Two Volumes of Sermons by Thomas Townson

Collection Level Description: Two Volumes of Sermons by Thomas Townson, annotated by John Jebb

Reference: MSS. Eng. th. c. 95-6
Title: Two Volumes of Sermons by Thomas Townson, annotated by John Jebb
Dates of Creation: 18th cent.
Extent: 2 shelfmarks
Name of Creator: John Jebb

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

John Jebb (1775-1833) was Bishop of Limerick. See the Dictionary of National Biography for further details.

Scope and Content

Two volumes of sermons by Thomas Townson, 1761-89, with notes of dates and places preached, collected and annotated by John Jebb, Bishop of Limerick, and published as Practical Discourses (London, 1830)

Administrative Information

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.

Access Conditions

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

Further Information

Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.

Publication Note

See scope and content.

Access Points

Sermons | 18th century

Theology

Jebb | John | 1775-1833 | Bishop of Limerick

Townson | Thomas | 1715-1792 | Archdeacon of Richmond, theologian

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