This manuscript comprises the sermon preached by John Carter at the funeral of Frances Egerton (née Stanley), Countess of Bridgewater, on 2 April 1636.
Facsimile of a quarto volume.
The Bridgewater House Library was purchased by Henry E. Huntington from John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, Fourth Earl of Ellesmere, in 1917.
Guide to Literary Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1979), p. 89; Guide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1982), p. 49; Egerton Family Papers online finding aid (see link below); 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.
A Sermon Preached at Little Gaddesden -- 29 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated