square, Hoxton in the
County of Middlesex, dated 12 June 1799 and enrolment as an Attorney in the Court of
Common Pleas. Dated 3 May 1800
1/8 Certificate of Admittance and enrolment as an Attorney of the Kings Bench granted to
Thomas Allan of New Malton in the County of York. Dated 16 May 1795
1/9 Oath of Allegiance on swearing in as Master Extraordinary at the Court of Chancery granted
to Thomas Allan (copy in Thomas Allan’s own hand). No date
1/10 Certificate of Commission of swearing in as Master Extraordinary at the Court of Chancery
granted to Thomas Allan of New Malton in the County of York. Dated 22 May 1795
1/11 Certificate of Admittance and enrolment as an Attorney and Solicitor in the Court of
Bankruptcy granted to Thomas Allan of Frederick’s Place, Old Jewry, London. Dated 17
January 1832
1/12 (a) Certificate of Admittance as a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers,
London granted to Thomas Allan of London. Dated 15 October 1799
(b) Receipt for £25 for the Livery of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, London paid
by Thomas Allan. Dated 10 September 1799
(c) Oath of a Freeman of the Company of Haberdashers
(d) Oath of every Freeman of the City of London
1/13 Bundle containing:
(a) Examination Question Papers (Viva voce examination, Senate House) c1820
(b) Poem in Latin
(c) Diary (The Student’s Journal) Jan 1817-Nov 1821, Thomas R. Allan
1/14 (Commonplace) notebook containing handwritten notes written by Thomas Allan on various
aspects of Law inc. Martime and Church Law. No date
1/15 Handwritten copy of legal textbook. No date
1/16 Bundle containing:
(a) Notes relating to Law on: Abitration, Attorney, Infancy, Principal and Surety, Master and
Servant, Partnership, Companies, Banking, Bankruptcy, Insurance, Patents, Costs,
Maritime, Debt, Statute of Frauds, Lord Tenterden’s Act, Statute of Limitations.
Written by Thomas R. Allan [c.1830]
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(b) Notes taken from History of the English Law from the time of the Saxons to the end of
the reign of Elizabeth by John Reeves.
(c) Letter dated 20 June 1839
From Peremet Thompson [?], Elliott Vale, Blackheath, to Thomas Allan, Elliott Place,
declining Invitation

Box 2 (MAW MS 2)

2/1 Notebook, with mostly blank pages, but containing notes on the “Syllabus of Locke” and
Book 1 of Blackstone
2/2 Notebook, unbound, with notes on Blackstone, Books 2 and 3
2/3 Bound notebook, entitled “Bills of Exchange and Pleading”
2/4 Bound notebook, foliated, apparently containing indentures. Inside the book is a card
reading “Trusts, Settlements, Conveyances, etc …”
2/5 Packet of loose notes on various legal topics: 42 double leaves and 1 loose scrap (a note on
the annuities charges on land); the sheet enclosing the rest is marked “Action of Debt”. The
notes themselves are headed “Pleas de Proprietate” and discuss Action for Debts, Writ of
Debt, Writ of Detinue, Law Wager etc… Many references, mainly to the first three volumes
of John Reeves’ History of English Law (1783, 1789-1829) but also to Ralph Glanvell, Ryley’s
Placita Parliamentaria et al. as well as to the relevant codes
2/6 Another packet of loose legal notes: 16 double leaves and 1 loose scrap, which seems to be a
rough guide to the contents of the first eleven sheets. Up to leaf 11: general notes on
Annuity – form of the writ, process at law etc … From leaf 11 to the end: form of the
particular writ and an account of the trial between Thomas Jones and John Hughes on a plea
of annuity in Middlesex. Probably taken from Littleton (pencilled reference at top of page)
2/7 Unbound notebook, foliated. The contents are in chapter form and so are possibly
abstracted from some legal authority such as Blackstone. However, nowhere is this stated,
no name is given, nor is there any contents page. Headings are as follows: 2R – 236
……..Fines………. (Fourteen chapters). 25R – 41R (end of book) …….Common Recovery…….
