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The Valiant Sixty were a group of early activists and itinerant preachers in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Mainly from northern England, they spread the ideas of the Friends in the second half of the 17th century. They were also called the First Publishers of Truth. In fact they numbered more than 60.
Mary Fisher, also Mary Fisher Bayley Crosse, (c. 1623–1698) was among the first travelling Quaker ministers. She counts as one of the Valiant Sixty, the group of early itinerant preachers whose mission was to spread the spiritual message of the founder of the Quakers, George Fox.
Upon the Restoration in 1660, Burrough approached King Charles II requesting protection and relief of Quakers in New England, who were being persecuted by Puritans there. . Charles granted him an audience in 1661, and was persuaded to issue a writ stopping (temporarily) the corporal and capital punishments of the Quakers in Massachus
The Valiant Sixty were a group of Quaker preachers from northern England that made missionary efforts Great Britain, Europe, North America, and Turkey. Some of the members of this group were teenagers when they started their missionary work.
James Nayler, with a "B" (blasphemer) branded on his forehead. James Nayler (or Naylor; 1618–1660) was an English Quaker leader. He was among the members of the Valiant Sixty, a group of early Quaker preachers and missionaries.
Francis Howgill (1618 – 11 February 1669) was a prominent early member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in England.He preached and wrote on the teachings of the Friends and is considered one of the Valiant Sixty, men and women who were early proponents of Friends' beliefs and suffered for them.
Mary Howgill (c. 1618 – after 1669) [1] was a prominent early member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in England.She is regarded as one of the Valiant Sixty, the principal early preachers of Quakerism.
Mary Fisher (missionary) (c. 1623–1698), English Quaker pioneer, one of the Valiant Sixty; Mary Fisher (swimmer) (born 1993), New Zealand Paralympian; Mary Jo Fisher (born 1962), Australian politician; Mary Pat Fisher (fl. 1980s–2000s), writer and religious leader; Mary Stuart Fisher (1922–2006), American radiologist