GEMMS IDGEMMS-REPORT-000274
Report TitleSermon notebook of Lucy Hastings (descriptive title)
In ManuscriptSeventeenth-century sermons and sermon notes
Extent67 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated
Composition Dateca. 1643 - 1679
Primary LanguageEnglish
Report Type(s)Auditor's Sermon Diary
Bible Texts
Linked PlacesEngland
Print Editions / Witnesses
DescriptionThe Hastings Collection, Religious Box 3, Folder 16 contains a small, oblong sermon notebook. The present cataloguer has dated the sermon notebook from the time Lucy became Countess of Huntingdon until her death in 1679. It contains very short notes of sermons. Hastings frequently writes down the biblical verse, and sometimes summarises the doctrines and uses arising from each text. The names of preachers are not noted. See also Hastings Collection, Personal Papers, Box 18, Folder 1 (GEMMS-REPORT-000275).
Source of DataGuide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1982), p. 138; Hannah Yip.
Other NoteWritten in the hand of Lucy Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (1613-1679).
GEMMS record createdSeptember 24, 2019
GEMMS record last editedSeptember 25, 2019