GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001600
TitleA Sermon, of Law, Nature, and Conscience
ShelfmarkEL 8389 (35/B/39)
Creation Dateca. 1649 - 1664
RepositoryThe Henry E. Huntington Library
Contents NoteThis manuscript comprises a sermon preached by Robert Hitchcock. There is a title page and an epistle addressed to the Earl of Bridgewater. The full title reads as follows: 'A Sermon, of Law, Nature, and Conscience, preacht in the chappel at Ashridge, before the right Hon: Earle of Bridgewater, and his family, By Rob: Hitchcock Bach: in Diuinity and Preacher of Gods word, at Wingraue.' The sermon has been dated approximately according to the length of time he was instituted to the vicarage of Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, and according to the dates of the Second Earl of Bridgewater. At the time of compiling his presentation copy of this sermon, Hitchcock was chaplain to the Earl of Bridgewater.
Material FeaturesFacsimile of an octavo volume.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Egerton, Johnmanuscript owner - Egerton, Johnmanuscript owner - Hitchcock, Robertmanuscript owner - Huntington, Henry
ProvenancePart of the personal and domestic correspondence and papers of John Egerton, Second Earl of Bridgewater.
AcquisitionThe Bridgewater House Library was purchased by Henry E. Huntington from John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, Fourth Earl of Ellesmere, in 1917.
Source of DataEgerton Family Papers online finding aid (see link below); Guide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1982), p. 55; Hannah Yip.
Other NoteSee Guide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1982), pp. 21-25 for more information about the Ellesmere Collection.
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8mw2nvw/dsc/ | Egerton Family Papers online finding aid. |
GEMMS record createdApril 12, 2022
GEMMS record last editedJune 04, 2022