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GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-012165
Sermon TitleA Sermon preached at Hartford the 4th day of March 1607
Extentff. 19v-46r
Autographyes
Composition Date -
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeSermon
Sermon Type(s)Assize
Associated Peopleauditor - Croke, John auditor - Leventhorpe, Johnauditor - Walmesley, Thomaspreacher - Strange, Alexander
Associated Sermons
Preachings1607-03-04 (old) - Hertford - Assizes;
Additional Material
Print Editions / WitnessesA transcription of this sermon can be found in Heather Falvey and Steve Hindle, eds, "This Little Commonwealth": Layston Parish Memorandum Book, 1607-c.1650 & 1704-c.1747 (Hertfordshire Record Society, 2003), pp. 163-184.
DescriptionWritten in a cursive hand. The full title of this sermon is as follows: 'A Sermon preached at Hartford the 4th day of March 1607 before Sr John Leventhorpe Knight beinge high Sheriffe Sr Thomas Walmysley and Sr. John Croke Knights being Judges of the Assize, and other Knightes & gentleme[n] of the Sheere.' The running headers read as follows: 'A Sermon preached at the Assizes.' The pages have faded red rulings. There are biblical citations in the margins. Some use of Greek and Latin.
Source of DataHannah Yip
Other NoteArnold Hunt discusses this sermon in The Art of Hearing: English Preachers and Their Audiences, 1590-1640 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), p. 312.
GEMMS record createdJune 07, 2018
GEMMS record last editedMay 09, 2023