This quarto notebook, comprising two sermons by 'Dr Skynner', has been dated according to the date written in the margins of the first page of the second sermon (see p. 27 of the manuscript). As Robert Skinner (1591-1670), bishop of Worcester, was not awarded the degree of D.D. until 1636, it is presumed that 'Dr Skynner' is Dr. William Skynner of Hereford (c. 1593-1647).
Quarto. Only the spine of the leather binding survives.
The Bridgewater House Library was purchased by Henry E. Huntington from John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, Fourth Earl of Ellesmere, in 1917.
Egerton Family Papers online finding aid (see link below); Guide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1982), p. 49; Hannah Yip.
See Guide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1982), pp. 21-25 for more information about the Ellesmere Collection.
Sermon on Acts 26:9-10 -- pp. 1-26
Sermon on John 21:22-23 -- pp. 27-56