Lancelot Andrewes
Prose
(1) Sermons and Lectures
First published in
Copy, in a formal italic hand, the heading in another hand.
Extracts, in an italic hand, on a single folio leaf, folded in double columns, headed Mr Goodwin
.
Bookplate of Shelburne.
Edited from this MS in John Strype,
Copy by Hawes of an English translation, with a separate title-page,
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First published, mistakenly attributed to Cosin (as Sermons IV and V), in
Copy of two sermons by Andrewes on the Temptation of Christ, preached probably in 1592 (during the plague that closed the London theatres), in a minute secretary hand, on eleven pages of six leaves. Early-mid-17th century.
Inscribed (inside the front cover) ex dono Georgij Smith
, and presented to the Cathedral in 1740.
Edited from this MS in Cosin (1843).
Unpublished.
Rough notes, in a cursive secretary hand, of three sermons on the 6th Commandment and of nine sermons on the 7th Commandment, preached by Andrewes at St Giles, Cripplegate, between 17 February 1593/4 and 28 July 1594.
Extracts from
Compiled in part by William Drake, MP (1606-69), of Shardeloes, near Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
c.1630s-48.Later in the library of Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957), psychologist, linguist, and book collector.
Drake's commonplace books discussed in Stuart Clark,
Unpublished.
Copy of six sermons, probably preached at Court before Queen Elizabeth between 1588 and 1603.
Later owned by David Baxter. Sotheby's, 19 July 1994, lot 3. Formerly Cambridge University Library MS Add. 7976.
Unpublished.
Copy of twelve lectures on the Elements and Grounds of Religion, probably preached to schoolboys at Westminster when Andrewes was Dean there between 1601 and 1605.
Later owned by David Baxter. Sotheby's, 19 July 1994, lot 3. Formerly Cambridge University Library MS Add. 7976.
Orphanlectures late 1590s
First published as
orphanlectures, largely in two secretary hands, inscribed
Docter Andrewes Sermons in Paules 1591...And in St Gyles 1597. 1598. 1599, 276 folio leaves. c.1620.
Inscribed This booke I giue unto my Grand Nephew Mr John Cholmeley for ever
signed Daniel Hollingworth
and later August 8. 1754. Given by Nicolas Styleman (of Snetsham in Norf.) Esqr. to John Jones
. Owned before the 1960s by the Presbyterian Seminary of Carmarthenshire, Wales. Later in the collection of Ivan Roots (1921-2015), professor of history at the University of Exeter. Acquired by Pembroke College in 2013.
This MS discussed, with facsimile examples, in P.G. Stanwood,
First published, as
Copy.
Bookplate of the Earl of Westmoreland, 1856.
Edited from this MS in McCullough, pp. 243-64.
First published in
Copy, in a secretary hand.
Once owned by William Sancroft (1617-93), Archbishop of Canterbury, manuscript collector, with (f. [iiv] his table of contents.
First published in
Copy, closely written in a small hand.
This MS recorded (but not collated) in Story, p. xlix.
First published in
Copy.
First published in XCVI
Copy.
First published as
Copy, in the neat mixed hand of Samuel Wright.
Inscribed on the last page (f. 98v) by Andrewes's secretary samMVel. WrIght of LonDon 1616
.
This MS discussed, with facsimiles of ff. 36r, 40v and 44v, in P.J. Klemp, Betwixt the Hammer and the Anvill
: Lancelot Andrewes's Revision Techniques in the Manuscript of His 1620 Easter Sermon
First published as
Copy, in a predominantly secretary hand, possibly that of Samuel Wright.
Inscribed on the last page (f. 98v) by Andrewes's secretary samMVel. WrIght of LonDon 1616
.
This MS discussed, with facsimiles of ff. 36r, 40v and 44v, in P.J. Klemp, Betwixt the Hammer and the Anvill
: Lancelot Andrewes's Revision Techniques in the Manuscript of His 1620 Easter Sermon
This MS recorded (but not collated) in Story, p. xlix.
Blessed bee God the father of or Lord Jesus...
.
A compilation of prayers and devotional meditations, in a single predominantly secretary hand.
c.1633.A compilation of prayers and devotional meditations, transcribed in a professional rounded hand by or for Edward Sandys and with his dedicatory address For the now Rt Honble Elizabeth Countess of Huntingdon July 20th 1676
.
