Carlton 17/8 - Certaine Sermons godley & Learnedly preached by Mr Nicholas Felton Doctor of Diuinitie

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 961
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-783)
Title
Certaine Sermons godley & Learnedly preached by Mr Nicholas Felton Doctor of Diuinitie
Shelfmark
Carlton 17/8
Creation Date
1606 - 1606
Contents Note

A manuscript volume of sermons preached by Nicholas Felton, written up by an anonymous auditor in longhand in 1606. The sermons were preached primarily at St Antholin and St Mary le Bow in 1599-1606. Kenneth Fincham has observed that the sermons 'deal with uncontroversial Christian themes such as conscience, prayer, and charity', with an occasional reproachful comment aimed towards puritans and separatists (ODNB [Article: 9274]).

Material Features

The title page of this manuscript is designed to imitate a printed one. On the verso of the title page, in a mixture of black-letter and cursive, is written 'The texts of the Sermons Contained in this Booke'; this page is signed off with a monogram ('SEARD').

Acquisition

The Carlton Shorthand Collection is one of the most comprehensive shorthand collections known, with an estimated 18,000 books, periodicals, and pamphlets on all aspects of stenography, many thought to be unique. The collection was largely put together by William J. Carlton (1886-1973), author of Charles Dickens, Shorthand Writer (London, 1926). The collection was primarily bequeathed by Carlton, with some later donations from the shorthand teacher, Peter Dorey. For the purchase of this particular manuscript by Carlton, see W. Matthews, 'A Postscript to 'Shorthand and the Bad Shakespeare Quartos'', The Modern Language Review, 28.1 (1933), pp. 81-83 (p. 83).

Source of Data

Hannah Yip; Carlton Shorthand Collection Catalogue; TNA Catalogue; AIM25 Catalogue

Other Note

See Alexandra Walsham, Providence in Early Modern England (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), p. 59 n. 248. Kenneth Fincham has speculated that the scribe was Edmund Willis, a pioneer in shorthand who dedicated his published manual, An Abbreviation of Writing by Character (London, 1618), to Felton. See ODNB (Article: 9274).

Sermons Contained
URLs
http://www.london.ac.uk/senate-house-library/our-collections/special-collection… Information about the Carlton Shorthand Collection, Senate House Library.
http://archives.libraries.london.ac.uk/resources/Carlton.pdf Carlton Shorthand Collection Catalogue.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N13931554 TNA Catalogue entry for Carlton 17/8.
http://www.aim25.com/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=1709&inst_id=14&nv1=search&nv2… AIM25 Catalogue entry for the Carlton Shorthand Collection.
GEMMS record created
March 24, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024