GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001174
TitlePapers of John Foxe and his descendants
ShelfmarkHarley MS 416
Creation Dateca. 1529 - 1641
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteA collection of letters, tracts, and papers, written in Latin and English, which formerly belonged to martyrologist John Foxe and his descendants. This collection was later owned by the historian John Strype. The collection appears to be ordered for the most part in chronological order.
Material FeaturesFolio. Mottled Cambridge panel binding.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Foxe, Johnmanuscript owner - Foxe, Samuelmanuscript owner - Harley, Robertmanuscript owner - Strype, John
Provenance
AcquisitionThe Harleian Library was founded by Robert Harley, First Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). According to Cyril Ernest Wright, Robert Harley 'was primarily interested in English historical and political material and in volumes of sermons and theological controversy, sharing in the latter the taste of his Harley ancestors'. See Wright, p. xxxiv.
Source of DataA Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. I, pp. 236-240; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); Hannah Yip.
Other Note
Sermons ContainedSermon on unidentified text -- ff. 93r-93v
Sermon Reports ContainedLetter from John Foxe to John Parkhurst on a Funeral Sermon -- f. 175rSermon on unidentified text -- f. 170r-v
GEMMS record createdJuly 01, 2019
GEMMS record last editedJuly 04, 2019