Two volumes of sermons by Thomas Townson, 1761-1789, with notes of dates and places preached, collected and annotated by John Jebb, Bishop of Limerick, and published as Practical Discourses (London, 1830).
Dates
- Creation: 18th cent.
Extent
0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. th. c. 95, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. th. c. 95-96
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13394
Abstract
Two Volumes of Sermons by Thomas Townson, annotated by John Jebb.
Biographical / Historical
John Jebb (1775-1833) was Bishop of Limerick. See the Dictionary of National Biography for further details.
Other Finding Aids
A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.
Custodial History
Bookplate of Thomas Jeston White; bought by 'A.B.R.' from Halls Bookshop, Tunbridge Wells, 1973.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from Thorntons of Oxford (not a catalogue), with MS. Eng. lett. c. 590, fols. 141-6, 1977.
- Title
- Two Volumes of Sermons by Thomas Townson, annotated by John Jebb
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Susan Thomas; EAD version 2021 by Hannah Jordan
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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