DOCSLIB.ORG

Overview Creator: Broadley, Alexander Myerick

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Overview Creator: Broadley, Alexander Myerick A. M. Broadley album on Brian Bury Collins A Guide to the Collection Overview Creator: Broadley, Alexander Myerick Title: A. M. Broadley album on Brian Bury Collins Inclusive Dates: 1776-1913 Abstract: This album features more than two hundred documents collected by barrister and historian Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847-1916) by and about the Rev. Brian Bury Collins (1754-1807), an evangelical Anglican preacher closely associated with the Wesleys and Lady Huntingdon. In 1913 Broadley arranged and annotated the collection and had it bound. That same year he published transcriptions of many of the letters in the Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society. Accession No: BriArch 303.69 Extent: 3 boxes (2 linear feet) Language: Material is in English Repository Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University 1 Bridwell Library * Perkins School of Theology * Southern Methodist University Biographical Note English barrister A. M. (Alexander Meyrick) Broadley was the son of Rev. Alexander Broadley, vicar of Bradpole, and Frances Jane Meyrick Broadley. He was born on July 19, 1847 and studied at Warminster, Marlborough, and in Switzerland. Beginning in 1869 he worked as a lawyer and journalist in India, Tuniaia, Egypt, and Belgium. Following the death of his father in 1893, Broadley returned to England and built a home in Bradpole, Dorset, where he and his mother spent the rest of their lives. At The Knapp, his Bradpole home, A. M. Broadley focused on writing, collecting historical documents, and grangerizing books (illustrating or creating volumes with clippings from manuscripts and published sources). Bradley’s published works include A History of Freemasonry in the District of Malta (1880), Tunis Past and Present (1882), How We Defended Arab and His Friends (1884), Chats on Autographs (1910), Napoleon in Caricature, 1795-1821 (1911), and numerous articles. Broadley’s grangerized books and scrapbook albums have attracted the attention of scholars. Bridwell Library’s Broadley album focuses on the life of Brian Bury Collins (1754-1807). Collins (later known as Brian Bury) was an Evangelical Anglican who was a close associate of the John and Charles Wesley and of Lady Huntingdon. Sources: Foster, Joseph. Men-at-the-Bar: a Biographical Hand-List of the Members of the Various Inns of Court, Including Her Majesty's Judges, Etc. London: Reeves and Turner, 1885. Alexander Meyrick Broadley: Barrister, Historian, Collector, Author, Cartoonist and Freemason, http://englishfreemasonryonmalta.org/html/broadley-biography.html (accessed 26 June 2013). Harmon, Nolan B., Ed. Encyclopedia of World Methodism. Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House, 1974. “Collins, Brian (Bury),” by John Kent. Scope and Contents of the Collection The A. M. Broadley album contains correspondence and images of Rev. Brian Bury Collins and other eighteenth-century English religious leaders. The printed title page describes the contents as follows: The correspondence of John, Charles and Sarah Wesley, Dr. Witherspoon (Signatory to the American Declaration of Independence), Selina Countess of Huntingdon, Ladies 2 Bridwell Library * Perkins School of Theology * Southern Methodist University Glenorchy and D. Maxwell, the Rev. Rowland Hill, Bishop Beilby Porteous, the Rev. D. Simpson and many other Divines with the Rev. Brian Bury Collins, M.A., afterwards Bury, of St. John’s College, Cambridge; Bath, and Linwood Grange, Lincoln. 