GEMMS Sermon ID
GEMMS-SERMON-
23803
(old series: GEMMS-SERMON-24698)
Sermon Title
A Sermon Preached at Little Gaddesden
Extent
29 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated
Autograph
Uncertain
Composition Date
Primary Language
English
Sermon Genre
Funeral
Sermon Type
Sermon
Bible Text
Psalms 37:37 - 37:37
Associated People
Preachings
1636-04-02 (old) - Little Gaddesden - Funeral
Additional Material
Presentation copy. There are no marginal annotations. There is a separate title page. At the end of the sermon, there is a three-page 'Funerall Elegie', composed by Aurelian Townshend.
Description
The full title of the sermon reads as follows: 'A Sermon Preached at Little Gaddesden in the Covntie of Hartford: At the Funerall of the Truely Noble & Vertuous Lady Frances Stanley one of the Daughters & Coheires of the Right Honorable Ferdinand late Earle of Derby, & late Wife to John Earle of Bridgewater the first Earle of that Familie. The 2:d of Aprill. Anno Domini. MDCXXXVI. By J: C.'
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Hannah Yip
Other Note
There are three manuscript witnesses of this sermon held in the Ellesmere Collection at the Henry E. Huntington Library, written in three different hands.
GEMMS record created
April 11, 2022
GEMMS record last edited
July 12, 2024