GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-
111
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1489)
Title
Commonplace Book of John Bennet
Shelfmark
Add MS 4455
Creation Date
ca. 1672 - 1725
Repository
Contents Note
Commonplace book of John Bennet of Hart Hall, Oxford, containing sundry items including epistles, notes on texts, transcriptions of speeches, and notes on sermons, among other materials. The pages left blank by Bennet were in turn used as a commonplace book by Rev. John King, D.D. (1652-1732).
Associated People
Provenance
Original ownership determined by note 'Sum e libris Johannis Bennet ex aula Cervina, Sept. 29, 1672" on f.3. The subsequent owner, Rev. John King, D.D., was responsible for the additional material added to those pages left blank by Bennet. Later part of the collection of Thomas Birch.
Acquisition
Bequeathed by Thomas Birch to the British Museum upon his death in 1766.
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Jeanne Shami; British Library Finding Aid for Manuscripts Collected by Thomas Birch
GEMMS record created
May 22, 2021
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024