Journals of John Lightfoot, 1643 - 1644
Scope and Contents
Three books written by John Lightfoot. The title of the first is ‘A journal of the proceedings of the assembly of divines convened for the worke of reformation in the Church, by the authority of both houses of parliament, anno 1643. Upon the discipline and liturgy’. The title of the third book is ‘A further journall of passages in the assembly from Easter, 1644’; the last entry in this journal is ‘Tuesday Decemb. ult. The first weeke kept me at Munden. This day our worke was about Church censure’; at the end of the book, reversed, are notes of sermons, etc.
Dates
- Creation: 1643 - 1644
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
3 volume(s)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
From the Library of John Moore (1646–1714), Bishop of Ely (‘Royal Library’). Acquired by Moore from John Strype in 1697. McKitterick, Cambridge University Library: a History, Cambridge, 1986, pp. 84-5, 129.
Physical Description
Paper.
Repository Details
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