Letter from William Bates to John Thornton

Report Title
GEMMS-REPORT- 143
(old series: GEMMS-REPORT-395)
Report Title
Letter from William Bates to John Thornton (descriptive title)
In Manuscript
MS. Rawl. letters 109 - Letters to John Thornton
Extent
f. 4
Composition Date
ca. 1670 - 1695
Primary Language
English
Report Type
Letter(s)
Associated People
Associated Places
England
Description

This letter, dated 23 March (no year given), addressed to John Thornton 'at Bedford House', is written by William Bates (likely to be the ejected minister William Bates who died in 1699). Bates describes some sermons which he wishes Thornton to pass on to the Duke of Bedford and members of his family.

Source of data

Hannah Yip

Other Note

Early Modern Letters Online conjectures that this letter was composed in 1670. The present cataloguer suggests an alternative date of 1695, owing to the date of Bates's A Sermon Preached upon the much Lamented Death Of our Late Gracious Sovereign Queen Mary (1695), which contains a dedication to William Russell, duke of Bedford.

GEMMS record created
October 9, 2022
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024