GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001608
TitleMans Perdition & Salvation with their seuerall causes Displayed and opened
ShelfmarkEL 8178 (35/B/28)
Creation Dateca. 1649 - 1673
RepositoryThe Henry E. Huntington Library
Contents NoteThe full title of this autograph manuscript is as follows: 'Mans Perdition & Salvation wth their seuerall causes Displayed and opened In two sermons preach't before the Right Hon: John Earle of Bridgwater in his Chappell at Ashridge. By Robert Hitchcock Bachel:r of Diuinity, and one of his Lordships Chaplaines.' There is a separate title page, in addition to an undated dedicatory epistle 'To the Right Honorable John Earle of Bridgwater my very good Lord', signed by the author of the two sermons. The manuscript has been dated by the present cataloguer according to Hitchcock's time as chaplain to the Second Earl of Bridgewater, up to Hitchcock's death in 1673.
Material FeaturesFacsimile of a vellum-bound octavo volume.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Egerton, Johnmanuscript owner - Egerton, Johnmanuscript owner - Hitchcock, Robertmanuscript owner - Huntington, Henry
Provenance
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), pp. 53-54; 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.
Sermons ContainedSermon [1] on Hosea 13:9 -- 21 pages, unfoliated and unpaginatedSermon [2] on Hosea 13:9 -- 26 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
|---|---|
| www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8mw2nvw/dsc/ | Egerton Family Papers online finding aid. |
GEMMS record createdApril 20, 2022
GEMMS record last editedJune 04, 2022