1772-1779. Collected, arranged, and annotated by A. M. Broadley. The Knapp, Bradpole, Bridport, 1913. Additionally, the collection includes materials from the early twentieth century generated by Alexander Myerick Broadley’s efforts to document the life of Brian Bury Collins. Arrangement of the Collection The collection consists of a single series: Series 1: Brian Bury Collins materials, 1776-1913. Restrictions Access to Collection: The collection is open for research use. Publication Rights: Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Director of the Bridwell Library. Copyright Statement: It is the responsibility of the user to obtain copyright authorization. Access Terms This collection is indexed under the following terms in the Southern Methodist University Libraries' online catalog. Researchers desiring related materials may search the catalog using these terms. 3 Bridwell Library * Perkins School of Theology * Southern Methodist University Collins, Bryan Bury, 1753 or 1754-1799. Broadley, Alexander Meyrick, 1847-1916. Wesley, John, 1703-1791. Wesley, Charles, 1757-1834. Wesley family. Evangelicalism -- Church of England. Letters. Administrative Information Preferred Citation A. M. Broadley album on Brian Bury Collins, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. Acquisition Information Acquired Processing Information The album was disassembled in 2013 and the contents digitized and housed in archival boxes and folders. C numbers are “Collins” inventory numbers assigned previously to individual pages in the album. Two entries are marked “Moore” rather than “Collins.” Some items did not receive inventory numbers (designated C? on the list); other inventory numbers seem to have been missed. In processing, items measuring more than 8.5” x 14” were flattened, foldered, and placed in an oversize materials box. Prior to the processing of the A. M. Broadley album, the following letters were removed by library staff and placed in other manuscript collections at Bridwell Library: Finding aid written by by Timothy S. G. Binkley, 2013. Encoded by Ada Negraru, 2013 4 Bridwell Library * Perkins School of Theology * Southern Methodist University Detailed Description of the Collection Series 1: Brian Bury Collins materials, 1776-1913 This series comprises 203 eighteenth-and nineteenth-century letters and printed images of Brian Bury Collins; his associates; Bath, England; and other localities associated with Rev. Collins and the Wesleyan movement. Twentieth-century materials in the collection relate to Broadley’s collecting, collating, and publishing of the album contents. Box Folder 1 01 C1: Map of Bath, England, undated C2: Description of Somersetshire, undated C3: Map of the city of Bath, undated 02 C6: Print of the Abbey Church, Bath, 1793 C7-C8: Prints of Pulteney Bridge, Bath, 1794 03 C9: Print of John Wesley, undated C10-C11: Prints of Samuel Wesley, undated 04 C 12: Print of John Wesley aged 38 after a painting by Williams, undated C 13: Printed images of a Wedgewood teapot bearing a portrait of John Wesley, undated C 14: Print of Charles Wesley, undated, not before 1788 05 C 15: Print of Charles Wesley, undated C 16: Print of John Wesley, undated C 17: John Wesley letter to Peter Walker, 1786 February 21 06 C 18: Print of John Wesley “To his mother's grave, A.D. 1779,” undated C 18A: Broadley album printed title page, 1913 C 19: J. Chevallier letter to Thomas Irwin Bury, not after 1799 July 5 Bridwell Library * Perkins School of Theology * Southern Methodist University 07 C 20: Thomas E. Brigden letter to J. Conder Natrass, 1910-1913 C 21: John W. Crake letter to A. M. Broadley, 1913 February 24 C 22: Nehemiah Curnock letter to A. M. Broadley, 1913 February 28 08 C 23: J.P. Hammond letter to an unknown recipient, 1913 March 5 C 24-C25: J.P. Hammond letter to W. Broadley, 1913 March 13 09 C 26: Alfred Leedes Hunt letter to A. M. Broadley, 1913 October 3 C 27: J. Conder Nattrass letter to A. M. Broadley, 1913 February 24 C 28: J. Conder Nattrass letter to A. M. Broadley, 1913 February 28 10 C 29: J. Conder Nattrass letter to A. M. Broadley, 1913 March 4 C 30: