Harley MS 416 - Papers of John Foxe and his descendants

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 42
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1174)
Title
Papers of John Foxe and his descendants
Shelfmark
Harley MS 416
Creation Date
ca. 1529 - 1641
Repository
Contents Note

A collection of letters, tracts, and papers, written in Latin and English, which formerly belonged to martyrologist John Foxe and his descendants. This collection was later owned by the historian John Strype. The collection appears to be ordered for the most part in chronological order.

Material Features

Folio. Mottled Cambridge panel binding.

Acquisition

The Harleian Library was founded by Robert Harley, First Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). According to Cyril Ernest Wright, Robert Harley 'was primarily interested in English historical and political material and in volumes of sermons and theological controversy, sharing in the latter the taste of his Harley ancestors'. See Wright, p. xxxiv.

Source of Data

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. I, pp. 236-240; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); Hannah Yip.

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
July 1, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024