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.
Facsimile of a vellum-bound small octavo volume.
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), pp. 53-54; 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 Psalms 130:3 -- 37 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated