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Title
Date(s)
- [c. 1620]-[1638]. (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
69 ff. (f. 69 verso inverted text) ; 170 x 105 mm.
Re-bound in leather at NLW (old leather covers and boards preserved).
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Maggs Bros Ltd; London:; Purchase; June 2003; 0200306399.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
An Anglican commonplace book, [c. 1620]-[1638], containing theological and sermon notes in English, Welsh (ff. 1 verso, 5, 6-7 verso, 26, 32 verso-39 verso passim, 60) and Latin, on topics such as prayer, conscience, 'Honora parentes', repentance and the sacraments; along with a prayer in Welsh, [1620x1625] (ff. 3-4 verso).
The notes include excerpts from William Cowper, Three Heauenly Treatises Vpon the Eight Chapter to the Romanes (London: William Firebrand and Iohn Budge, 1609, STC 5919.5), p. 204 (f. 8 recto-verso), George Downame, The Christians Sanctuarie (London: Thomas Man, 1604, STC 7113), pp. 76-87 (ff. 9-15 verso), Christopher Hampton, A Sermon Preached in the Cittie of Glasco in Scotland (London: Henry Fetherstone, 1611, STC 12739), pp. 5-7 (ff. 20 verso-21 verso), Iohn Hughes, St. Pauls Exercise; or, A sermon of conscience (London: Iohn Budge, 1622, STC 13914), pp. 4-6 (ff. 21 verso-22 verso), Samuel Ward, Balme from Gilead to Recouer Conscience (London: Roger Iackson and William Bladen, 1617, STC 25035), p. 33 (ff. 27 verso), Gervase Babington, A Very Fruitfull Exposition of the Commaundements (London: Thomas Charde, 1583, STC 1095), pp. 206-8, 223-4 (ff. 40 verso-41), George Hakewill, King Davids Vow for Reformation of Himselfe, his Family, his Kingdome (London: Mathew Lownes, 1621, STC 12616), pp. 298-303, 305-7 (ff. 63 verso-66), 20-22 (ff. 66 verso-67), 317 (f. 67), and Thomas Scot, The High-Waies of God and the King (London: [n. pub.], 1623, STC 22079), pp. 82-83 (ff. 68-69). Miscellaneous family and other memoranda on f. 1 recto-verso include the date 1638.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1. Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 004293929. Date: 20050209. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Binding : Leather over four tawed thongs, damaged corners, sewing broken, half bookblock missing. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2. Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 004293929. Date: 20050808. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J.E. Pugh. Status: Binding : Rebound with new boards, lettering. Institution: WlAbNL.
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Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
- Latin
- Ancient Greek
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh, Latin, some Greek.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Damaged in places and repaired at NLW with some loss of text (ff. 1-7); leaves missing after ff. 7, 15, 24, 29, 61; affected by insects.
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
The original boards contain memoranda which include a list of religious texts.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23903B.
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Cowper, William, 1568-1619 (Subject)
- Downame, George, d. 1634. (Subject)
- Hampton, Christopher, 1552-1625. (Subject)
- Hughes, John, fl. 1622. (Subject)
- Ward, Samuel, 1577-1640. (Subject)
- Babington, Gervase, 1550-1610. (Subject)
- Hakewill, George, 1578-1649. (Subject)
- Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626. (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
October 2011.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;