J. Conder Nattrass letters to A. M. Broadley, 1913 March C 31: Biographical notes on Brian Bury Collins, undated 11 C 32: R. F. Scott letter to A. M. Broadley, 1913 February 25 C 33: R. F. Scott letter to A. M. Broadley, 1913 March 7 C 34: R. F. Scott letter to A. M. Broadley, 1913 March 13 12 C 35: George Stampe letter to A. M. Broadley, 1913 February 25 C 36: George Stampe letter to A. M. Broadley, 1913 March 4 C 37: Sales catalog entries for John Wesley letters, Tunbridge Wells, 1913 February 13 C 38: Sales catalog entries for John Wesley letters, Maggs Brothers and Daniell, 1913 C 39: Sales catalog entry for a George Whitefield letter, Daniell, 1913 C 40: Sales catalog entries for Samuel Wesley letters, Maggs Brothers, 1913 March 14 C 41: Print of Jonathan Edmundson, undated C 41: Print of Thomas Robinson, undated C 42: Thomas Robinson letter to Brian Bury Collins, 1773 September 21 6 Bridwell Library * Perkins School of Theology * Southern Methodist University 15 C 43: Thomas Robinson letter to unknown recipient, 1811 December 31 C 44: Print of Henry William Coulthurst after a painting by Edward Westoby, undated, not before 1817 C 45: William Henry Coulthurst letter to Brian Bury Collins, undated 16 C 46: Deacon’s ordination certificate of Brian Bury Collins, 1776 March 3 C 47: Print “View of the Tabernacle, Moorfields,” undated C 48: Print of Walter Shirley, 1792 17 C 49: Prints of John Berridge, 1774 C 50: Print of John Berridge aged 77, 1793 18 C 52: Print of Charles Wesley, undated C 53: Print of Thomas Coke aged 36, undated, circa 1783 C 54: Print of Thomas Coke aged 33, undated, circa 1780 19 C 55: Print of John Pawson aged 41, undated C 56: Print of Henry Moore aged 32, undated C 57: Print of Alexander McNab aged 33, undated 20 C 58: Print of Wesleyan Chapel, New King Street, Bath, undated C 59: Published transcriptions of Brian Bury Collins letters, part 1, 1913 C 60: Print of the Right Reverend
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Revisiting the Minister- Vaccinator Rowland Hill
    Minister to Their Instruction: RevisitingJoshua T.B. Williams, MD, a, b Abraham the M. Nussbaum, Minister- MD, MTSc, d Vaccinator Rowland Hill Science and religion have Historya prominent of the scientist Conflict Betweenand son of intersected throughout history, Religiona Wesleyan and clergyman, Science wrote a occasionally at the tip of a “ lancet. Major religions espouse in 1874, which principles and revere sacred he concluded was a narrative texts whose themes support of the conflict of two contending vaccination, but religious vaccine powers, the expansive force of exemptions are widely available the human intellect on one side, and vaccine-preventable diseases and the compression arising from ” infect religious communities at traditionary faith and human 1, 2 ’ 9 regular intervals. Particularly interests on the other. 9 Conflict– contestableBad intersectionsFaith Child Fatalities have narratives like Draper s spread6, 10 so12 a c been memorialized in accounts widely in the following century Departments of Pediatrics and Behavioral Health, Denver Health From Religion-motivated Medical 10 Medical Center, Denver, Colorado; and Departments of bPediatrics and Neglectsuch as The Children, that Numbers concluded this dPsychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, narrative has now settled into Colorado We Abandon – “knows , and a received wisdom in which 3 5 Dr Williams conceptualized and drafted this essay; . Agreeable the secular public that ” Dr Nussbaum provided critical feedback and revisions; intersections are infrequently organized religion has always – “ knows and both authors approve the final manuscript as submitted remembered, so we reintroduce opposed scientific progress and and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Rowland Hill, MA (1744 1833), a the religious public that ” DOI: https:// doi.