A compilation of prayers and devotional meditations, in a single rounded hand.
c.1633.Blessed bee God the ffather of or Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his aboundant mercy...
.
A compilation of prayers and devotional meditations, in a single mixed hand.
c.1633.Discussed, with a facsimile of f. 1r, in Victoria E. Burke,
Unpublished.
Manningham's notes on the sermon as heard by him.
Compiled by John Manningham (c.1575-1622), lawyer, of the Middle Temple.
The Diary edited by John Bruce, Camden Society 99 (London, 1868).
This MS discussed in P.J. Klemp,
Unpublished.
Copy of
Extracts from Good Friday sermons.
folio?
A series of extracts, headed
Inscribed inside the front cover Philip Broome 10th Novembr 1634
.
Autograph notes and heavily revised drafts of two Court sermons, Of the Right and Power of Calling Assemblies (for the second
Hampton Court Conference, 1606), and for the Gunpowder Plot Anniversiary in 1606.
Politia Israelis Pphana seu ciuilisand on
Ministerium Novi Testamenti, 147 leaves (plus blanks), in old calf. c.1600s.
Inscribed (f. 103r) By me S C
. Old pressmark C. 2. 21.
Extracts, in a cursive italic hand, headed
Compiled in part by William Drake, MP (1606-69), of Shardeloes, near Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
c.1630s-48.Later in the library of Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957), psychologist, linguist, and book collector.
Drake's commonplace books discussed in Stuart Clark,
Extracts, headed All things haue a time saith Salomon Eccles. 3.1...
.
Owned by William Drake, MP (1606-69), of Shardeloes, near Amersham, Buckinghamshire. Later in the library of Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957), psychologist, linguist, and book collector.
(2) Miscellaneous Works
Unpublished (as a collection of extracts). Recorded in Welsby, p. 82.
Extracts in Latin from the works of Tertullian, Cyprian, and Origen, in a roman hand, with annotations in another italic hand, an inscription in yet another hand at the foot of f. 201v Dr Androwes collections out of some fathers concerning the signe of the Crosse. 1605
, on six pages of four folio leaves.
Bookplate of John Fuller Russell.
Andrewes's 1591 Cambridge thesis relating to the swearing of oaths, first published in Richard Cosin,
Copy of a free translation into English, following (on pp. 1-23) a tract (by Thomas Cartwright (1535-1603)) entitled Whether it be lawfull by the lawe of god, for the magistrate to require an oathe of the defendant...
.
Hastings
This MS recorded in HMC 78, Hastings MSS, I (1928), 430-1.
First published in
Copy, in a professional italic hand, a few annotations in another hand, with a title-page
This MS collated in LACT.
First published in LACT,
Once owned, and indexed, by J.G. Nichols. Hoffmann and Freeman's sale catalogue No. 25 (1968), part of item 27.
Copy, lacking the last leaf (for which see
The last leaf of
Copy, in Starkey's hand, headed
Feathery Scribe, 349 leaves, in 19th-century half-morocco. c.1624-8.
Afterwards owned by Sir Simonds D'Ewes, Bt, MP (1602-50), diarist and antiquary. Inscribed (f. 2r) G Hewett
.
Briefly described in Peter Beal,
Edited from this MS in LACT.
Copy, untitled, slightly imperfect.
Copy, in a secretary hand, as by Dr. Andrewes Bp of Ely, (now of Winton)
, and subscribed Lancelot Ely Ano. 1601
. Early 17th century.
Copy.
Volume XXIV of the collections of White Kennett (1660-1728), Bishop of Peterborough, historian.
Late 17th century.The text corrected from this MS in LACT.
Copy, on six leaves.
Not available for examination for conservation reasons.
Copy, headed
Sotheby's, 15 March 1895, lot 207. In the library of Herbert Somerton Foxwell (1849-1936), economist and bibliographer.
First published in LACT,
Copy, in a small neat italic hand, headed
Collected by, and partly in the hand of, William Sancroft (1617-93), Archbishop of Canterbury.
Among collections of Henry Wharton (1664-94), William Sancroft's chaplain (in 1688-9).
Edited from this MS in LACT.
