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== Later history == The Muggletonians had a belief that they could damn and bless according to the will of God and the apparent success of such damning (apparently resulting in the death of certain religious, mainly Quaker, opponents) brought the sect great notoriety. A vigorous tract war ensued with their Quaker opponents that lasted until the death of Muggleton. [[William Maitland (historian)|William Maitland]]'s 1739 edition of ''A History of London'' gives two Muggletonian meeting-places. One, for the [[Southwark]] congregation, is in Barnaby Street.{{NoteTag|believed, nowadays, to be deep below the site of [[London Bridge]] railway station.}} The other, for the [[Aldersgate]] congregation, is in Old Street Square.{{NoteTag|According to the AβZ of Regency London, this was once on the present site of the Redbrick Estate to the west of the Old Street/Bath Street junction.}} Presumably, both of these were public houses, rented rooms or private homes as no dedicated meeting room existed before 1869. In "[[The Making of the English Working Class]]" [[E. P. Thompson]] says, "The Muggletonians (or followers of Ludovic Muggleton) were still preaching in the fields and parks of London at the end of the eighteenth century."<ref>[[E. P. Thompson]], "[[The Making of the English Working Class]]", Harmondsworth: Penguin (1968) p. 52</ref> Those Muggletons whose lives we know about would have rejected preaching as pointless and spiritually dangerous. Were there other groups of Muggletonians who operated differently? At present, historians cannot answer, but the possibility is there. Firstly, other denominations of that era, such as Methodists and Baptists, existed in a profusion of forms as E. P. Thompson's own index shows. Secondly, contact between those Muggletonians about whom we do know was sporadic, at best. "For example, those in Derbyshire were ignorant of the existence of any persons entertaining the same faith in London until one of their number removed thither to seek employment and, after residing there a short time, heard of the London bretheren<!-- brethren? --> by mere accident."<ref>William Ridsdale of Lenton, Nottingham in a letter to the ''Inquirer'' March 21, 1863</ref> Thirdly, the name existed widely in the public domain without much knowledge of what it meant. Sir [[Walter Scott]] received eternal damnation for his ignorant remarks in ''[[Woodstock (novel)|Woodstock]]''.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} [[Charles Dickens]] incorporates All-Muggleton into ''[[Pickwick Papers]]''. A character called Mrs Snowdrop in [[Douglas William Jerrold]]'s ''Nell Gwynne'' (1833) says, "Nothing now will serve her but to go upon the stage. Tisn't my fault. I'm sure I put the pious Mr Muggleton under her pillow every night." During the nineteenth century, this formerly non-proselytizing Protestant sect became increasingly vocal and published several books intended for general audiences. In 1846, for example, the Muggletonian Isaac Frost published ''Two Systems of Astronomy'', a lavishly illustrated book outlining the anti-Newtonian cosmology of the Muggletonians.<ref name="NatGeo">{{Cite web |url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/muggletonians-maps-cosmos-anti-science/ |title=How an Obscure Religious Sect Mapped the Cosmos |first=Greg |last=Miller |date=8 May 2018 |work=All Over The Map |publisher=[[National Geographic]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508234833/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/muggletonians-maps-cosmos-anti-science/ |archive-date=2018-05-08}}</ref> This activity arose from the activity of the Frost brothers (Joseph and Isaac) who, having made their fortune in the Derby Brass Foundry business, proceeded to spend significant sums on publicising their sect once the family moved to London. A great number of books were published but very few were actually sold. Notable Muggletonian writers include [[Laurence Clarkson]] (1615β1667) an itinerant preacher born in Preston, Lancashire; [[John Saddington]] (1634? β 1679) a London sugar merchant, originally from Arnesby, Leicestershire; [[Thomas Tomkinson]] (1631β1710) a Staffordshire yeoman farmer who moved to London in the 1680s; Arden Bonell (b.? β 1746) a London Barber-Surgeon; and Isaac Frost (1793β1858) and Joseph Frost (1791β1857), brothers who ran the family metallurgy business in Clerkenwell, London. Also deserving mention is Alexander Delamaine (died 1687), a wealthy London tobacco merchant who began ''The Great Book'' in 1682, which became the Muggletonian archive.{{NoteTag|Dates for Clarkson, Saddington and Tomkinson from {{Harvnb|Underwood|1999|p=14, 21 and 22}} respectively and for the Frost brothers from {{Harvnb|Lamont|2006|p=173}}.}} Thomas Robinson (see above) in opposition to the Frost brothers strongly preferred the 1656 edition of ''[[A Divine Looking-Glass]]'' to Muggleton's revision of 1661 {{Sfn|Lamont|2006|pp=181β182}} and also wrote an unpublished manuscript Upon New Thoughts circulated to Muggletonians which argues for a God in an infinite universe.<ref>British Library Add. MS 79757,βNew Thoughtsβ by Mr Robinson, May, 1885, f. 155 β 158</ref> The group survived into the twentieth century. The last Muggletonian, Philip Noakes of [[Matfield]], [[Kent]], died on 26 February 1979; the sect's records, which he had kept, were then transferred to the British Library.{{Sfn|Lamont|2006}}{{page needed|date=July 2023}} Other gifts have joined the archive, most notably from Eileen Muggleton of the [[commonplace book]] of John Dimock Aspland (1816β1877). The published works of the Muggletonians are still available from Gage Postal Books of [[Westcliff-on-Sea]], Essex. There may be another archive still to be found. Mrs Louise Barnes of Buffalo, New York, wrote to London in 1936 about the US Muggletonian archive kept by her father, the late Alfred Hall.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} This collection was clearly treasured, mainly for family reasons. It may still exist. Today, Muggletonian works (including their hymnal DIVINE SONGS) are reprinted (as hard copy and e-books) by the Muggletonian Press at http://muggletonianpress.com/ "In Edward Thompson's words, Muggletonianism was a 'highly intellectual anti-intellectualism', and as such remarkably well adapted for survival among the semi-educated, self-taught, self-confident London artisans of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries."{{NoteTag|Perhaps it still is? {{Harvnb|Hill|Reay|Lamont|1983|p=102}} where is quoted a letter of E. P. Thompson's to the Times Literary Supplement of March 7, 1975.}}
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