GEMMS IDGEMMS-REPORT-000324
Report TitleLetter from Mr Edward Coleman to Sir Richard Bulstrode (descriptive title)
Extent5 pages
Composition Date1675 - 1675
Primary LanguageFrench
Report Type(s)Letter(s)
Bible Texts
Associated Peopleauthor of letter - Coleman, Edwardpreacher - La March, recipient of letter - Bulstrode, Richard
Linked PlacesWindsor
Print Editions / Witnesses
Description'In the afternoone [of 25 July 1675] we had a French sermon preach'd in ye great R: Chappel by a new convert, who pretends to have been a Dr of Sorbone, his name is as I am told Mons[ieu]r La March, but whether ever he were a Sorbonist or no, I know not; but such mighty earnestness was us'd to gett leave for him to preach, & so many glorious things said of his parts, yt I could not forbeare to hear him, expecting to have learnt ye motives of his conversion [...]'.
Source of DataHannah Yip
Other NoteThis letter, dated 30 July 1675 and describing the events over the course of a few days prior, is written in an italic hand by an anonymous clerk on behalf of Edward Coleman.
GEMMS record createdOctober 27, 2020
GEMMS record last editedOctober 27, 2020