Ten volumes of sermons by David Wilkins, with 'an account of my sermons, when & where preached', 1717-45. Interspersed through the volumes are 23 sermons in a different hand, preached 1695-1719.
Sermons by David Wilkins
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Eng. th. e. 140-9
- Dates of Creation
- 1695-1745
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 10 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
David Wilkins (1685-1745) was Archdeacon of Suffolk, a classical scholar and antiquary. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Access Information
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/specialcollections).
Acquisition Information
The volumes were bought from C.W. Traylen in 1961.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 46726-35.