The manuscript contains autograph sermons by Robert Skinner, delivered in the presence of King Charles I at Whitehall from 27 December 1631 to 1 August 1641. At ff. 134 and 150 are two sermons in a different hand, preached in 1730-1755 at Newland.
Small quarto volume.
A note on f. 2r, dated 4 November 1837, reads as follows: 'For His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex a small token of the dutiful respect of his grateful, obliged, and devoted servant John Bickerton Williams. Knt.'
Purchased at Pickering's sale, 12 December 1854 (Lot 171).
Anne James; Hannah Yip; British Library online catalogue
See Peter Lake, 'Joseph Hall, Robert Skinner and the rhetoric of moderation at the early Stuart court', in The English sermon revised: Religion, literature and history 1600-1750, ed. by Lori Anne Ferrell and Peter McCullough (Manchester and New York, NY: Manchester University Press, 2000), pp. 167-185.
Sermon 1 on Hebrews 12:28 -- ff. 28r-36v
Sermon 2 on Hebrews 12:28 -- ff. 37r-44r
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:31 -- ff. 45r-53r
Sermon on Psalms 96:9 -- ff. 54r-63r
Sermon on John 7:24 -- ff. 64r-73v
Sermon on 1 Peter 3:14 -- ff. 74r-81v
Sermon on Galatians 5:15 -- ff. 82v-90r
Sermon 1 on Acts 24:16 -- ff. 91r-99v
Sermon 2 on Acts 24:16 -- ff. 100v-109r
Sermon on John 5:14 -- ff. 110v-119r
Sermon on Jude 1:3 -- ff. 120r-129v
Sermon on 1 John 3:8 -- ff. 158v-165v
Preached before the king on St. John's Day -- ff. 7r-17v
Preached before the King at Whitehall. Tuesday -- ff. 18v-27v