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1. bq.blakearchive.org › pdfs › 38Recovering the Lost Moravian History of William Blake’s Family

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   The assumption, on next to no evidence. that the Blake family be- longed to some group that rejected Anglican teaching, isolated and exclu- sive, doctrinally eccentric, somewhat like the Muggletonians.

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   The assumption, on next to no evidence, that the Blake family belonged to some group that rejected Anglican teaching, isolated and exclusive, doctrinally eccentric, somewhat like the Muggletonians. A recent example of the madness topos appeared during the Tate Britain “William Blake” exhibition of 2000-01.

3. bq.blakearchive.org › 33William Blake’s Mother: A New Identification | Keri Davies ...

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   In any case, there is a very great difference between being born into, and raised in, a Muggletonian family, and later marrying a man who has alleged Muggletonian connections.

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4. irep.ntu.ac.uk › id › eprintRecovering the lost Moravian history of William Blake's family

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   Davies also produced evidence that contradicted E.P. Thompson’s Muggletonian hypothesis, and speculated upon the identity of Blake’s maternal grandparents. We now link Blake’s mother to a very different religious community, providing further evidence about her first marriage, and correcting the assumptions Davies made in identifying Blake ...

   • Creators: Davies, K. and Schuchard, M.K.
   • Publication Title: Blake-an Illustrated Quarterly

   • Item Type: Journal article
   • Publisher: University of Rochester

5. www.academia.edu › 713208 › Recovering_the_LostRecovering the Lost Moravian History of William Blake's Family

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   In 2001, Dr. M. K. Schuchard discovered records relating to William Blake’s mother, her first husband, and possibly other connections of the Blake family, in the Moravian Church Library and Archive at Muswell Hill. A valuable new context for understanding Blake was thereby uncovered.

6. www.academia.edu › 108158111 › The_Lost_MoravianThe Lost Moravian History of William Blake's Family ...

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   His source was the Blake facsimilist William Muir, who told him that the Blake family attended the Moravian Church in Fetter Lane, in the City of London.

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   Was the Blake family a Muggletonian group?

   • The assumption, on next to no evidence, that the Blake family belonged to some group that rejected Anglican teaching, isolated and exclusive, doctrinally eccentric, somewhat like the Muggletonians. A recent example of the madness topos appeared during the Tate Britain “William Blake” exhibition of 2000-01.

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   Who were the Muggletonians?

   • In reality, the Muggletonians were a small Protestant sect whose membership is largely identifiable and contains no Blake relatives. Thompson does, however, make the extraordinarily important discovery that Catherine, Blake’s mother, was married twice, first to Thomas Armitage (whom Thompson calls “Hermitage”) and then to James Blake.

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   What is a reference to a member of a Blake family?

   • There are a number of references in the archive to members of a Blake family. Thus, in November 1749: “Sister Blake an old member of the Society went to our Saviour.” 27 ↤ 27. Moravian Archive: Congregation Diary, vol. III (Jan. 1749-Dec. 1749) 116. Or this in 1742: “Blake is a poor vexed man, a Slave.” 28 ↤ 28.

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   Was John Blake related to James Blake?

   • Bentley, Blake Records 551. John Blake moved into 5 Glasshouse Street, southwest of Golden Square, Westminster, in 1743. James Blake, the poet’s father, was resident in Glasshouse Street when he voted in the 1749 by-election. As Bentley points out, the evidence that John was related to James consists simply in that they lived in the same house.

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   Does William Blake have an aunt?

   • William Blake now has uncles and an aunt. Most of their names recur for the Blake children. But none of the Blake children are named after their maternal grandfather, Gervase. Had Catherine quarreled with her father?

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   How many pages are in Blake Records?

   • Bentley’s Blake Records spreads the known information about Blake’s life over 418 pages. But the years 1757 to 1800, half of his life, occupy just the first 61 pages. Bentley adds little to Gilchrist, Symons, and Margoliouth about Blake’s childhood and parentage.

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8. www.labourhistory.org.au › vol-3-no-4 › muggletonianThe Muggletonian Message: E.P. Thompson, William Blake and ...

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   Initially Thompson hoped to show that Blake was a Muggletonian, since so much of Blake is resonant of Muggletonian conduct, symbolism, debate, attitudes, and processes. However in spite of his literary and historical sleuthing, and massive archival endeavours, Thompson could only conclude that Blake was deeply influenced by the Muggletonian ...