Jeremy Taylor
Verse
Published, as one of the
transcribed apparently from the original MS by J. F. in April 1695and
written in a neat hand, 1695, folio. 1695.
Thomas Rodd,
Recorded by Franklin B. Zimmerman in
Copy, in a musical setting by Henry Purcell.
Recorded by Franklin B. Zimmerman in
Copy, in a musical setting by Henry Purcell.
Notes (f. 2r) by a son of Dr Williams recording his purchase of the volume from the widdow of Simon Child, organist of New College, Oxford. Inscribed (f. 1v) Phil: Hayes 1757
and The Gift of Mrs Cave
. Bookplates of the Rev. John Parker and Stephen Groombridge, FRS. Bought at Groombridge's sale by J. Smith of Deptford and presented by him in November 1832 to Vincent Novello (1781-1861), music publisher. Acquired by his bequest on 21 March 1887.
Copy, in a musical setting by Henry Purcell.
Copy, in a musical setting by Purcell.
Recorded by Franklin B. Zimmerman in
Extracts from Job's Curse
.
Bookplate of Frederick Lewis Gay, of Brookline, Massachusetts, 1916.
Published, as one of the
Copy, in a musical setting by Henry Purcell.
Recorded by Franklin B. Zimmerman in
Published, as one of the
Copy, in Purcell's musical setting.
Recorded by Franklin B. Zimmerman in
Prose
First published in London, 1658.
Copy of the discourse
Compiled by Thomas Sparrow, BA, of London.
c.1658-61.Donated by Arthur Freeman, March 1999.
First published, as
written in a neat hand, 1695, folio. 1695.
Thomas Rodd's sale catalogue of manuscripts, 1846, p. 96. Formerly
A formal copy of four lines of verse, untitled, beginning Winnifred Barrington
, in (pp. 13-16) a series of moral sentences dated 13-27 September 1675, on an oblong octavo-size page.
Volume CCCXXXIX (Series II) of the Dropmore Papers: papers of William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville (1759-1834), Prime Minister, of Dropmore House, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, and associated families.
Verses headed in the published discourse of 1657
Extracts, under the heading
Compiled by Thomas Fane (1683-1736), sixth Earl of Westmorland.
Early 18th century.First published in Dublin, 1664.
A six-line extract.
Inscribed (f. 1r) White Kennett ex aulâ Scti Edmundi apud Oxonienses: Octobris 18mo 1678
, being Volume II of the collections of White Kennett (1660-1728), Bishop of Peterborough, historian.
First published in London, 1660.
Made by W.H. for the use of Lord Fitzmaurice.
1757.Extracts.
Owned, and possibly compiled in part, by John Branthwaite (1643-95), rector of Harrington, Cumberland. (his deleted inscription on p. 1 rev.). Inscribed on a flyleaf A. G. Osaph from C W Corrie 2 Nov. 1904
.
Extracts,
Compiled in large part by William Jackson, one of the Custome Masters
of Great Yarmouth.
First published in London 1655. Edited by L.P. Smith (Oxford, 1930).
Extracts.
Including 15 poems (and a second copy of one poem) by Cowley and 15 poems by Katherine Philips transcribed from a edited source.
Early 18th century.Later owned by Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755).
Cited in Rawlinson MS II
:
Extracts, as by Ier Taylor. DD. printed 1656.
Inscribed, and evidently compiled, by Sir Henry Oxinden (1609-70), of Barham, Kent.
c.1642-70.Inscribed Lee Warly. Canterbury. 1764
. Booklabel of Henry Huth (1815-78), book collector.
First published in London, 1649.
Copy of the dedicatory epistle, headed Dr Tayler
.
Compiled by Thomas Sparrow, BA, of London.
c.1658-61.Donated by Arthur Freeman, March 1999.
