A short History of Quakers in Leicestershire By Malcolm Elliott It all began here in Leicestershire with the birth of George Fox in the village of Fenny Drayton or Drayton-in-the-Clays, in 1624. The 18th century historian, John Nichols, states that George went to school in Billesdon, but there is no other evidence for this. He was apprenticed to a shoe maker in the nearby vill..