GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000556
TitleSermons by Robert Skinner
ShelfmarkAdd MS 20065
Creation Date1631 - 1755
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteThe manuscript contains autograph sermons by Robert Skinner, delivered in the presence of King Charles I at Whitehall from 27 December 1631 to 1 August 1641. At ff. 134 and 150 are two sermons in a different hand, preached in 1730-1755 at Newland.
Material FeaturesSmall quarto volume.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Augustus, Frederickmanuscript owner - Skinner, Robertmanuscript owner - Williams, John
ProvenanceA note on f. 2r, dated 4 November 1837, reads as follows: 'For His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex a small token of the dutiful respect of his grateful, obliged, and devoted servant John Bickerton Williams. Knt.'
AcquisitionPurchased at Pickering's sale, 12 December 1854 (Lot 171).
Source of DataAnne James; Hannah Yip; British Library online catalogue
Other NoteSee Peter Lake, 'Joseph Hall, Robert Skinner and the rhetoric of moderation at the early Stuart court', in The English sermon revised: Religion, literature and history 1600-1750, ed. by Lori Anne Ferrell and Peter McCullough (Manchester and New York, NY: Manchester University Press, 2000), pp. 167-185.
Sermons ContainedPreached before the king on St. John's Day -- ff. 7r-17vPreached before the King at Whitehall. Tuesday -- ff. 18v-27vSermon 1 on Hebrews 12:28 -- ff. 28r-36vSermon 2 on Hebrews 12:28 -- ff. 37r-44rSermon on 1 Corinthians 11:31 -- ff. 45r-53rSermon on Psalms 96:9 -- ff. 54r-63rSermon on John 7:24 -- ff. 64r-73vSermon on 1 Peter 3:14 -- ff. 74r-81vSermon on Galatians 5:15 -- ff. 82v-90rSermon 1 on Acts 24:16 -- ff. 91r-99vSermon 2 on Acts 24:16 -- ff. 100v-109rSermon on John 5:14 -- ff. 110v-119rSermon on Jude 1:3 -- ff. 120r-129vSermon on 1 John 3:8 -- ff. 158v-165v
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdApril 01, 2017
GEMMS record last editedNovember 24, 2021