Janus: Henry Smyth: Commonplace Book

Manuscripts contains:
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MS Add.6870	Ralph Griffin: Index of music
MS Add.6871-6872	Mandell Creighton: Correspondence with Lord Acton and Academic Papers
MS Add.6873	Giorgio Baffo: Poesia fisico-naturale
MS Add.6874-6902	Alfred Edward Housman: Academic Notes and Papers
MS Add.689	Notes and bibliographical indexes to published works on conchology
MS Add.69	Henry Smyth: Commonplace Book
MS Add.690	Lists of sea-shells
MS Add.6903	Michael Servetus and Theodor Ludwig Lau: theological works
MS Add.6907-6913	Pedigrees and Heraldic Miscellany
MS Add.691	Annotated lists of sea-shells
MS Add.6914-6915	Suffolk Pedigrees
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Henry Smyth: Commonplace Book

Title	Henry Smyth: Commonplace Book
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.69
Creator	Smyth, Henry
Covering Dates	1617–1740 (Circa)
Extent and Medium	1 volume; paper
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Henry Smyth, Master of Magdalene College (1626-1642)

Mostly theological in content. Also includes: letter from Henry 'Smith' to his son, undated; notes of sermons preached by W. Daniell at Norwich, 1621, by William Lucy, bishop of St David's, at Royston, 20 Oct. 1622, and by James Ussher, archbishop of Armagh, at Wanstead, 20 June 1624 (first printed 1624).

Also includes sermons in the hand of Samuel Knight DD, prebend of Ely (? 1678-1746) in pages originally left blank.

From Samuel Knight DD, prebend of Ely and rector of Bluntisham, Hunts (d. 1746), the MS. descended to John Percy Baumgartner of Milton, Cambs., who presented it to the Library in 1861.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Henry Smyth: Commonplace Book, MS Add.69

Index Terms

Sermons

Theology

Knight, Samuel (? 1678-1746) Church of England clergyman and antiquary

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