Extracts, headed
Numerous names inscribed on the front pastedown and f. 2r, including This was Mr Jno White's
, John Lambert and Elinor Corneforth married the 22 June. 1659
, Jane Todd Maij 13. 1655
, and members of the Jackson and Johnson families. Bookplate of John Towlerton Leather (1804-85), hydraulic engineer, inscribed Ex libris Brent Maxfield
.
First published, edited by the Rev. John Barrow (Oxford & London, 1848). Eden, V, 315-38.
Autograph fair copy of an epistolary tract, with some added marginal notes and revisions, untitled, a title-page added in the hand of Thomas Barlow,
Assembled by Dr Thomas Barlow (1607-91), Bishop of Lincoln.
Edited from this MS in Barrow and in Eden. Facsimile of f. 115 in Barrow, at end. For a facsimile of f. 104, see
First published in London, 1651.
Extracts, inscribed Taylor's holy living and dying.
Sotheby's, 13 July 1855, lot 1364.
First published in London, 1650.
Extracts, inscribed Taylor's holy living and dying
.
Sotheby's, 13 July 1855, lot 1364.
Extracts, headed
Numerous names inscribed on the front pastedown and f. 2r, including This was Mr Jno White's
, John Lambert and Elinor Corneforth married the 22 June. 1659
, Jane Todd Maij 13. 1655
, and members of the Jackson and Johnson families. Bookplate of John Towlerton Leather (1804-85), hydraulic engineer, inscribed Ex libris Brent Maxfield
.
Extracts, headed
Inscribed inside the wrapper Hugh Nanney his booke
.
First published in London, 1658. Eden, VIII, 541-70.
Neatly written on six folio leaves bound-in at the end of a composite volume of printed works by Taylor (1666-8).
Late 17th century.Formerly cited in
A number of Taylor's sermons published in several volumes between 1638 and 1667: see
Notes taken from Taylor's epsle to a sermon prach'd…in Ireld. maij 8, 166i
[i.e. at the opening of the Irish Parliament] and from his
Full texts of the sermons are in Eden, VIII, 333-58, and VIII, 309-30.
Evelyn's notes on eight sermons delivered by Taylor in 1654-58, in London, on texts including 5, 6, and 14 Matthew, 1 Corinthians, and 13 Luke, on ff. 32v, 34r, 45r-9r, and 51v-2v.
Volume CXCVII of the Evelyn Papers. Formerly Christ Church, Oxford, Evelyn MS 49.
This MS recorded in de Beer, I, 83; Discussed in W.J. Brown,
Extracts from Taylor's sermon at the funeral of Archbishop Bramhall, 16 July 1663, on a single octavo page.
Late 17th century.
First published in London, 1655.
Extracts, headed
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, headed
Numerous names inscribed on the front pastedown and f. 2r, including This was Mr Jno White's
, John Lambert and Elinor Corneforth married the 22 June. 1659
, Jane Todd Maij 13. 1655
, and members of the Jackson and Johnson families. Bookplate of John Towlerton Leather (1804-85), hydraulic engineer, inscribed Ex libris Brent Maxfield
.
First published in London, 1662.
Letters
Autograph letter signed by Taylor, to Christopher Hatton, [c.1640s].
Facsimile in Garnett & Gosse (1903), III, 40.
Autograph letter signed by Taylor, to Christopher Hatton, Wensday morning
, [c1643-5].
Facsimile in Greg,
Autograph letter signed by Taylor, to Dr E. Langsdale, 24 November 1643 [or 1653?].
Collected by Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725), Yorkshire antiquary and topographer.
Bought at the sale of Thoresby's museum in 1764 by Thomas Birch (1705-66), biographer and historian.
Edited in Eden, I, xxv-xxvi.
Autograph letter signed by Taylor, to Dr Richard Bayley, 24 December 1648.
Edited in Eden, I, cclxii-cclxiii.
Copy by Dr Meade of Taylor's letter to Richard Bayley, 24 December 1648.
Autograph letter signed by Taylor, to William Dugdale, from Golden Grove, 1 April 1651. imperfect.
Edited in William Hamper,
Autograph letter by Taylor, to Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 11 April 1653.
