GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001592
TitleAn Elegiack Comemoration
ShelfmarkEL 31/A/5
Creation Date1643 - 1643
RepositoryThe Henry E. Huntington Library
Contents NoteA eulogy for Josias Shute by Mr. Povey. The title page reads as follows: 'An Elegiack Comemoration of the pious life and most lamented death and Funeralls of Mr. Josiah Shute Rector of the Parish of St. Mary Woolnoth in Lumbard streete Who left vs on the 22d: day of June. 1643 By M:r Pouey.' The scribe appears to have made an error, as Shute died on 13 June 1643.
Material FeaturesQuarto. Bound in vellum. The pages are ruled in red ink.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Brackley, J.manuscript owner - Egerton, Johnmanuscript owner - Egerton, Johnmanuscript owner - Huntington, Henrymanuscript owner - Povey,
ProvenancePart of the Bridgewater Library (see bookplate). 'J Brackley' is inscribed on the title page.
AcquisitionThe Bridgewater House Library was purchased by Henry E. Huntington from John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, Fourth Earl of Ellesmere, in 1917.
Source of DataEgerton Family Papers online finding aid (see link below); Guide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1982), p. 49; Hannah Yip.
Other NoteSee Guide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1982), pp. 21-25 for more information about the Ellesmere Collection.
Sermons Contained
Sermon Reports ContainedSermon on 2 Timothy 4:7-8 -- f. 14v
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8mw2nvw/dsc/ | Egerton Family Papers online finding aid. |
GEMMS record createdApril 05, 2022
GEMMS record last editedApril 18, 2022