GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001534
TitleParliamentary speeches and miscellaneous letters
ShelfmarkHarley MS 3791
Creation Dateca. 1603 - 1641
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteA collection of letters, speeches and petitions dating from the reigns of King James I and King Charles I.
Material FeaturesFolio.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Harley, Robert
ProvenanceThe Harleian Library was founded by Robert Harley, First Earl of Oxford (1661–1724). According to Cyril Ernest Wright, Robert Harley ‘was primarily interested in English historical and political material and in volumes of sermons and theological controversy, sharing in the latter the taste of his Harley ancestors’. See Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972), p. xxxiv.
Acquisition
Source of DataA Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. III, pp. 79-80; Hannah Yip.
Other Note
Sermons ContainedSermon on Psalms 122:8-9 -- ff. 172r-181r
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| mpese.ac.uk/m/BLHarleyMS3791.html | Manuscript Pamphleteering in Early Stuart England entry for British Library, Harley MS 3791. |
GEMMS record createdSeptember 17, 2021
GEMMS record last editedSeptember 17, 2021