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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001508
TitleOf Christian Libertie
ShelfmarkMS A.2.24
Creation Dateca. 1650 - 1677
RepositoryChetham's Library
Contents NoteA collection of poems by Roger Brereley and Josiah Collier. The manuscript has been dated by the present cataloguer according to Collier's dates.
Material FeaturesCalf binding which shows traces of metal clasps. c. 16.5 × 11 cm. 91ff.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Collier (Collyer), Josiahmanuscript owner - Crossley, Jamesmanuscript owner - Fetherston, Alexander
ProvenanceOn the inside back over of the volume, the following is written: 'Josiah Colliar his booke lent to mr Alexander ffetherstone late minister of Gods worde att Benthame'. The latter figure is likely to be Alexander Fetherston (1617-1684).
AcquisitionPart of the Crossley Collection.
Source of DataChetham's Library catalogue; Oliver Pickering, 'Yeomen and Clerics: The Yorkshire Puritan Ancestry of Bishop Jeremy Collier' (2013; see link below); Hannah Yip.
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Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
URLNotes
ospickering.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/yeomenclerics2.pdfOliver Pickering, 'Yeomen and Clerics: The Yorkshire Puritan Ancestry of Bishop Jeremy Collier' (2013).
GEMMS record createdJuly 05, 2021
GEMMS record last editedJuly 17, 2021