GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001610
TitleThe Thankfvll Leper or Samaritan
ShelfmarkEL 8178c (35/B/29)
Creation Dateca. 1649 - 1663
RepositoryThe Henry E. Huntington Library
Contents NoteThe full title of this autograph manuscript is as follows: 'The Thankfvll Leper or Samaritan. A Sermon preacht in the Chappell at Ashridge before the right Hon: the Countesse of Bridgwater, & that noble familie. By Robert Hitchcock Bachaler in Diuinity, and Preacher of Gods word at Wingraue in Buckingham shire.' There is a separate title page, in addition to a dedicatory epistle addressed 'To the Trvly Noble, virtuous, & Religious Lady the Countesse of Bridgwater', signed by the author. The manuscript has been dated by the present cataloguer according to Elizabeth Egerton's dates as Countess of Bridgewater.
Material FeaturesFacsimile of a vellum-bound small octavo.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Egerton, Johnmanuscript owner - Egerton, Johnmanuscript owner - Egerton (née Cavendish), Elizabethmanuscript 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 on Luke 17:17 -- 40 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