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GEMMS IDGEMMS-REPORT-000080
Report TitleAnonymous diary of sermons (descriptive title)
ExtentOne folio leaf
Composition Dateca. 1597 - 1597
Primary LanguageEnglish
Report Type(s)Auditor's Sermon Diary
Associated Peoplepreacher - Clark, Williampreacher - Hayward, Johnpreacher - Mounds,
Linked PlacesSt Paul's Cross
Print Editions / Witnesses
DescriptionThis is a fragment of an anonymous sermon diary, comprising one folio-sized leaf which has been folded up into several parts. It is written in a fairly fluent secretary hand, with minimal errors. Reports of sermons include the following: an anonymous sermon on Luke 2:14 'At Paules' [10 April 1597]; a sermon on Romans 8:30 by 'Mr Hayward', delivered on 17 April [1597]; a sermon by 'Mr Clark', preached on 1 May [1597] concerning 'Esay' [i.e. Isaiah] (text: Isaiah 24:16); and an undated sermon by 'Mr Mounds' on an unspecified text.
Source of DataJonathan McGovern, 'Some Elizabethan Sermons Delivered at St Paul's Cross (1597)', Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 73.1 (2022), 114-16; TNA Catalogue; Hannah Yip.
Other NoteThere are no marginal annotations, but citations include Eusebius [of Caesarea]. The National Archives online catalogue suggests that the diary is written in the same hand as E 101/632/8 and E 163/22/4/2-4.
Attached URLs:
URLNotes
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4005584 TNA Catalogue entry for E 163/22/4/1.
GEMMS record createdDecember 10, 2018
GEMMS record last editedMarch 05, 2022