Copy, in a mixed hand, headed
This MS collated in LACT.
Copy, in a roman hand, headed
First published in London, 1659. LACT,
Copy in two hands, headed
Copy, headed (with insertions in another hand)
Once owned by John Moore (1646-1714), Bishop of Norwich and Ely.
Copy, in a neat predominantly secretary hand, the Latin version headed (p. 1)
Inscribed names of John Paman
(p. 57), Rob Hare
(p. 81), Rob Toynton
(p. 294), and Henry Myrielle
(p. 656). Donated by William Moore by 1681.
First published in
Copy, headed
Among collections of Francis Cherry (1665-1713), of Shollesbrooke, Berkshire, nonjuror.
Copy, in a secretary hand, headed
Bookplate of Sir John Dolben, second Baronet (1684-1756), of Finedon, Northamptonshire, clergyman. Purchased from Sotheran, 13 June 1893.
Copy, headed
Volume III of the collections of Dr James Wedderburn (1585-1639), Bishop of Dunblane.
c.1634.Copy, headed
Copy, in an italic hand, headed
Parts once owned by Sir Henry Spelman (1563/4-1631), historian and antiquary. Later owned by Dawson Turner (1775-1858), banker, botanist, and antiquary. Puttick & Simpson, 6 June 1859 (Turner sale), lot 150, to Coleman. Bookplate of Charles Golding (1865). Purchased in 1925 from Lange.
First published in LACT,
Copy, in an italic hand, headed
Collected by, and partly in the hand of, William Sancroft (1617-93), Archbishop of Canterbury.
Among collections of Henry Wharton (1664-94), William Sancroft's chaplain (in 1688-9).
Edited from this MS in LACT.
Unpublished.
Copy of notes on the scriptures, in Latin, unascribed.
Later owned by David Baxter. Sotheby's, 19 July 1994, lot 3. Formerly Cambridge University Library MS Add. 7976.
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First published in William Nicholls,
Copy in two hands, headed
Once owned by Thomas Baker (1656-1740).
This MS described and collated in LACT.
Copy, headed
In the library of John Cosin (1595-1672), Bishop of Durham. Formerly S.R.5.F.3.
Edited (apparently) in part from this MS in Nicholls. Described and collated in LACT.
Copy, in an italic hand, headed
Comprising mainly papers of William Laud (1573-1645), Archbishop of Canterbury.
This MS described and collated in LACT.
Largely transcribed out of Mr [John] Hayward's booke of Coton. wch were partly his owne collections, & ptly taken out of Bp Andrewes his owne service booke, written in ye Margin wth his owne hand, to whch is prfixed Wint or W. for Winchester of wch he was Bp
.
Possibly in the hand of Mr More
[? William Moore (1590-1659), of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University Librarian], from whom the volume was purchased by John Covel (1638-1722), diplomat and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge.
Bonham's, 27 June 2006, lot 382, with a facsimile page in the sale catalogue.
Owned in 1710 by the Rev. C. Neil, vicar of Northallerton, North Yorkshire.
Edited partly from this MS in Nicholls (1710): see LACT, p. 143.
Unpublished.
Copy, headed If any be distrest, & faine would gather some comfort, let him hast vnto -- our ffather
.
Inscribed (f. 1r) Joseph Hall
(not the bishop). Later owned by John Payne Collier (1789-1883), literary scholar, editor and forger, who has entered in pseudo-17th-century secretary script copies of various ballads on ff. 39r-41r, 107v-79r, 181r-v, 227r-8v, 243r-6r, as well as adding foliation (1-284) before the more recent foliation (1-291, used below). Quaritch's sale catalogue of English Literature
(August-November 1884), item 22350, Collier's transcript of the MS made c.1860 being item 22352. Formerly Folger MS 2071.7.
Discussed, with facsimile examples, in Giles E. Dawson,
First published in London, 1630. A version published as the Author's own copy
, London, 1650. LACT (1841).
Extracts from Andrewes's works, most notably from
A modern pencil note on a flyleaf claims to identify the compiler as one Raworth
.
Unpublished.
Systematic autograph notes on biblical chronology relating to government.
Politia Israelis Pphana seu ciuilisand on
Ministerium Novi Testamenti, 147 leaves (plus blanks), in old calf. c.1600s.
