Farley family

Farley family
Members
  • Samuel Farley
  • Samuel Farley II
  • Felix Farley
  • Elizabeth Farley
  • Edward Farley
  • Edward Farley II
  • Mark Farley

The Farley family of Somerset pioneered news media in provincial England, with newspapers in Exeter, Salisbury, Bristol and Bath, principally published by Samuel Farley, Edward Farley II and Felix Farley; among whom Edward Farley II was made a veritable martyr for press freedom when he died in gaol prior to his scheduled release on account of being pardoned for defying the censor's ban on Jacobite literature.[1]

  1. ^ Maxted, Ian (2004). "Farley family (Per. 1698–1775), printers and publishers | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64308. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)