Excerpt from Memories of Jordans and the Chalfonts, and the Early Friends in the Chiltern Hundreds IT may seem to savour somewhat of presumption for one who is not a member of the.society of Friends, to think of writing on matters connected with the history of a body whose members have developed a type of Christian life so distinctly their own. The writer of this little work, however, may plead in extenuation of his boldness, that he has only ventured to publish it after most kindly and urgent requests from various members of the Society, who had seen it, in a very imperfect and fragmentary form, in a series of articles which appeared in the Mz'a'dlesex and Bucks Advertiser during 1891 and 1892. He has now carefully revised and, to some extent, rewritten it, that it might be less unworthy of dedication to a religious body which he sincerely respects, as well as to all lovers of civil and religious freedom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.