Inscribed (f. 103r) By me S C
. Old pressmark C. 2. 21.
Versions appear, as
Copy, headed
Compiled by, and partly in the hand of, the Rev. John Lewis (1675-1747), of Margate, antiquary.
Edited from this MS in Klemp (col. 1).
Copy, in a neat mixed hand, of That to what end the holy word of God was by him ordeined...
.
Donated by Ed. Rud, S. T. P., Trin: Coll; Cant: Soc: 1717
.
Edited from this MS in Klemp (col. 4).
First published in an English translation as
Given by Andrewes in 1626 to William Laud (1573-1645), later Archbishop of Canterbury. Later owned by one J. Mandevile
(name inscribed p. 188); by W. Bristow (fl.1760s), bookseller or auctioneer in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London; and by R.G. Livingstone, whose daughter Isobel Henrietta bequeathed it to the Bodleian in 1969.
Edited from this MS in
This MS described in Brightman, pp. xvi-xviii.
Formerly in the Barham Library belonging to the Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
This MS described in Brightman, p. xviii.
Prepared by Gilbert Sheldon (1598-1677), Archbishop of Canterbury, for the Shirley family of Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, when he was chaplain there, pages 1-75 in his hand; pages 77-126 in another, formal mixed, hand and including (p. 119) prayers for Sir Seymour Shirley (1647-67) when he was a boy.
c.1656.Item 597 in a sale catalogue of Messrs Bull and Auvache, London. Bookstamp and inscription of William H. Wade-Gery, Bushmead, Willesden. Afterwards owned by David Baxter. Sotheby's, 19 July 1994, lot 4. Formerly Cambridge University Library MS Add. 7977.
This MS the most complete version known and including much unpublished material. Facsimile of two pages in Sotheby's sale catalogue.
Copy of a series of Latin prayers constituting Ex manu propria Lancelloti Andrews wintoniensis olim Episcopi, sicut a fide dignis accepi
, with an illuminated coat of arms (f. 2r), 44 octavo leaves (plus numerous blanks), in contemporary calf lettered on each cover in gilt V M
, with remains of metal clasps.
This MS described in Brightman, p. xviii.
Later in the Oxford library of John Sparrow (1906-92), literary scholar and book collector.
N.P.(?Nicholas Preston), 156 pages. c.1640-50.
Owned in 1903 by Henry Willett of Brighton.
This MS described in Brightman, p. lx.
Extracts, in English and Latin. Early 18th century.
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First published in
Copy (with copies of Molin's Latin epistles to Andrewes, 1618).
Once owned by John Moore (1646-1714), Bishop of Norwich and Ely.
First published in
Copy, in a secretary hand, headed in another hand
Copy, headed
Once owned by John Moore (1646-1714), Bishop of Norwich and Ely.
First published in
Copy, in a secretary hand, the heading in another hand.
Copy.
Once owned by John Moore (1646-1714), Bishop of Norwich and Ely.
An autograph narrative outline based on
Politia Israelis Pphana seu ciuilisand on
Ministerium Novi Testamenti, 147 leaves (plus blanks), in old calf. c.1600s.
Inscribed (f. 103r) By me S C
. Old pressmark C. 2. 21.
A basis for the 1641 edition of
First published (as a work edited by Archbishop James Ussher from Andrewes's rude Draughts
) in
See also
The first reading
Inscribed John Simpson 1640
.
First published in London, 1609.
Extracts.
Extracts, partly in double columns.
Among scribbling on f. 1r is twice inscribed the name Nicolas Dudson
, possibly Nicholas Dochen (d.1619), Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
Extracts, in Latin, the first headed De Reliquiis: Epis; Andr: Resp: Bett: p. 47:
.
Compiled probably by an English cleric in France, who writes (f. 1v) I came to Maule. Aug. 16th at night, 1656
and (f. 16r) records visiting Lord Hatton at his house in St Germains, Paris, where he is shown books and manuscripts, on 1 August NS 1656.
Christie's, 27 March 1985, lot 154.
Extracts from sermons, in the hand of the fourth Earl of Bedford, headed Dr Andrewes
).
