GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001577
TitleRevd. Ezekiel Wright funeral sermons, 1700-1711
ShelfmarkA10220 Box 2
Creation Date1700 - 1711
RepositoryEssex Record Office
Contents NoteManuscript is not catalogued separately, but part of the second box of a collection entitled "Records of various societies and organisations in Chelmsford", most of which are much later. A fair copy of twelve of Ezekiel Wright's funeral sermons. The flyleaf is inscribed by his son: "“Begun to write in this Book April 1700 @ aged 65 yeares
By Mr Ezekiel Wright Senior who departed this miserable life for a better on Good Friday March the 30th (1711) at nine a clock at night in the seventy six yeare of his age – and on Saturday April the 7th my dear father, was decently Interred at Weald Church in Essex. Mr H De Luzancy Burryed him".
Material Featuresff. 128r. Bound in brown leather with embossing showing that it was once part of Chelmsford Public Library. Inscribed in a later hand "Paul Townes".
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataCatherine Evans
Other Note
Sermons ContainedSermon 1 on Job 5:26 -- ff. 1v - 2rSermon 2 on Job 5:26 -- ff. 3r – 10rSermon on Matthew 25:13 -- ff. 10v - 18rSermon on Job 23:10 -- ff. 18v – 25rSermon on Revelation 14:13 -- ff. 25v - 34rSermon on Proverbs 12:21 -- ff. 34r - 41v Sermon on Philippians 2:12 -- ff. 42r - 50rSermon on Philippians 1:23 -- ff. 50r - 57rSermon on 2 Timothy 4:7-8 -- ff. 57v - 63rSermon on Hebrews 12:11 -- ff. 63r - 73vSermon on Hebrews 11:16 -- ff. 73v - 94rSermon on Hebrews 6:18 -- ff. 94r – 128r
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdDecember 08, 2021
GEMMS record last editedDecember 08, 2021