
Anne Audland Camm
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Anne Audland Camm, born 1627, died 1705, was an English Quaker preacher whose bold ministry and writings made her a prominent figure among the early Friends, known as one of the Valiant Sixty who spread Quakerism in its formative years. Born Anne Newby in August 1627 in Kendal, Westmorland, and baptized on October 28, she was the daughter of Richard Newby. At age 12, she lived with an aunt in London for seven years, where religious stirrings began, followed by service in York with a pious family. Returning to Kendal, she married John Audland, a linen draper and fellow Seeker, around 1650. Both were convinced by George Fox’s preaching in 1652, launching them into ministry as part of the Quaker movement’s explosive growth in northern England. Anne’s preaching took her across Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Leicestershire, and Derbyshire, advocating Fox’s message of direct divine revelation. In 1653, she faced trial in Auckland, County Durham, for blasphemy but was released the same night, and in 1655, she was imprisoned in Banbury, Oxfordshire, after confronting a priest—charges she refuted in her 1655 tract, A True Declaration of the Suffering of the Innocent. She traveled without John to avoid pregnancy’s interruptions, a choice reflecting her dedication.