(Also fourteen chapters)
2/8 Notebook (green spine), foliated. This notebook has a contents page and is concerned with
Mortgages. Again it is in chapter form and so may also be a précis of some unknown
authority
Both of the above enclosed small scraps of scribbled notes, 3 and 2 respectively. There were
a great many scraps of paper (often the rough notes of the fair copy which made up the
packets) scattered through this box, particularly in the last item. Mostly, they have been
collected and put at the very bottom of the box, since it seemed unnecessary to number and
describe each one
2/9 Large bundles of loose notes on various legal topics. Contents are as follows (numbering is as
the original or arbitrary):
(1) Fifty double sheets marked A1, A2…, B1, B2, B3 etc… 1, 2 …
A (1-17): Parol and Written Evidence. References to Starkie etc….
B (1-4): Custom, i.e, General/Ancient Customs of the Realm; local custom; mercantile
customs; customs/usage
1-11: Mercantile custom, sea policies, insurance etc…. Some of the numbered sheets contain
1/2 others: there are 26 in all. Q1, Q2 and one unmarked sheet – all on mercantile custom
and law. As well as these 50, there are three separate sheets relating to the above: i) Parol
Evidence ii) Custom iii) Lex Mercatoria
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(2) One small packet – ten double sheets – on Libel: headed “Proof of Publication”,
“Prefatory Averment”, “Malice”, “Character,” etc …. Also, five large sheets pinned together
and marked Evidence on Libel with three folded sheets (one double) on the same topic
(3) Fifty-six double leaves with following headings (often pencilled): Actions of Account; Writ
of account; Writ Monstravit de compoto; Writ of Exparte talis; Action of Debt; Writ of Debt
etc ……
(4) Pinned together –
i) Copy of the Will of George John Stevenson, Middlesex. Dated October 19 1893, from
Foskett and Nye, Essex, Iowa
ii) Letter from Mr W.I. (?) Simpson of Norfolk apparently to Mr George Stample of Ashlea,
Grimsby (?) concerning number iii)
iii) Copy of the Will of Sarah Stevenson, wife of George John Stevenson, Proved on June 21
1892
(5) Accounts of cases illustrating various legal points – 27 sheets. These sheets are numbered
by sections i.e. topics, some being made up of a simple double sheet, others quadruple etc
………
i) Evidence (relating to)? Indentures. Peacock v. Harris
ii) Presumption: Notice (?); Indentures. R. v. inhabitants of Wilney (?)
iii) Presumption of death. Nepeau (?) v. Knight
iv) Evidence of Husband or Wife
v) Randle v. Lory (both names doubtful)
vi) Evidence in Acts of Ownership Presumption. Jones v. Williams
vii) Adverse Possession: another account of iii) worded differently
viii) Adverse Possession
ix) Trespass (for means of)? Distraint
x) (False)? Warranty
xi) Negligence
xii) Assault and Battery
xiii) “Plene Admin …..” (Illegible)
xiv) Objections to Distraint (?)
xv) Alteration of date in Bill of Exchequer (?)
xvi) On Affidavits
xvii) Date of Note (?), whether evidence
xviii) Admissions in one Plea used in another
xix) Reputation
xx) Foreign Documents
xxi) 3 loose sheets and 4 scraps of paper with headings “Purchases” and “Aggravations”
(6) Nature of Evidence and its application to various topics – four sheets. With these was
another sheet headed “Interragationes”, which was simply a short definition of this term
(7) More accounts of cases as in 5. There are 17 double sheets in all: as above some of these
enclose others
i) Proof of Handwritting by Comparison as Evidence – 5 sheets
ii) Estoppel – 8 sheets
iii) Assumpsit – 1 sheet
(8) Small packet marked Prescriptions and containing:
i) Another small packet marked Prescriptions and Statute of Limitations – 17 sheets
ii) Ten loose sheets on the same or similar theme
(9) Ten loose sheets on various topics, plus some rough notes pinned together
i) Estoppel, containing scribbled notes on that subject
ii) Declension of Deed of Possession
iii) Changing Writs (?)
