EL 8178a (34/A/20) - The Pilgrims Staffe

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1305
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1609)
Title
The Pilgrims Staffe
Shelfmark
EL 8178a (34/A/20)
Creation Date
ca. 1649 - 1663
Contents Note

The full title of this autograph manuscript is as follows: 'The Pilgrims Staffe: Or Mans frailtie supported by gods gracious clemency in passing by, & bearing wth the the [sic] infirmities of his children. A Sermon preached in the Chappell at Ashridge to the right Hon:ble the Earle & Countesse of Bridgwater, by R. H. their most humble Seruant.' There is a separate title page, in addition to a dedicatory epistle addressed 'To the Trvly Noble, Virtvous and Religious Lady The Countesse of Bridgwater', signed by the author.

Material Features

Facsimile of a vellum-bound small octavo volume.

Acquisition

The Bridgewater House Library was purchased by Henry E. Huntington from John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, Fourth Earl of Ellesmere, in 1917.

Source of Data

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), pp. 53-54; Hannah Yip.

Other Note

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.

Sermons Contained
URLs
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8mw2nvw/dsc/ Egerton Family Papers online finding aid.
GEMMS record created
April 20, 2022
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024