Harley MS 280 - Miscellanous tracts

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 72
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1288)
Title
Miscellanous tracts
Shelfmark
Harley MS 280
Creation Date
ca. 1584 - 1615
Repository
Contents Note

A compilation of tracts, including sermons, speeches, and material related to the voyages of Sir Francis Drake, such as the 'Anonymous Narrative' (ff. 81-90).

Material Features

Quarto.

Provenance

A note preceding f. 1v, signed by Simonds D'Ewes, reads as follows: 'These Sermons or Notes of Sermons following of Mr Chattertons (being liuing in Cambridg this present yeare 1637. & aged 92. yeares or thereabouts) weere written by Paul D'Ewes late of Stowhall in the Countie of Suff: Esquire with his owne hande whilest hee was a student in the universitie of Cambridge as I gather. Hee deceased on the 14th day of March being monday a[nn]o d[o]mi[ni]. 1630 [...]'.

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 Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972), p. xxxiv.

Source of Data

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. I, p. 104; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); Andrew G. Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes (London, 1966), p. 322; Hannah Yip.

GEMMS record created
March 4, 2020
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024