GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000770
TitleDiary and accounts of the Reverend John More, c. 1687-1696
ShelfmarkSAL/MS/685
Creation Dateca. 1687 - 1696
RepositorySociety of Antiquaries of London Library
Contents NoteDiary and accounts (relating to farming, tithes, rents, etc.) of the Reverend John More, rector of Earl's Croome, Worcestershire, compiled in 1687-1696. The volume also contains recipes, sermon notes, and religious poems.
ff. [ii]v-iiir: 'To make a water to cure an old sore';
f. iiiv: accounts;
f. 1r: 'To make a Cordiall Water good against infectious diseases or to remove offensive matter from the stomake especially after a surfeit';
ff. 1v-12r: accounts;
ff.12v-15v: sermon notes;
f. 16r: accounts;
ff. 16v-17v: sermon notes;
f. 18r: accounts;
f. 18v (first half of page only): another recipe;
ff. 18v-37v (in reverse): diary and miscellaneous religious meditations (composed June 1694-July 1696);
ff. 38r-71r (not in reverse): diary and miscellaneous religious meditations;
ff. 71v-78r (in reverse): religious verse;
ff. 78v-93r (in reverse): accounts.
Material FeaturesOctavo. Leather, brown. Clasps missing. ff. iii + 93.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - More, John
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataHannah Yip; Pamela J. Willetts, Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London (Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer, 2000), p. 293; TNA Catalogue
Other Note
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/a1e6bfcd-bd56-44cb-b9a4-77198b957b54 | TNA record for SAL/MS/685. |
GEMMS record createdMarch 02, 2018
GEMMS record last editedJune 27, 2022