HC/BB/17 - Book of Sermons

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1572
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1770)
Title
Book of Sermons
Shelfmark
HC/BB/17
Creation Date
1600 - 1641
Contents Note

Full sermons, likely written by John Davenant (hand matches that of York Minster HC/BB/19, confirmed to belong to Davenant). Begins with a table of contents listing 7 numbered sermons and 7 additional that are not numbered (added in a later hand); another table of contents on p. 128 listing the same sermons that were added in the first table of contents by a later hand. Sermons are rough and likely drafts, with significant crossing-out and interlinear notations. No preaching information.

Material Features

Cover of the book is cover of book is an indenture, 1635-6, between Edward Davenant D.D. and Mary & Marie Lowe. Paginated, but each sermon is also individually paginated by author.

Source of Data (Contributor name)

Hannah Wood; York Minster Objects, Archives, and Manuscripts Online Catalogue.

GEMMS record created
July 26, 2023
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024