This volume contains Evelyn's copies of religious material by Margaret Blagge, wife of Sidney Godolphin. These include sermon notes, as well as hymns and poetry. Evelyn has written, "Devotions of Mrs Blaggs which I copied out at the Request of my Lady Sylvius & from whom I borrowed them afterwards & intend to Restore". An additional note, added after 1698, reads "and now by her [Lady Sylvius's] Permission I would have them presented to my Lady Harriet Godolphin", the latter being Blagge's daughter.
Quarto notebook in marbled modern binding, 195 x 150mm, iii + 22 leaves. Evelyn has paginated Blagge's writings, pp. 81-119. These pages are from a longer, unidentified work. The Bible texts are missing from many of the sermon notes.
From the Evelyn Papers. Blagge's husband granted Evelyn access to Blagge's papers after her death. This manuscript formerly had the shelf mark Evelyn MS 122.
Anne James; British Library manuscript catalogue
Precise date unknown. The date is after 1678, when Blagge died, and must be before Evelyn's death in 1706. Blagge's notes are assumed to be from the period when she was married to Godolphin, 1675-1678.
Sermon on Ecclesiastes 12:1 -- f. 14r
Sermon on Hebrews 12:1 -- f. 13v
Sermon on 2 Timothy 3:5 -- f. 14r
Sermon on Proverbs 14:32 -- ff. 14r-15r
Sermon on Luke 11:13 -- f. 15r
Sermon on Philippians 3:21 -- f. 15r
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 7:31 -- f. 15v
Sermon on 1 Peter 2:11 -- f. 15v
Sermon on Romans 12:9 -- f. 15v
Sermon on Luke 16:19 -- ff. 15v-16r
Sermon on Psalms 139:18 -- f. 16r
Sermon on Colossians 2:3 -- f. 16r
Sermon on Hebrews 3:13 -- f. 16r
Sermon on Psalms 119:59 -- f. 16v
Sermon on Hebrews 12:25 -- ff. 16v-17r
Sermon on Romans 6:17 -- f. 17r
Sermon on unidentified text -- f. 17r
Sermon on Matthew 4:17 -- f. 17r-v
Sermon on Luke 16:8 -- f. 17v
Sermon on Psalms 19:13 -- f. 17v