GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001231
TitleA wedding sermon: preacht at Chilton in Suffolk
ShelfmarkMS.1951.018
Creation Date1649 - 1649
RepositoryWilliam Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Contents NoteManuscript text of a sermon delivered by minister Matthew Lawrence at the wedding of William Armyne, Jr. and Anne Chase at Chilton, Suffolk in 1649. This volume is a copy made for the father of the groom, Sir William Armyne. Includes a dedicatory address to Armyne from the preacher.
Material FeaturesAn octavo volume, written very carefully and beautifully to imitate print by John Raymond of London. A later owner has written notes on the text and manicules in the margins throughout. Bound in full brown morocco with gold tooling.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Armyne, Williammanuscript owner - Bailey, Johnmanuscript owner - Watt, Richard
ProvenanceThere are the bookplates of John Eglinton Bailey on the front paste-down endpaper and of R.H. Watt on verso of front free endpaper.
Acquisition
Source of DataCatherine Evans; William Andrews Clark Library Catalogue
Other NoteA fully digitised version of the sermon can be viewed on Calisphere (link below)
Sermons ContainedA wedding sermon, preacht at Chilton in Suffolk -- pp. 1-63
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
|---|---|
| calisphere.org/item/ark:/21198/n14g8t/ | |
| clarklibrary.ucla.edu/blog/manuscript-of-the-week/ | Information about the manuscript on the William Andrews Clark Library blog page. |
| clarklibrary.ucla.edu/blog/a-suffolk-treasure-in-california/ | Information about the manuscript written by John Blatchly for the East Anglian Times (28 January 2012). |
GEMMS record createdNovember 04, 2019
GEMMS record last editedMarch 25, 2020