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Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667 (Bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1613 - 1667

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Copies of Prayers

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5355
Scope and Contents A copy of the Psalter taken from Robert Barker's edition of the Book of common prayer (London, 1633), interleaved with copies of prayers made by Anthony Sparrow after 1650, taken mostly from Bishop Jeremy Taylor, 136 folios: (fo. 2) 'Thomas & Agnes Preist 1763 This was my Dear Great Grandfather Sparrow's Books, & the Manuscripts prayers writt by him'; (fo. 132v) 'Thomas Preist His Book 1709 Thomas Preist His Hand 1711'. On the inside cover is the bookplate of George Belcher Blomfield...
Dates: 1651-1685 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Letters from Jeremy Taylor to John Evelyn

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8540
Scope and Contents

An original letter, 15 November 1656, 1 page, concerning Evelyn's translation of Lucretius, and two facsimiles of a letter of 29 August 1657, 1 page, expressing Taylor's religious beliefs and discussing the question of the immortality of the soul and the origin of God. There are also 3 extracts from Bernard Quaritch's catalogue, describing the second letter.

Dates: 1656-1657
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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