Edited in Eden, I, xxviii-xxix.
Later owned by Thomas Raffles (1788-1863). Sotheby's, 29 June 1891 (Raffles sale, 3rd day), lot 485, to Sotheran for Enriqueta Rylands (1843-1908). Transferred after her death in 1908 to the the John Rylands Library.
Edited in Eden, I, xliv-xlv.
Later in the library of Robert Borthwick Adam (1863-1940), American book collector. Subsequently in the collection of Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde (Viscountess Eccles), Life, 4.4. 294.
Recorded in
Copy of a letter by Taylor, to Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 19 January 1655/6.
Edited in Eden, I, lvi-lvii.
Sotheby's (Evans), 16 November 1836, lot 698. Sotheby's, 6 February 1865, lot 934, to Ellis.
Edited in Eden, I, xlviii-xlix. Wheatley, III, 209-11.
Autograph letter signed by Taylor, to John Warner, Bishop of Rochester, 16 February 1655/6.
Copy, by Birch, of a letter by Taylor to Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury, [early 1656].
Volume III of the collection of state letters etc. by Thomas Birch (1705-66), biographer and historian.
Edited in Eden, I, xlix-l.
Anderson Galleries, New York, sale No. 2275 (George D. Smith Book Company liquidation sale, Part 3), 18 May 1928, lot 240.
Edited in Bray, II, i, 164-6; Eden, I, l-lii; Wheatley, III, 211-13.
Sotheby's, 27 November 1945.
Edied in Eden, I, lii-liii; Wheatley, III, 215-17.
Edited in Eden, I, liv-lv.
Possibly the letter in Thomas Thorpe's sale Catalogue of Autograph Letters
for 1836, lot 1051, which is dated there 15 October 1656. Sotheby's, 14 April 1875, lot 840, 13 June 1911, 19 February 1913, 24 July 1916, and 23 April 1923, lot 274, to Baker.
Edited in Eden, I, lv-lvi. Wheatley, III, 217-19.
Sotheby's, 27 July 1885 (F. Naylor sale, 4th day), lot 934, to Harvey.
Edited in William Hamper,
Autograph letter signed by Taylor, to [? John Evelyn], 22 February 1656/7.
Collected by Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725), Yorkshire antiquary and topographer.
Bought at the sale of Thoresby's museum in 1764 by Thomas Birch (1705-66), biographer and historian.
Edited in Eden, I, lxi-lxii; Wheatley, III, 233-4. Facsimile in
Copy, in the hand of John Evelyn, of a letter by Taylor to [? Evelyn], from Ivy Lane, 21 March 1656/7.
Edited in Eden, I, lxxvi (where the date is given as 1657/8).
Autograph letter signed by Taylor, to [John Evelyn], 15 May 1657.
Sotheby's (Evans), 13 February 1833, lot 187.
Edited in Bray, II, i, 172-3. Eden, I, lxiv-lxv. Wheatley, III, 237-8.
An extract, in the hand of John Evelyn, of a letter by Taylor to [Evelyn], 2 June 1657.
Edited in Eden, I, lxvi.
Autograph letter signed, to [John Evelyn], 9 June 1657 (the verso containing Evelyn's draft reply).
Thomas Rodd's sale catalogues, [1836], p. 16, and 1838, p. 87. Puttick & Simpson, 19 March 1850, lot 385.
Edited in Bray, II, i, 174. Eden, I, lxv-lxvi. Wheatley, III, 238-40. Facsimile in
Thomas Rodd's sale catalogue for 1838, item 1108. Puttick & Simpson, 11 July 1878, item 214. Sotheby's, 16 April 1918, to Maggs. Afterwards in the collection of Alfred Morrison (1821-97), manuscript and art collector. Maggs's sale catalogue No. 449 (1924), item 416. Quaritch's sale catalogues No. 938 (1974), item 152, and No. 1013 (1981), item 78, with a facsimile in the catalogue.