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iv) Admissions
v) “Res inter Alia”
vi) Rentals
vii) Evidence (in a)? Plea of Presumption
viii) Public documents – not Judicial. Rough notes
(10) Three packets of large sheets, each apparently dealing with Matters in Aggravation –
when admissible in evidence. Each packet encloses smaller sheets, presumably giving
various types of cases which illustrate the main point e.g. Trespass; Breaking and Entering;
Assault and Battery; False Imprisonment etc … 9 single and 3 double sheets (large)
(11) Four sheets on Sworn copies as Evidence
(12) Papers in the Case Simpson v. Terrington: 19 large double sheets, some folded inside
others. These are copies, given under the seal of the Registrar of the Supreme Court in
Capetown, South Africa on October 28, 1841. Dates in the text range from May – August of
that year and there are two sheets giving “Opinions” (of Counsel?)
i) Frederick Pollock, Temple, August 26 1842
ii) Samuel Martin, Lancaster, August 13 1841
A) Letter to (?) Allan, Poste Restante, Mainz. Date stamped 22 Sept 1837, Frankfurt. Re
Rawson v Haq (evidence)
B) Letter to Thomas R. Allan, Northern Circuit, Liverpool. Date stamped 2 Apr 1840. Re Hill
v (?) Pridening
C) Letter to T.R. Allan, Mitre Court, Temple. Undated. Re Leech v Miogly
D) Rough notes, scribbled, various topics

Box 3 (MAW MS 3) Catholic Emancipation

3/1 The Adviser: A monthly magazine for young people 1860
Loose bound pp 17-32; 65-80; 81-96; 97-112; 113-128; 145-160; 161-176; 177-188 & cover.
3/2 The Adviser, No. 1
Loose bound pp 1-16.
3/3 The Adviser, No. 2
pp 1-16; 33-48; 49-64.
3/4 The Adviser, No. 3
Loose pp 1-16; 17-32; 33-48; 49-64; 65-80; 81-96; 97-112; 113-128; 129-144; 161-176.

Box 4 (MAW MS 4) Toleration Act

4/1 Toleration Act: Lord Sidmouth’s Bill* (documents and circular 1811)
Bundle containing:
1) Printed resolution of a meeting of the General Committee of the Societies of the late
Rev John Wesley. Held at the New Chapel, City Road, London, on 14 May 1811, re: Lord
Sidmouth’s Bill* (8 copies)
2) Pamphlet “The Case of the Methodists” re: Lord Sidmouth’s Bill*. Updated, incomplete,
pp 1-16
3) As above, pp 1-4
4) As above, pp 1-8
5) Printed letter addressed to ‘Dear Brother’ expressing thanks to God that Lord
Sidmouth’s* proposed bill failed. The letter is signed by Order of the Committee [Rev.]
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Thomas Blanshard* and dated 23 May 1811. The letter ends by asking for contributions
towards the cost of opposing the bill
6) Printed resolution of a meeting of the regular Methodist Ministers stationed in the
Manchester District assembled in Liverpool which lists their objections to Lord
Sidmouth’s Bill. Dated 23 May 1811. A copy was sent by post to Thomas Allan,
Frederick’s Place Old Jewry, London, 25 May 1811
7) A copy of Cobbett’s weekly Political Register, 25 May 1811, Vol XIX, No. 42, cols 1281-
1310
8) A copy of Mr Redhead Yorke’s Weekly Political Review, 25 May 1811, Part 1, No 21, pp
353-368
9) (a) Printed letter dated 16 May 1811 from Thomas Allan to Lord Hutchinson, Park Place,
asking for his help in opposing Lord Sidmouth’s Bill. A copy of the Resolution (as per
4/1/1 above) is enclosed with the letter
(b) A copy of the Resolution (as per 4/1/1 above) with handwritten notes in pencil on
the back of the document
10) 3 unused copies of printed letter (as per 4/1/9a above)
11) Unused copies of printed petition to members of the House of Lords requesting
members to reject Lord Sidmouth’s Bill (37 copies)
12) Printed letter addressed to ‘Dear Brother’ from [Rev.] Thomas Blanshard* dated 22 May
1811 requesting that no more signed copies of petition are returned
Bundle containing:
13) Copy of Lord Sidmouth’s Bill with handwritten notes [Thomas Allan]
