CONTENTS VII. IMPRISONMENT IN THE TOWER. IX, DEATH OF THE SIR WILLIAM PENN XIII. TOUR IN HOLLAND AND GERMANY XVII. SETTLEMENT OF THE COLONY XVIII. THE AFFAIR OF THE MAIDS OF TAUNTON ix LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 10 WILLIAM PENN IN ARMOUR Frontispiece (From a portrait in the possession of Dugald Stuart, Esq., of Tempsford Hall, Beds.) GENEALOGICAL TABLE NO. I . After Preface GENEALOGICAL TABLE NO 2 FACSIMILE OF BAPTISMAL REGISTER OF WILLIAM PENN IN ALL HALLOWS CHURCH Face page 8 GRAMMAR SCHOOL, CHIGWELL, ESSEX PORTRAIT BY LELY OF ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM PENN 72 ST MARY'S, REDCLIFFE, BRISTOL—MONUMENT TO ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM PENN 74 KING'S FARM, CHORLEY WOOD 84 FACSIMILE ACCOUNT OF JOURNEY IN HOLLAND 106 PENN'S TREATY WITH THE INDIANS 144 (From the Painting by Benjamin West.) MAP OF PHILADELPHIA 146 MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR PENN JORDANS QUAKER BURIAL-GROUND 228 WILLIAM PENN'S WILL (WITH REPRESENTATIONS OF SEALS, ETC.). 230 THE RIGHT HON. THOMAS PENN LADY JULIANA FERMOR THE OLD MANOR HOUSE OF STOKE POGIS . 148 202 236 236 . . 238 QUAKER AND COURTIER WILLIAM PENN CHAPTER I ANCESTRY In the peaceful village of Minety, in Wiltshire, on the borders of Gloucestershire, in the chancel of the old church, lies buried a man whose only title to fame is the fact that he was the ancestor of an illustrious Quaker who bore the same name. William Penn (or Penne, as it was sometimes spelt in the old chronicles) was the head of a family who had migrated to that part of the country and founded a branch of their own. The name of Penn is a very ancient one, and dates from the Saxon Conquest. It signifies Top, or Crest, or Summit, and is frequently found among the inhabitants of Cornwall and Wales. Most of the very oldest families of England can be traced in the south and western portions of our island, as it was there the population made its last stand against the invaders. a A |