Edited in Eden, I, lxvi-lxviii; Wheatley, III, 240-4. Edited, with facsimile examples, in
Sotheby's, 6 December 1921, to Maggs, 14 July 1931 to Maggs, 29 October 1945, lot 47, and 29 June 1982, lot 267.
Facsimile in Sotheby's sale catalogue. Photocopy of the MS in the British Library (RP 2785).
Autograph letter signed by Taylor, to Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury, [from London], 19 December 1657.
Edited in Eden, I, lxxii.
Edited in
Sotheby's, 6 May 1858, lot 174, t Skeffington, 27 May 1887, lot 389, and 10 December 1918, to Halliday. Later owned by F.W. Joy.
Edited in Bray, II, i, 176-8. Eden, I, lxxv-lxxvi. Wheatley, III, 245-7.
Sotheby's, 6 May 1858, lot 175, to Skeffington.
Autograph letter signed by Taylor, to [John Evelyn], 12 May 1658, now lacking the signature.
Edited in Eden, I, lxxviii-lxxix. Wheatley, III, 248-9.
Autograph letter signed by Taylor, to [the Countess of Rutland], from Annesley, 21 June 1658.
Edited in HMC, 12th Report, Appendix 5, Rutland II (1889), pp. 5-6.
Sotheby's, 6 May 1858, lot 176, to Skeffington.
Cited from Murray's transcript in
Sotheby's, 6 May 1858, lot 177, to Skeffington.
Extracts from Murray's transcript edited in Stranks, pp. 192-3. Photocopy of the autograph MS in the British Library (RP 527).
Sotheby's (Evans), 13 February 1833, lot 188, to Cockran.
Edited in Eden, I, lxxx-lxxxii. Wheatley, III, 253-5.
Sotheby's, 6 May 1858, lot 179, to Skeffington. Maggs's sale catalogue No. 449 (1924), item 417.
Cited from Murray's transcript in
Sotheby's (Evans), 9 July 1832, lot 75. Afterwards owned by Richard Heber (1774-1833), book collector. Evans's (Sotheby's), 10 February 1836 (Heber sale, Part XI), lot 284, to Thorpe.
Edited in Eden, I, lxxxii-lxxxiv. Wheatley, III, 256-60.
Edited in Eden, I, lxxxvii-lxxxviii. Wheatley, III, 274-5.
Edited in John Stearne,
Edited in Eden, I, lxxxviii-xc.
St Paul's Conversion[25 January] 1659[/60?]. 1660.
Evans's (Sotheby's), 16 November 1836, lot 698.
Sotheby's (Evans), 9 July 1832, lot 74. Afterwards owned by Richard Heber (1774-1833), book collector. Sotheby's (Evans)), 10 February 1836 (Heber sale), Part XI), lot 285, to Thorpe. Charles W. Traylen, sale catalogue No. 77 (1972), in item 91.
Edited in Eden, I, xc-xci. Wheatley, III, 275-7. Facsimile in
Edited in H. J. Lawlor,
Autograph letter signed by Taylor, to Hugh, Viscount Montgomery, from Hillsborough, 27 October 1660.
Edited in H.J. Lawlor,
Sotheby's, 6 May 1858, lot 181, to Skeffington.
Cited from Murray's transcript in
Sotheby's, 6 May 1858, lot 180, to Skeffington.
Cited from Murray's transcript in
Edited in Williams,
Holloway & Son, London, sale catalogue of
Edited in Eden, I, cvii-cviii. Wheatley, III, 281-2. Facsimile example in Lawrence B. Phillips,
Autograph letter signed by Taylor, to Christopher Hatton, from Dublin, 23 November 1661.
Edited in
S. Andrew, [30 November] 1661. 1661.
Sotheby's, 21 May 1890, lot 114.
Edited in Williams,
Cited from Murray's transcript in
Edited in Williams,
Sotheby's, 10 December 1918, to Maggs. Maggs's sale catalogue No. 536 (1930), item 2309.
