Add MS 4929 - Thoresby Papers, Vol. 4

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 201
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-795)
Title
Thoresby Papers, Vol. 4
Shelfmark
Add MS 4929
Creation Date
ca. 1650 - 1671
Repository
British Library
Contents Note

Notes taken by Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax, on sermons by Richard Stretton and several other preachers (ff. 2-161b). Also contains sermon notes taken by Fairfax's wife, Anne.

Material Features

Notebook (rebound). Notes at front of volume list the preachers and identify the notetakers as Thomas and Anne Fairfax. These notes refer to the second notetaker as Mary Fairfax, not Anne: "These sermon notes are the handwriting of Tho: Lord Fa / Those of Mr. Bowle and Mr. Cartwright (at the other end) were writ by the Lady Mary Fairfax dauter to the Lord Vere."

Associated People
Provenance

From the papers of Ralph Thoresby.

Source of Data

Anne James; British Library manuscript catalogue

Other Note

The precise creation date is unknown, but it must be no later than 1671, the year of Fairfax's death. As most of the identifiable preachers in the volume were active beginning around the 1650s, the date is probably no earlier than 1650.

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
April 21, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024