Transcript: Minutes of the London Provincial Assembly 1647-1660

  • Reference
    • GB 133 Eng MS 442
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1890-1892
  • Physical Description
    • 330 x 203 mm. 1 volume (380 folios);

Scope and Content

A transcript by Shaw (1892) of the original manuscript (1647-1660) then at Sion College, collated with a transcript (1890) of a manuscript listing ministers and elders of the Provincial Synod of London in the 1650s, occurring at the end of The Minutes of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, Vol. III, in Dr Williams's Library. It includes many notes by the transcriber.

Location of Originals

The original Sion College manuscript is now part of the manuscript collection of Lambeth Palace Library: see http://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/holdings/sion.html. See English MS 441 for details of Dr Williams's Library.

Bibliography

See the pamphlet entitled The Provincial Assembly of Non-subscribing Ministers and Congregations of London & the southeastern counties: its history, principles and aims (1921) in the JRUL's Unitarian College Collection.