GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000795
TitleThoresby Papers, Vol. 4
ShelfmarkAdd MS 4929
Creation Dateca. 1650 - 1671
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteNotes taken by Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax, on sermons by Richard Stretton and several other preachers (ff. 2-161b). Also contains sermon notes taken by Fairfax's wife, Anne.
Material FeaturesNotebook (rebound). Notes at front of volume list the preachers and identify the notetakers as Thomas and Anne Fairfax. These notes refer to the second notetaker as Mary Fairfax, not Anne: "These sermon notes are the handwriting of Tho: Lord Fa / Those of Mr. Bowle and Mr. Cartwright (at the other end) were writ by the Lady Mary Fairfax dauter to the Lord Vere."
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Fairfax, Thomasmanuscript owner - Fairfax (née Vere), Annemanuscript owner - Thoresby, Ralph
ProvenanceFrom the papers of Ralph Thoresby.
Acquisition
Source of DataAnne James; British Library manuscript catalogue
Other NoteThe precise creation date is unknown, but it must be no later than 1671, the year of Fairfax's death. As most of the identifiable preachers in the volume were active beginning around the 1650s, the date is probably no earlier than 1650.
Sermons ContainedSermon on John 4:1 -- ff. 2r-6vSermon on Romans 8:37 -- ff. 7r-11rSermon on John 1:12 -- ff. 11v-27rSermon on Matthew 5:8 -- ff. 27v-33vSermon on Romans 1:28 -- ff. 34r-38rSermon on Luke 19:42 -- ff. 38v-44rSermon on Luke 10:15 -- ff. 44v-56rSermon on Psalms 30:7 -- ff. 56v-64vSermon on Psalms 62:11 -- ff. 65r-74vSermon on Proverbs 29:1 -- ff. 75r-81vSermon on 1 Thessalonians 5:19 -- ff. 82r-86rSermon on Matthew 3:10 -- ff. 86v-90vSermon on Revelation 22:6 -- ff. 91r-97vSermon on Psalms 34:19 -- ff. 98r-104vSermon on Habakkuk 2:4 -- ff. 105r-130rSermon on Romans 12:1 -- ff. 130v-158rSermon on Ephesians 3:8 -- ff. 158v-161vSermon on Hebrews 10:22 -- ff. 163r-167rSermon on 1 Peter 2:1 -- ff. 167r-174rSermon on John 14:1 -- ff. 174r-177v
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdApril 21, 2018
GEMMS record last editedJuly 25, 2022