14) Printed forms of petition (instructions) re: Lord Sidmouth’s Bill (2 copies)
15) Printed letter regarding the rejection of Lord Sidmouth’s Bill by House of Lords dated 22
May 1811. Written on the back is the following: ‘May 22nd 1811. Dissenter Letter [informing
friends] of the rejection of the Bill’
16) Printed letter dated 16 May 1811, addressed to Thomas Allan, Old Jewry requesting his
attendance at the meeting of the Committee of Protestant Dissenters. The meeting is due to
take place every day at 12 o’clock during the progress of the Bill
17) Printed letter dated 23 May 1811, addressed to Thomas Allan, Old Jewry requesting his
attendance of Special General Meeting of Committee of Protestant Dissenters which is due
to place on Friday 24 May 1811
18) Printed letter dated 27 May 1811, addressed to Thomas Allan, Old Jewry requesting his
attendance of General Meeting of Committee of Protestant Dissenters which is due to take
place on 29 May 1811. The letter is sent by Thomas Pellatt and John Wilks, secretaries
19) Printed letter sent to Ministers asking them to obtain signatures for a petition to oppose
Lord Sidmouth’s Bill which will be presented to the House of Commons and possibly the
House of Lords
4/2 Toleration Act: Correspondence: 1811
1) A manuscript letter, 18 May 1811 sent to Thomas Robinson of Hilderthorpe, near
Bridlington by Thomas Allan
2) A manuscript letter from Lord Erskine* to Thomas Allan, 17 May 1811
3) An empty envelope addressed to Thomas Allan from Lord Erskine*
4) A manuscript letter from Lord Erskine* to Thomas Allan, 17 May 1811
5) A manuscript letter from Joseph Butterworth* to Thomas Allan, 11 May 1811
6) A copy of a manuscript letter from Thomas Allan to Lord Erskine,* 18 May 1811
7) A manuscript letter from J.W. to Mr R Middleton (care of Thomas Allan’s address – a
note on the back of the letter near the address states ‘If not there may be opened by
Thos. Allan’), 20 May 1811
8) A copy of a manuscript letter, 20 May 1811 from Thomas Allan to Earl Grey*, Marquis of
Lansdowne*, Earl Moira* and Lord Holland*
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9) A copy of the above letter without any addressee details
10) A manuscript letter dated 25 May 1811 from Lord Erskine* to Thomas Allan
11) As per item 9 above
12) A manuscript letter dated 25 May 1811 from Joseph Agar to Thomas Allan
13) A manuscript letter dated 23 May 1811 from Thomas Allan to Marquis of Lansdowne*
14) A manuscript letter dated 23 May 1811 from Thomas Allan to Lord Holland* and Earl
Grey*
15) A manuscript letter dated 23 May 1811 from Thomas Allan to Lord Erskine*
16) A manuscript letter dated 16 May 1811 from Lord Holland* (addressee unknown)
17) A manuscript letter dated 27 May 1811 from Lord Liverpool* to Thomas Thompson
18) A manuscript letter dated 1 July 1811 from Thomas Roberts to Lord Erskine*. On the
same sheet is a copy of a letter also dated 1 July 1811 which was sent to Thomas Allan
by Thomas Roberts
19) A manuscript letter dated 27 July 1811 from (?) J. Ward of Durham to Thomas Allan
20) A manuscript letter dated 6 December 1811 from Thomas Allan to [Rev.] Thomas
Blanshard*

Box 5 (MAW MS 5) Toleration Act

5/1 Bundle of material relating to the Toleration Act: Circulars and documents 1812
1) Printed document ‘The Case of the Methodists’. 11 pages, heavily annotated.
Inscribed on the back ‘Copy as altered by W Bevins (?) & Dr Clarke’.
Small bundle of material comprising the following:
2) Printed circular comprised of a letter to the Superintendent of the Circuit from [Rev.]
Adam Clarke* and Joseph Butterworth*, dated London, July 31st, 1812; Details of
“An Act to repeal certain Acts, and amend other Acts, relating to Religious Worship
and Assemblies, and Persons teaching or preaching therein.” [29th July, 1812].
