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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001601
TitleA Sermon preach'd at the Opening of the new Chapell
ShelfmarkEL 8619 (35/B/42)
Creation Date1699 - 1699
Contents NoteThis manuscript comprises an autograph sermon by George Burhope on 27 August 1699, delivered on the occasion of the opening of the new chapel at Ashridge, Hertfordshire. Burhope was, at this time, chaplain to John Egerton, Third Earl of Bridgewater.
Material FeaturesFacsimile.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Burhope, Georgemanuscript owner - Egerton, Johnmanuscript owner - Egerton, Johnmanuscript owner - Huntington, Henry
ProvenancePart of the personal papers of John Egerton, Third Earl of Bridgewater.
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. 59; 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.
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
URLNotes
www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8mw2nvw/dsc/Egerton Family Papers online finding aid.
GEMMS record createdApril 13, 2022
GEMMS record last editedJune 04, 2022