GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001257
TitleCertaine Collections of the Right Hon:ble Elizabeth late Countesse of Huntingdon
ShelfmarkThe Hastings Collection, Literature Box 1, Folder 6
Creation Date1633 - 1633
RepositoryThe Henry E. Huntington Library
Contents NoteDevotional manuscript of prayers, biblical extracts, and meditations collected by Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (bap. 1587, d. 1633) and dated 1633. This manuscript was compiled by an anonymous scribe after Hastings' death, like EL 6871, HM 15369 and Hastings Collection, Religious Box 2, Folder 8 (all in the Henry E. Huntington Library). Each of these four manuscripts is written in the same anonymous scribal hand. See Perdita (link below) for a full description of contents and Victoria E. Burke, ''My Poor Returns': Devotional Manuscripts by Seventeenth-Century Women', Parergon, 29.2 (2012), pp. 47-68 for more information.
Material FeaturesQuarto. Limp vellum binding. Presentation copy. This manuscript differs from EL 6871, HM 15369 and Hastings Collection, Religious Box 2, Folder 8 in that it contains several corrections and additions in a later hand, including that of a later Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (1654-1688).
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Abney-Hastings, Edithmanuscript owner - Davies, Ferdinandomanuscript owner - Hastings (Davies), Lucymanuscript owner - Hastings (née Lewis), Elizabeth
ProvenanceThis manuscript was presented by one Ferdinando Davies to Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (1654-1688) in 1676. His letter of dedication appears on the flyleaves of this manuscript.
AcquisitionThe Hastings Collection was purchased by the Huntington Library in January 1927 from Maggs Bros. of London, who had acquired the papers from Edith Maud Abney-Hastings, Countess of Loudoun.
Source of DataGuide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1982), pp. 78-82 and 134; Henry E. Huntington Library Hastings Manuscripts, ed. by Kim Watson (List & Index Society, 1987), p. 266; Hannah Yip.
Other NoteThe Hastings Collection contains 50,000 items and is the family archive for the Earls of Huntingdon, dating from 1100 to the 1890s.
Sermons ContainedNotes taken out of Dr Andrewes booke of Sermons -- ff. 27r-28vSermon on unidentified text -- f. 34v (in reverse)
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
|---|---|
| web.warwick.ac.uk/english/perdita/html/ms_HUNHAL16.htm | Perdita entry for HA Literature Box 1 (6). |
| oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8d2200p/entire_text/ | Hastings Family Papers online finding aid. |
GEMMS record createdDecember 11, 2019
GEMMS record last editedDecember 12, 2019