Undated draft copy of the above printed circular in Thomas Allan’s handwriting
2a) Printed letter addressed to ‘Dear Brethren’, dated July 1795 from Ashton-underline,
in the Stockport Circuit. There is a handwritten letter, dated 15 July 1795 attached to
the printed letter which is addressed to ‘Mr Longridge of Sunderland’, and is signed by
John Moss and James Harrop, both stewards. The following is written on the reverse:
‘Copy of the Letter sent to Mr. M. Longridge Sunderland’, and a note which reads:
‘K. Harrop J Moss to M. Longridge
Ashton UL 15/7/95
Thanks for his conciliatory essay-
Printed address for? trustees
Ashton’
3)-8) Additional copies of 2) above
9) Printed circular entitled ‘Religious Toleration’ comprising the following:
 An extract from the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Speech in the House of Lords, on
Viscount Sidmouth’s Bill, May 21, 1811.
 A copy of a letter from Spencer Perceval* to Mr [Joseph] Butterworth*, Fleet
Street on April 10, 1812.
 The Judgment of the Court of King’s Bench, on the Motion for a Mandamus, in
the Case of the King, on the Prosecution of Thomas Standfast Brittan, versus The
Justices of Gloucestershire, 6th May, 1812, taken from the short-hand notes of
Mr. Gurney.
 A copy of a letter from A. Rosenhagen to Mr. [Joseph]Butterworth* on 9th May,
1812
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 A copy of a letter from Thomas Allan to Spencer Perceval* on May 9, 1812
 An extract from ‘The Five Mile Act’
 An extract from ‘The Conventicle Act’
10)-22) Additional copies of 9) above
23) Printed circular letter, dated Feb. 24th, 1812 addressed to the Superintendent of the
Circuit from John Barber, Chairman and Joseph Butterworth*, Secretary
24)-26) Additional copies of 23) above
27) Content as 23) above, but inscribed ‘Mr Allan Frederick Place’ ’24 Feb 1812 Letter to
the Preacher’
28) Printed circular entitled ‘Address of the Preachers, Assembled at the Sixty-ninth
Annual conference, Begun in Leeds, July 27, 1812 to the members of the Methodist
Societies, founded by the late Rev. John Wesley.’ Signed by Joseph Entwistle, President
and Thomas Coke*, Secretary
29)-30) Additional copies of 28) above
31) A printed circular entitled ‘The Judgment of the Court of King’s Bench, on the Motion
for a Mandamus, in the Case of the King, on the Prosecution of Thomas Standfast
Brittan, versus The Justices of Gloucestershire, 6th May, 1812, taken from the short-hand
notes of Mr. Gurney’
32) As 2) above, but contains marginal annotations on page 3
33) As 2) above
34) Printed circular comprising an open letter dated 25th May, 1812 from Joseph
Butterworth* and a document entitled ‘ Returns of the Archbishops and Bishops of The
Number of Churches and Chapels of the Church of England, in every Parish of 1000
Persons and upwards; also of the Number of other Places of Worship not of the
Establishment.’ Ordered to be printed by the House of Lords, April 5, 1811
35)-40) As 34) above. Item 36) has the following note on the reverse: ‘25th May 1812 W.
Butterworth’s Letter’
41) Printed circular, comprising a letter, dated May 7th, 1812 addressed to the
Superintendent of the Circuit from John Barber, Chairman and Joseph Butterworth*,
Secretary and a copy of a letter from Spencer Perceval* to Joseph Butterworth*, dated
April 10, 1812
42) As 41) above
43) As 41) above but includes a MS letter dated May 12, 1812, from John Barber (?) to
Mr Joseph Dutton of Liverpool. A note on the reverse of the letter reads: ‘Circular of the
committee for guarding priviledges respecting Toleration Act 7 May 1812’
5/2 Bundle of material relating to the Toleration Act: Various debates, drafts and
amendments: 1812
44) Manuscript document entitled ‘A Bill to repeal certain acts and amend other acts of
Parliament relating to religious worship and assemblies and persons teaching or
preaching therein’. The document contains marginal annotations
45) Manuscript document entitled ‘A Bill to Exempt his Majesty’s Protestant Subjects of
all Denominations from the penalties of certain Laws; and to repeal certain Laws which
prevent Religious assemblies of Protestants’. Inscribed ‘Draft Bill’ ‘Allan Frederick Place’
on the reverse of the document. Contains amendments and marginal annotations
46) Manuscript document entitled ‘A Bill instituted (?) an Act to relieve members of the
Church of England & others from sundry unjust Penalties and Disabilities’. Inscribed
‘Draft of Lord Stanhope’s Bill’ on the reverse of the document
47) MS document entitled ‘Speech of The Rt Hon the Earl of Stanhope, in The House of
Lords, on the Second Reading of a bill, intituled, an Act to relieve Members of the Church
of Engd, and others, from sundry penalties and disabilities. July 3, 1812.’ Taken in Short-
Hand by Mr Bartrum of Clement’s-Inn. 32 pp.
