GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001645
TitleJohn Chaloner's Commonplace Book
ShelfmarkRCB MS 1050
Creation Dateca. 1678 - 1740
RepositoryRepresentative Church Body Library
Contents NoteA journal comprised of Chaloner's notes, jottings, geometric tables, accounts, tables documenting things like eclipses, letters, meditations, paragraphs on different topics (e.g. amicitia, eloquence, parricide, the duties of scholars), extracts copied from books etc. In addition to a loose list of 73 sermons and texts upon which they were preached, there are also preliminary notes on biblical texts, assumedly for preaching, and preacher's and auditor's notes. Later notes are written by Chaloner's son, the Revd. Richard Chaloner, documenting his father's career.
Material Features451 pp. p + loose sheets. Inner fly-leaf has John Chaloner's signature.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Chaloner, John
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataJeanne Shami
Other Note
Sermons ContainedSermon on 1 John 3:1 -- p. 290Sermon on Luke 15:17 -- pp. 286-287Sermon on Psalm 39:7-8 -- p. 185Sermon on Acts 21:13 -- p. 184Sermon on Psalm 34:19 -- pp. 178-179Oration on the Regicide of Charles I -- pp. 171-177Sermon on Psalm 81 -- p. 161Sermon on Hebrews 6:18 -- pp. 152-154First Graduation Oration -- pp. 133-135Second Graduation Oration -- pp. 135-137Sermon on Romans 13 -- p. 168Sermon on Nahum 1:15 -- pp. 114-115Sermon on 1 Corinthians 1:23-24 -- pp. 58-59Sermon on Unknown Text -- unpaginatedSermon on Unknown Text -- unpaginated
Sermon Reports Contained26 Paragraphs on Biblical Texts -- pp. 31-37List of 73 Sermons -- loose sheet
GEMMS record createdJune 15, 2022
GEMMS record last editedJune 18, 2022