Chiefly in the rugged italic hand of Francis Russell, MP (1593-1641), fourth Earl of Bedford, politician, partly in the rounded secretary hand of an amanuensis and two others.
c.1625-30s.Recorded in HMC, 2nd Report (1871), Appendix, p. 1.
Extracts from Andrewes's sermons.
Among the family collection established by Christopher Mickleton (1612-69), Durham attorney, and by his eldest son James (1638-93), lawyer and antiquary, which was later incorporated in the collections of Gilbert Spearman (1675-1738), lawyer and antiquary.
1699-1711.Extracts from various works by Bp Andrews
, including (ff. 26v-7r)
Compiled by Dr Thomas Lewis (d.1746), of the Royal College of Physicians.
c.1700s.Marginalia in Printed Books and Manuscripts
This item recorded in Chambers, p. 109, and in
This MS recorded in Chambers, p. 112.
Letters
Autograph letter signed, to Sir Francis Walsingham, 24 May 1589.
Edited in LACT,
Copy of a letter by Andrewes, to Dr Henry Parry, on the death of Richard Hooker, 7 November 1600.
Edited in
Synopsis printed in HMC 9, Salisbury MSS, XI (1906), 355.
Among the Loseley Papers of the More family. Formerly at Loseley Park, Vol. XII, No. 115.
Autograph letter signed by Andrewes, to Abraham Hartwell, from Lambeth, 30 November 1604.
Edited in LACT,
Autograph letter signed, to Mr Field, 16 August 1605.
Volume XV of the papers of the Scudamore family, of Hom-Lacy and Ballingham, Herefordshire.
Autograph letter signed, to Mr Field, 26 September 1605.
Volume XV of the papers of the Scudamore family, of Hom-Lacy and Ballingham, Herefordshire.
Autograph letter in Latin, signed (Eliensis
), to Isaac Casaubon, [1612].
Edited in LACT,
Autograph letter in Latin, signed (Eliensis
), to Isaac Casaubon, 8 September 1612.
Edited in LACT,
Autograph letter signed, to Sir Dudley Carleton, 24 February 1612/13.
Copy of a letter by Lancelot Andrewes, to Daniel Heinsius, [1614].
Edited in LACT,
Facsimile in P.J. Klemp, Betwixt the Hammer and the Anvill
: Lancelot Andrewes's Revision Techniques in the Manuscript of His 1620 Easter Sermon
Copy of a letter by Andrewes to his Archdeacon, 15 August 1622.
Copy of a letter by Andrewes to his Archdeacon, 15 August 1622.
Tabulaof contents, 315 leaves (including blanks), in old calf gilt.
Stamped crest on the cover of the Finch family, Earls of Winchilsea.
Published in
Copy of a letter by Andrewes to his Archdeacon, 15 August 1622.
Volume 9 of the papers of Sir John Eliot (1592-1632), politician.
Among the papers of the Eliot family, Earls of St Germans, of Port Eliot, Cornwall.
Recorded (as Vol. 9) in HMC, 1st Report (1870), Appendix, p. 42.
Copy, headed from ffarneham 15th of August 1622
.
Copy of Andrewes's letter to the Archdeacon, 15 August 1622.
Tabulaof contents at the end), in calf. c.1630s.
Formerly MS F. 2. 20.
In one of the folio volumes of correspondence written partly by G.J. Vossius (1577-1649), Dutch classical scholar and theologian.
1623.Autograph letter signed by Andrewes, to Mr Fenton, from Waltham, 6 August 1624.
An academic letter in Latin, to Lord Burghley, supporting a petition to Queen Elizabeth, signed by Andrewes and others, 23 April 1590.
Facsimile in Alfred Fairbank and Bruce Dickins,
Documents
Autograph verse inscription, several lines, signed by Andrewes as Bishop of Ely, dated July 1616.
A joint letter to Lord Burghley, concerning Mr Mountagues booke
, signed by Andrewes and other bishops, 16 January 1625/6.
Document signed.
Ely). Early 17th century.
Edited in LACT,
Copy of Andrewes's last will and testament.
Volume XV of the papers of the Scudamore family, of Hom-Lacy and Ballingham, Herefordshire.
Copy of Andrewes's last will and testament, in two secretary hands, undated.
Indexof contents, 338 leaves, in 19th-century half-morocco gilt.