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48) Manuscript document entitled ‘New Toleration Act. The Debates at large in The Two
Houses of Parliament, upon A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal certain Acts, and amend
other Acts, relating to Religious Worship and Assemblies, and Persons teaching or
preaching therein; July 10-28, 1812.’ Taken in Short-Hand by Mr Bartrum of Clement’s-
Inn. Inserted on a separate sheet are Mr Bartrum’s notes on Mr Vansittart’s speech,
House of Commons, July 20, 1812. 62pp.
49) Printed document entitled ‘A Bill intituled An Act to relieve Members of the Church
of England and others from sundry Penalties and Disabilities’. There are some
handwritten notes in pencil on the reverse of the document
50) Document as stated above but has ‘Mr Allan Fredericks Place’ inscribed on the
reverse
51)-55) As 49) above. No notes
56) Printed document entitled ’10 July 1812. A Bill To repeal certain Acts, and amend
other Acts, relating to Religious Worship and Assemblies, and Persons teaching or
preaching therein.’ Includes handwritten inserts and annotations
57) Printed document entitled ’16 July 1812. A Bill [as amended by the committee] To
Repeal certain Acts, and amend other Acts, relating to Religious Worship and Assemblies,
and Persons teaching or preaching therein.’ Includes handwritten amendments and
annotations
58) Title as 56) above but printed on 21 July, 1812. Includes a handwritten note
59) As 58) above. Includes handwritten marginal notes
60) Printed document entitled ‘An Act to repeal certain Acts, and amend other Acts
relating to Religious Worship and Assemblies, and Persons teaching or preaching therein.
[29th July 1812.] A handwritten note on the reverse of the document reads ‘Act relative
(?) to Religious Worship (?) published’
5/3 Bundle of material relating to the Toleration Act: Letters: 1812
61) Copy of a letter from Thomas Allan to Spencer Perceval*, 15 February, 1812
62) Draft (?) of a letter from Thomas Allan to Spencer Perceval* 15 February, 1812
63) Draft (?) of a letter from Thomas Allan to Spencer Perceval* 15 February, 1812
64) Letter dated 25 January, 1812 from Thomas Thompson, Hull to Thomas Allan
65) Letter dated 18 February, 1812 from Thomas Allan to Mr Robinson, Bridlington
66) Extract from the minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Privileges of the
Methodist Societies held at the New Chapel House, City Road, February 24th 1812 at
which a resolution was passed unanimously to thank Thomas Allan for his letter to and
conversation with Spencer Perceval*. The note is signed by Joseph Butterworth*,
secretary
67) Letter dated 3rd March 1812 from Thomas Allan to Mr Robinson, Bridlington
68) Manuscript document entitled ‘Hints for conversation with Mr. Perceval*’.
Preparatory notes made for Thomas Allan’s interview with Spencer Perceval*
69) Copy of a letter sent by Spencer Perceval* to (?), 10 April 1812
70) Draft letter from Thomas Allan to Mr P (?), 9th May 1812
71) Letter from J Stephen (?) to Thomas Allan (?) date unclear, possibly January or June
1812
72) Letter from Thomas Allan to Lord Liverpool*, 11th June 1812
73) (Draft?) letter from Thomas Allan to Lord Liverpool*, 18th June 1812
74) Letter from Thomas Allan to the Earl of Liverpool*, June 27th 1812
75) (Draft?) letter from Thomas Allan (?) to Lord Liverpool* (?), 2nd July 1812
76) Letter from Thomas Allan to Thomas Robinson, Bridlington, 8th July 1812
77) Letter from Thomas Allan to the Earl of Liverpool*, 11 July 1812
78) (Draft?) letter from Thomas Allan to the Earl of Liverpool*, 12 July 1812
79) Copy letter from Thomas Allan to William Smith, 23rd July 1812
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