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Sermons (1640s)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0103

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: Sermons (1640s)

Date(s): 1645-1649

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 volumes

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No biographical information was available at the time of compilation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Two manuscript volumes, 1645-1649, comprising sermons written by an unidentified preacher. Volume 1 includes a sermon for the confirmation of the 'Baron of Ossery, son and heire to the most honorable the Lo. Marquess or Ormond L. Lewetenant of Ireland' in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, in 1646. This was Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossery (1634-1680), who was the eldest son of James Butler (1610-1688), 1st Marquess of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The Archbishop of Dublin was present to conduct the 'laying of hands' at the confirmation. Also in volume 1, at the end of one of the sermons, it states 'Hitherto I preached and then was debarred of my ministry the 25th June 1649'.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

By written appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying permitted.

Finding aids:

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The provenance of this material is not known.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Catholicism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Confirmation | Religious practice | Religious activities
English Civil Wars (1642-1651) | Civil wars (events) | Wars (events)
Sermons | Religious texts | Religious doctrines | Theology

Personal names
Butler | Thomas | 1634-1680 | 6th Earl of Ossory | Vice-Admiral and Irish politician x Ossory | 6th Earl of

Corporate names
St Patrick's Cathedral | Dublin

Places
Dublin | Ireland | Western Europe | Europe