GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000569
TitleTwo Funeral Sermons
ShelfmarkMS 11902A
Creation Date1707 - 1707
RepositoryNational Library of Wales
Contents NoteContemporary copies of two funeral sermons preached by Dr. Samuel Benion and Matthew Henry occasioned by the death of Mrs. Katherine Henry, and likewise by the death of a Mr. Pell.
Material FeaturesThe manuscript is fragile and is missing the front cover, but it is written in an exceptionally neat hand.
ProvenanceThe manuscript's owner is identified as Mrs. Holland, who was Katherine Henry's granddaughter and Matthew Henry's niece. "This manuscript was given to Thomas Stedman by his dear old Friend, Mrs. Holland of [word unclear] in Shropshire, May 24.1777. She is a Grand-daughter of Mrs. Henry, for whom ye following Sermons were preached; she was worthy of so pious an ancestor."
AcquisitionThe sermon was a gift of Miss Rosina Daview, Ferry Side, July 14, 1938.
Source of DataJeanne Shami
Other Note
Sermons ContainedSermon on Hebrews 6:12 -- unfoliated and unpaginatedSermon on Proverbs 31:28 -- unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdApril 20, 2017
GEMMS record last editedDecember 01, 2021