MS I.h.35 - Matthew Newcomen's Farewell Sermons

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 706
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-259)
Title
Matthew Newcomen's Farewell Sermons
Shelfmark
MS I.h.35
Creation Date
1662 - 1662
Contents Note

This volume contains two Farewell sermons in Matthew Newcomen's hand. In addition to the two sermons the volume includes a short preface and personal observations addressed to his congregation.

Material Features

The volume is bound in leather with blind tooling. It shows the remains of clasps.

Provenance

On the leaf between the fly-leaf and f. 1 of the manuscript is written "September ye 20th. 1662 given mee by holy worthy Mr Mathew Newcommen written with his one hand." The recipient remains unknown. A later owner has written above this inscription "Robert Winter Kensington." The CL Catologue conjectures that he was Robert Winer, D.D. (1762-1833), minister at Hammersmith, Middlesex (1783-96); assistant minister at Salters' Hall, London (1790-1802); and minister at Hanover Street, Long Acre, London (1796-1802). The volume was purchased from R. Baynes in 1840 by Sir John Rickerton Williams, whose bookplate appears inside the front cover.

Acquisition

The volume was part of Joshua Wilson's bequest to the library in 1876 and bears the Wilson presentation stamp.

Source of Data

CL Catalogue; Jeanne Shami

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
April 29, 2016
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024