Note of Sermon(s)

Preached on 19 May 1633 by 'a Straunger'.

Preached on 9 December 1632 (afternoon).

Preached on 4 January 1631 (old style). The text is Romans 4. The full verse is not specified, but includes verse 8.

Preached on 25 December 1631. The text is Hebrews 1 (full verse unidentified, but includes verse 14).

William Baker encloses 'Mr Young's Easter sermon', sent from 'Mr Kettilby' (i.e. Walter Kettilby, the bookseller).

'… I John Mayer of Roydon in ye County of Suff[olk]: doc[tor]: of divinity sick in body, yet of good & p[er]fect Remembrance (thanks be to God) doe make this my last will & Testam[en]t in ye 81st yeere of my age An[n]o d[omi]ni 1663 March 3rd … Item I giue unto my Louing Wife … all my Manuscripts, viz. first Sermons upon Genesis; Sermons upon Solomons songs, & upon ye four Gospells, and upon ye Revelations …'

A note of a sermon by one 'Mr John Holland', preached the day before his death. Taylor notes that the duration of the sermon was two hours.

Thomas Weld reports that he preached at Chelmsford on 4 March 1676/7.

Batman reports that Whitgift preached 'in o[ur] Church'. He presumably means his own church, St Mary's, Newington.

Batman writes that the Bishop of London (i.e. John Aylmer) wrote to him on 13 August 1583, requesting that he preach the following Sunday at Paul's Cross, or for Mr Cotton to preach instead of Batman.