Edited in Williams,
Edited in Edward Dupré Atkinson,
Sotheby's, 6 May 1858, lot 182, to Skeffington.
Extracts from Murray's transcript edited in Stranks, p. 249 (where the letter is incorrectly dated January). Photocopy of the autograph MS in the British Library (RP 527).
Maggs's sale catalogue No. 536 (1930), item 2307.
Edited in Williams,
Edited, with an English translation, in Williams,
Letter by Taylor, to William Hamond, from Dublin, 2 August 1662, the text in the hand of an amanuensis and signed by Taylor.
Sotheby's, 16 April 1918, to Tregaskis. Later in the collection of Alfred Morrison (1821-97), manuscript and art collector.
Edited in Williams,
Sotheby's, 10 December 1918, to Maggs. Maggs's sale catalogue No. 536 (1930), item 2308. Formerly Osborn Files/Taylor.
Edited in Williams,
2 pages, 8vo, with superscription], 4 April 1663. 1663.
Offered in unidentified early 20th-century sale catalogue.
Edited in William Fraser,
Autograph letter signed by Taylor, to Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury, from Portmore, 25 May 1664.
Among papers of Gilbert Sheldon (1598-1677), Archbishop of Canterbury.
Edited in Eden, I, cxix, cxx.
Sotheby's, 6 May 1858, lot 183, to Skeffington.
Cited from Murray's transcript in
Sotheby's, 6 May 1889, lot 608, to Sabin (described as 1 page, 4°, defective
) and Sotheby's, 4 November 1898, lot 250, to Waller (described as damaged and signature nearly gone
). Bonham's, 28 September 2004 (Enys Collection sale), lot 403.
Extracts from Murray's transcript edited in Stranks, p. 269. Photocopy of the autograph MS in the British Library (RP 527).
Lammas, [1 August] 1666. 1666.
Sotheby's, 6 May 1858, lot 184, to Skeffington.
Extracts from Murray's transcript edited in Stranks, p. 270. Photocopy of the autograph MS in the British Library (RP 527).
Documents
Jeremy Taylor Rector Ecclesiae. 1638-42.
Illustration of f. 31v and f. 32r (the latter in a different hand) in Stranks, facing p. 165.
A certificate signed by Taylor witnessing to the church attendance of John Hunt of Barrowden, Uppingham, 6 May 1641.
Volume IX of the Heath & Verney Papers, of Sir Robert Heath (1575-1649), Chief Justice, and his eldest sons, Sir Edward and Sir John Heath, among the papers of the Greville and Verney families, Barons Willoughby de Broke.
Two copies, in different scribal hands, of an opinion on toleration, both signed by Taylor and other Royal chaplains in answer to a question by Charles I, 28 August 1647.
Recorded in Stranks, p. 11.
im propriate tythes, in a professional hand, counter-signed by Taylor (
Jerem: Dunensis) and other bishops, on two conjugate folio leaves, 30 July 1662. 1662.
Recorded in HMC, 78, Hastings IV (1947), 141.
Owned in the late 19th century by the Marquess of Drogheda, at Moore Abbey, Monasterevin, Ireland. Printed in HMC, 9th Report, Part II (1884), Appendix, p. 318.
Edited in HMC, 9th Report, Part II (1884), Appendix, p. 318.
Presentation and Annotated Exempla of Taylor's Printed Works
For Sr. J. I. Bart. a Member of ye H. of Comons at Weston. c.1647.
Formerly in the library of the Isham famiy at Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire. Sotheby's, 18 June 1904 (Isham sale), lot 322, to Stevens.
A presentation exemplum to William Wyatt, inscribed Ex dono Authoris
, with Taylor's autograph corrections and additions throughout, including the text of a long prayer (
Discussed extensively, and the prayer edited, in Robert Gathorne-Hardy,
Donum Authoris. 22. March. 1657. E:C:. c.1657.
Recorded in
Ex dono Authoris A°. 1651. 1651.
Extracts, headed
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.
