Markfield

He set out for Enfield Chase on June 8th, a residence of Lady Huntington.

Most of his time over the next week is spent at Markfield, a community six miles northwest of Leicester.

This is the pre-industrial Midlands.

These are not the communities that will rise up in the next century.

They are still medieval agricultural communities grappling with the continued fallout from enclosure the century before.

On the 10th of June, John is between Markfield and Nottingham and encounters a Joseph Caledon who told of Mr. Simpson, one of the Federlane leaders who had advocated broadly for stillness.

Quote, I was a little surprised at what he said.

A few months since there was a great awakening all around us, but since Mr. Simpson came, three parts and four have fallen as fast asleep as ever.