    [Show full text]
  • Orme) Wilberforce (Albert) Raymond Blackburn (Alexander Bell
    Copyrights sought (Albert) Basil (Orme) Wilberforce (Albert) Raymond Blackburn (Alexander Bell) Filson Young (Alexander) Forbes Hendry (Alexander) Frederick Whyte (Alfred Hubert) Roy Fedden (Alfred) Alistair Cooke (Alfred) Guy Garrod (Alfred) James Hawkey (Archibald) Berkeley Milne (Archibald) David Stirling (Archibald) Havergal Downes-Shaw (Arthur) Berriedale Keith (Arthur) Beverley Baxter (Arthur) Cecil Tyrrell Beck (Arthur) Clive Morrison-Bell (Arthur) Hugh (Elsdale) Molson (Arthur) Mervyn Stockwood (Arthur) Paul Boissier, Harrow Heraldry Committee & Harrow School (Arthur) Trevor Dawson (Arwyn) Lynn Ungoed-Thomas (Basil Arthur) John Peto (Basil) Kingsley Martin (Basil) Kingsley Martin (Basil) Kingsley Martin & New Statesman (Borlasse Elward) Wyndham Childs (Cecil Frederick) Nevil Macready (Cecil George) Graham Hayman (Charles Edward) Howard Vincent (Charles Henry) Collins Baker (Charles) Alexander Harris (Charles) Cyril Clarke (Charles) Edgar Wood (Charles) Edward Troup (Charles) Frederick (Howard) Gough (Charles) Michael Duff (Charles) Philip Fothergill (Charles) Philip Fothergill, Liberal National Organisation, N-E Warwickshire Liberal Association & Rt Hon Charles Albert McCurdy (Charles) Vernon (Oldfield) Bartlett (Charles) Vernon (Oldfield) Bartlett & World Review of Reviews (Claude) Nigel (Byam) Davies (Claude) Nigel (Byam) Davies (Colin) Mark Patrick (Crwfurd) Wilfrid Griffin Eady (Cyril) Berkeley Ormerod (Cyril) Desmond Keeling (Cyril) George Toogood (Cyril) Kenneth Bird (David) Euan Wallace (Davies) Evan Bedford (Denis Duncan)
    [Show full text]
  • Transactions
    TRANSACTIONS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOL. X. 1927-1929. EDITED BY ALBERT PEEL, M.A., Litt.D. INDEX. CONTRIBUTORS :- PA.GB AusTIN, RoLAND •••• The Dursley Sunday Schools, Established in 1784 228 BERRY, S. M..••••••• Review 45 BULL, F. W. ••..••. John Gibbs 80 0iu.MBERLIN, D ..••••• Boston and "The Great Migra- tion" 147 Cou.t:AN, HELEN C.•.•• Louis Kossuth (Correspondence) 144 DIXON, H. N. • ..... The Chatteris Family and Dr. Isaac Watts 88 Fmm, H. I. •...... The Earliest Sunday School 183 JAMES, A. T. S. ..• The Forbes Library, Southgate Chapel, Gloucester 100 KEEP, H. F. ..••••• Dale of Birmingham 243 MATTHEWS, A. G. ... Robert Browne's Will 8 The Wharton Correspondence 52 OAKLEY, H. H. • •...• Cotton Ma.ther's Manuductio · ad M inisterium 11 Why Sir Andrew Aguecheck •• had as lief be a Brownist as a. Politician " 66 PuL, ALBERT •.•..• John Wyclif 4 Letters of Rowland Hill, Wm. Jay, and Robert Morrison . 37 Letters of John Newton, Matthew Wilks, Bishop Blomfield, and Louis Kossuth . 90 James Ward and Congregational- ism 94 A Congregational Church's First Year, 1804-5 160 A Congregational Church's Firs~ Pastorate, 1804-49 234 A Congregational Church a.s seen in its Minutes . 267 Review 96 PoWICKE, F. J ....... The Rev. Richard Baxter's Rela- tion to Oliver Cromwell .• 122, 167, 212, 250 Ambrose Barnes and Richard Baxter . 190 Pmc:s, E. J. ....... The Yorkshire Academies and the United College • . 195 ROBSON, R. S. • •.••• Ambrose Barnes, A Newcastle Puritan . 105 Inda: ()olffB,IBUTO:as--0ontinued: PAGE WATSON C. E. • •..•. Rodborough Ta.berna.cle : An Ao- • count by John Knight, written in 1844 •.
