GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000767
TitleSermons of the Wilson and Alderson Families
ShelfmarkX90
Creation Date1707 - 1745
RepositorySheffield Archives
Contents Note20 sermons and sermon drafts, presumed to be in the preacher's own hand. Detailed list of dates of preaching given for several. Preacher unknown, but the papers are from the Wilson and Alderson families, who were clergy associated with Sheffield parish church (now Sheffield Cathedral), Tickhill, Laughton and Bolsterstone. The preacher might be Seth Sheppard.
Includes sermons preached after 1715, including Sermon on Luke 13:5 (Item 9, 5 folios) preached 1519-09-13, 1727-10-15, and November 1735; Sermon on Mark 16:19 (Item 10, 5 folios) preached 1722-05-28,1732-05-21, 1736-06-06, 1739-06-03, 1742-05-30; Sermon on Mark 16:20 (Item 11, 6 folios) preached 1733-05-13 at Bushbury, 1739-06-10; Sermon on John 5:14 (Item 12, 9 folios) preached 1734-05-12 at Bushbury, 1739-01-06 at Bobbington, 1744-10-14; Sermon on Proverbs 30:8-9 (Item 13, 10 folios) preached 1727-02-11, 1729-02-15 at Bushbury, 1735-05-18, 1735-10-16, 1736-12-05 at Claverly; Sermon on Galatians 5:6 (Item 14, 10 folios) preached 1745-11-08; Sermon on Mathew 7.21 (Item 15, ff.7r-12v) preached 1762-11-12 in the same hand as the sermon on Psalms 37.5; Sermon on Romans 8:13 (Item 18, 8 folios) preached 1721 at Bridgnorth, includes inserted sheet with corrections and notes on accounts.
Material Features19 uncatalogued individually bound pamphlets. Each pamphlet contains a single sermon, save item 15 in which two are bound together. Written in a clear and legible hand. The first 14 appear to be in the same hand. Item 15 and item 19 appear to be in the same hand. Corrections, underlining of headings, and notes suggest that these were written by the preacher.
Associated People
ProvenanceSeries of papers including deeds, correspondence, diaries, sermons and other papers of the Wilson and Alderson families. Members both families were clergy at Sheffield Parish Church (now Sheffield Cathedral) and at churches at Tickhill, Laughton and Bolsterstone.
AcquisitionAcquired by Sheffield archives in 2007, donated by a descendent of the Wilson family.
Source of DataCatherine Evans; Sheffield Archives Online Catalogue
Other Note
Sermons ContainedSermon on Matthew 25:1-2 -- Item 1; ff. 1r-8r (rectos only)Sermon on Jeremiah 18:12 -- Item 2; ff. 1r-8vSermon on Titus 2:11-13 -- Item 3; ff. 1r-8vSermon on Matthew 25:1-13 -- Item 4; ff. 1r-4vSermon on Matthew 19:20-21 -- Item 5; ff. 1r-7vSermon on Luke 12:47-48 -- Item 6; ff. 1r-6vSermon on Psalms 55:22 -- Item 7; ff. 1r-11r (rectos only)Sermon on Psalms 34:16 -- Item 8; ff. 1r-6vSermon on 1 Corinthians 10:16 -- item 15, ff. 1r-6vSermon on Romans 12:3 -- Item 16; ff. 1r-10vSermon on Luke 16:31 -- Item 17; ff.1r-13vSermon on Psalms 37:5 -- Item 19; ff. 1r-8v
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
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| www.calmview.eu/SheffieldArchives/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=X90&pos=1 | Catalogue record |
GEMMS record createdFebruary 27, 2018
GEMMS record last editedJune 27, 2022