MEIDEL, CHRISTOFFER [SSNE 5414]

Surname

MEIDEL, MEIDELL

First name

CHRISTOFFER, CHRISTOPHER

Nationality

DANE

Religion

LUTHERAN, CALVINIST, QUAKER

Text source

Christoffer Meidel was a Danish cleric who preached in the Danish Lutheran church in London. While in England he went through various religious conversions, first to the Reformed Calvinist faith after which he became a Quaker. He was supported in London by several English Quakers who signed a petition on his behalf entitled "The case of Christopher Meidell humbly presented to Prince George by the people called Quakers in London. Signed in behalf of the said people by George Whitehead and Daniel Quare". On his return to Denmark-Norway, the king issued orders to the Bishop of Christiania to have him arrested and prevent him from spreading Quaker doctrine in the country. 

 

Source:  R. Fladby, Norske Kongebrev (6 vols., Oslo, 1962), VII, pp.213, 229.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, NORWAY

Arrived 1702-01-01

Capacity CLERIC, EVANGELIST, purpose ECCLESIASTICAL

DENMARK-NORWAY, LONDON

Departed 1702-02-02

Capacity PRIEST, CLERIC, purpose ECCLESIASTICAL