    [Show full text]
  • Consuming Fantasies: Labor, Leisure, and the London Shopgirl
    Sanders_FM_3rd.qxp 1/19/2006 10:23 AM Page i CONSUMING FANTASIES Sanders_FM_3rd.qxp 1/19/2006 10:23 AM Page ii Sanders_FM_3rd.qxp 1/19/2006 10:23 AM Page iii Consuming Fantasies: LABOR, LEISURE, AND THE LONDON SHOPGIRL, 1880–1920 Lise Shapiro Sanders The Ohio State University Press Columbus Sanders_FM_3rd.qxp 1/19/2006 10:23 AM Page iv Copyright © 2006 by The Ohio State University Press. All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sanders, Lise, 1970– Consuming fantasies : labor, leisure, and the London shopgirl, 1880–1920 / Lise Shapiro Sanders. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8142-1017-1 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8142-9093-0 (cd-rom) 1. English literature—19th century—History and criticism. 2. Women sales personnel in literature. 3. English literature—20th centu- ry—History and criticism. 4. Women sales personnel—England— London—History. 5. Working class women—England—London— History. 6. Department stores—England—London—History. 7. Retail trade—England—London—History. 8. Women and literature— England—London. 9. London (England)—In literature. 10. Sex role in literature. I. Title. PR468.W6S26 2006 820.9'3522—dc22 2005029994 Cover design by Jeff Smith. Type set in Adobe Garamond. Printed by Thomson-Shore, Inc. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48–1992. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Sanders_FM_3rd.qxp 1/19/2006 10:23 AM Page v CONTENTS List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1.
    [Show full text]
  • The Way to Otranto: Gothic Elements
    THE WAY TO OTRANTO: GOTHIC ELEMENTS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH POETRY, 1717-1762 Vahe Saraoorian A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate School of Bowling Green State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY December 1970 ii ABSTRACT Although full-length studies have been written about the Gothic novel, no one has undertaken a similar study of poetry, which, if it may not be called "Gothic," surely contains Gothic elements. By examining Gothic elements in eighteenth-century poetry, we can trace through it the background to Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, the first Gothic novel. The evolutionary aspect of the term "Gothic" itself in eighteenth-century criticism was pronounced, yet its various meanings were often related. To the early graveyard poets it was generally associated with the barbarous and uncouth, but to Walpole, writing in the second half of the century, the Gothic was also a source of inspiration and enlightenment. Nevertheless, the Gothic was most frequently associated with the supernatural. Gothic elements were used in the work of the leading eighteenth-century poets. Though an age not often thought remark­ able for its poetic expression, it was an age which clearly exploited the taste for Gothicism, Alexander Pope, Thomas Parnell, Edward Young, Robert Blair, Thomas and Joseph Warton, William Collins, Thomas Gray, and James Macpherson, the nine poets studied, all expressed notes of Gothicism in their poetry. Each poet con­ tributed to the rising taste for Gothicism. Alexander Pope, whose influence on Walpole was considerable, was the first poet of significance in the eighteenth century to write a "Gothic" poem.
    [Show full text]
  • The Armorial Plaques in the Royal Salop Infirmary
    Third Series Vol. VI part 1. ISSN 0010-003X No. 219 Price £12.00 Spring 2010 THE COAT OF ARMS an heraldic journal published twice yearly by The Heraldry Society THE COAT OF ARMS The journal of the Heraldry Society Third series Volume VI 2010 Part 1 Number 219 in the original series started in 1952 The Coat of Arms is published twice a year by The Heraldry Society, whose registered office is 53 High Street, Burnham, Slough SL1 7JX. The Society was registered in England in 1956 as registered charity no. 241456. Founding Editor + John Brooke-Little, C.V.O., M.A., F.H.S. Honorary Editors C. E. A. Cheesman, M.A., PH.D., Rouge Dragon Pursuivant M. P. D. O'Donoghue, M.A., Bluemantle Pursuivant Editorial Committee Adrian Ailes, M.A., D.PHIL., F.S.A., F.H.S. Jackson W. Armstrong, B.A., M.PHIL., PH.D. Noel COX, LL.M., M.THEOL., PH.D., M.A., F.R.HIST.S. Andrew Hanham, B A., PH.D. Advertizing Manager John Tunesi of Liongam PLATE 4 Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, board room: four armorial plaques formerly in the Royal Salop Infirmary, showing the arms of treasurers of that institution. Top left (a), Richard Hill (1780). Top right (b), Sir Walter Corbet, Bart. (1895). Bottom left (c), the Earl of Plymouth (1928). Bottom right (d), General Sir Charles Grant (1941). See pages 27-32. THE ARMORIAL PLAQUES IN THE ROYAL SALOP INFIRMARY Janet Verasanso In the eighteenth century Shrewsbury, like most English towns, was crowded and unhealthy. 'Contagious', 'sweating' and 'putrid' fevers were rampant; death was ubiquitous, not only among the old and young but also among those in the prime of life.1 By the 1730s a number of socially conscious country gentlemen realised that the conditions in which the poor lived required an urgent solution.
