The first Quakers in this area of the North Riding were Valentine Johnson and Thomas Wedall of Crayke, who were convinced by the preaching of William Dewsbury around 1652. Two years later, Jane Wilkinson was imprisoned for preaching in the church at Crayke, and William Dewsbury was also arrested at a meeting of Friends in the hamlet. Alexander Hebblethwaite and Richard Vause of Huby were imprisoned for non-payment of tithes in 1662. There was a burial ground in Crayke by 1661, which was in use until c.1755. A settled Meeting is recorded in 1669 as part of Thirsk Monthly Meeting, under the name of Crayke, and including Sutton, Huby, Tollerton, Tholthorpe and Stillington. Its members included Valentine Johnson, John Lupton, James Cookson, George Fallowfield, Richard Smith, Richard Dobson, Josiah Cookson, [Mach] Todd, John Taylor and William Woodworth. At some point between 1710 and 1773, the Meeting changed its name to Huby; this may have followed the construction of a Meeting House in the High Street in 1712. Huby Meeting was transferred to York Monthly Meeting in 1827 and discontinued in 1851.
From the guide to the Records of Huby Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends, 1775-1911, (GB 206 Leeds University Library)