Miscellaneous Extracts from Works by Taylor
Extracts, headed
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 Taylor's works, including his Life of Christ.
Extracts from Dr Taylors
, headed variously O Ld God father of our Ld Jesus…
), Consider at wt gate thy sicknes entred…
), and God intended we should live an holy life…
.
Among the collections of Gilbert Sheldon (1598-1677), Archbishop of Canterbury. Subsequently owned by members of the Dolben family, including probably John Dolben (1625-86), Archbishop of York.
Extracts, headed Dr Taylor
, on two conjugate folio leaves.
Among papers of Gilbert Sheldon (1598-1677), Archbishop of Canterbury.
Extracts from
Including ten poems by Cowley (on ff. 113r-v, 124r-9v).
c.1668-1713.Inscribed (f. 2r) Several Divine poems out of a Mss. of Mr. Hanserd Knolly's (thô [I suppose deleted] not of his composing)
; (f. 36r) Finis Manuscript, H. K.
; (f. 1r and elsewhere) H Packwood Anno 1668
and George Gaynor, 1681
. Item 988 in an unidentified sale catalogue. Purchased on 12 February 1876 from William Carew Hazlitt (1834-1913), bibliographer and writer.
Extracts from works by Taylor, including
Compiled by Sir John Gibson (1606-65), of Welburn, near Kirkby Moorside, Yorkshire, when he was a Royalist prisoner in Durham Castle. The name Penelope Gibson on f. 174r.
c.1653-60.Bookplate of William Ward Jackson.
Extracts or copies of works attributed to Taylor, including O holy, and eternall Jesus! whoe hast ouercome Death...
; O holy and eternal Jesu! who didst for our sakes fast 40 daies..
., subscribed Mr doctr Taylor
.
Compiled by Thomas Sparrow, BA, of London.
c.1658-61.Donated by Arthur Freeman, March 1999.
Extracts from prayers.
found in the D[uke] of Monmouths pocket when he was taken [after the Battle of Sedgemoor] and is most of his owne hand writing. c.1683-5.
Extracts, headed
Inscribed (f. 10v) Gaue these Book to Mr Norman to Couer
.
Copies of, and extracts from, various prayers by Jeremy Taylor.
Apparently compiled by Anthony Sparrow (c.1611-85), Bishop of Exeter and Norwich.
Mid-late 17th century.Inscribed (f. 132v) Thomas Priest His Book, 1709
and, on a flyleaf, W. D. T. Overbery To the Rev. le Brydges.
Ex libris Guy Fielden, 10/10/06. Bookplate of Canon George Becker Blomfield, of Hollington Hall, Chester. Acquired from G. David, 1913.
Extracts, including entries on pp. 19-20, 323-4, 469, and 493.
A modern pencil note on a flyleaf claims to identify the compiler as one Raworth
.
Extract, concerning Plato and Aristippus, subscribed d Dr Taylor B - Down & Co
.
Acquired from Robinson, 1932. Formerly fC7346M3 [17-- ] Bound.
Extracts.
A commonplace book of quotations from largely devotional or philosophical texts under subject headings, neatly written in a single hand, with a title-page and table of contents.
1657.Inscriptions in the MS including Crescentius Matherus 1680
, Crescentii Matheri Liber 1682
, Nathanaelis Matheri Liber 1683
, By Mr Oakes
, Elijah Warings Book 1734
, Jne Daniell 1832
, and Thos Alexander -- 1847
.
Extracts, headed respectively
Compiled by Thomas Fane (1683-1736), sixth Earl of Westmorland.
Early 18th century.Numerous extracts, under a series of subject headings (Voluptuousness
, Adultery
, Death
, etc.).
Inscribed, evidently by the compiler, Henry Harpur An: Do: 1674
.
Including three sermons on Matthew 10.16 (Dr. Jeremy Taylor (Bishop of Down & Connor) his Arguinges against Comprehension & Toleration
.
Sotheby's, 23 June 1966, lot 551. Hofmann and Freeman's sale catalogue, March 1967.