A10220 Box 2 - Revd. Ezekiel Wright funeral sermons, 1700-1711

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1457
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1577)
Title
Revd. Ezekiel Wright funeral sermons, 1700-1711
Shelfmark
A10220 Box 2
Creation Date
1700 - 1711
Repository
Contents Note

Manuscript is not catalogued separately, but part of the second box of a collection entitled "Records of various societies and organisations in Chelmsford", most of which are much later. A fair copy of twelve of Ezekiel Wright's funeral sermons. The flyleaf is inscribed by his son: "“Begun to write in this Book April 1700 @ aged 65 yeares
By Mr Ezekiel Wright Senior who departed this miserable life for a better on Good Friday March the 30th (1711) at nine a clock at night in the seventy six yeare of his age – and on Saturday April the 7th my dear father, was decently Interred at Weald Church in Essex. Mr H De Luzancy Burryed him".

Material Features

ff. 128r. Bound in brown leather with embossing showing that it was once part of Chelmsford Public Library. Inscribed in a later hand "Paul Townes".

Source of Data (Contributor name)

Catherine Evans

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
December 8, 2021
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024