    [Show full text]
  • FROM RIOTS to REVIVALISM: the Gordon Riots of 1780, Methodist Hymnody, and the Halevy Thesis Revisited
    • Methodist History. 26:3 (April 1988) FROM RIOTS TO REVIVALISM: The Gordon Riots of 1780, Methodist Hymnody, and the Halevy Thesis Revisited RALPH E. REED, JR. The Gordon Riots of 1780 were the most violent outbreak of mob violence in the history of eighteenth-century England. For seven days Il'l::l I (June 2-9, 1780) riots convulsed London and a mob of sixty thousand Itrill I l';lIJ I rioters burned and looted the city. Eyewitnesses to the destruction [~r;~ I ;Ilt included George III, Horace Walpole, Edward Gibbon, and Charles Wesley. These and other onlookers described the Riots as the worst calamity to strike London since the Great Fire of 1666. I The Gordon Riots also represented a turning point in the history of Methodism, a critical moment in which Methodist antipathy for social reform and revolution from below became irreversably deter­ mined and unyielding. This raises Elie Halevy's famous thesis that Methodism acted as an antidote to radicalism among the working class of England, preventing the French Revolution from having an English counterpart. The Gordon Riots provide a testing-ground for the Halevy thesis, and reveal that Charles Wesley and other key figures in the Methodist connection in London engaged in a deliberate attempt to turn the city's populace from riots to revivalism after 1780. In addition, this study undertakes an inquiry into the language of Methodist hym­ nody, suggesting that the eighteenth-century Methodist mind was both ~,tnlrti nr1i.J unwilling and unable to conceive of radical political agitation as a \::f,~dl F\l:t,~ remedy for the conditions of Britain's working poor.
    [Show full text]
  • A Seventeenth Century Baptist View of Ministry As
    A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BAPTIST VIEW OF MINISTRY AS SEEN IN THREE FUNERAL SERMONS BY JOHN PIGGOTT __________________ A Paper Presented to Dr. Michael A.G. Haykin The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary __________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for 28420 __________________ by G. Stephen Weaver, Jr. 3630 Antioch Church Rd. W. / Lenoir City, TN 37772 August 14, 2006 A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BAPTIST VIEW OF MINISTRY AS SEEN IN THREE FUNERAL SERMONS BY JOHN PIGGOTT In the course of three months in the year 1702, there died three of the most prominent Particular Baptist pastors in London.1 These men were William Collins, Thomas Harrison and Hercules Collins. Their deaths signaled the end of a most eventful seventeenth century in Baptist life in England marked by both persecution and progress. All three of their funeral sermons were preached by the same man, a young Baptist minister by the name of John Piggott (d. 1713). In these funeral sermons preached to the deceased ministers’ respective churches, a specific view of ministry can be detected. While all three of these sermons were preached between August and November of the year 1702, they actually provide a glimpse of the prevalent view of ministry among Particular Baptists in London during the mid to late seventeenth century. Biographical Sketches In order to better understand the significance of the view of ministry expressed in the funeral sermons of John Piggott which testify of the lives and ministries of Thomas Harrison, Hercules Collins and William Collins, a brief biographical sketch of each of these four individuals will be drawn.
    [Show full text]
  • Collection on Methodism in the United Kingdom and Ireland
    Collection on Methodism in the United Kingdom and Ireland A Guide to the Collection Overview Creator: Bridwell Library Title: Collection on Methodism in the United Kingdom and Ireland Inclusive Dates: 1740-1917 Bulk Dates: 1790-1890 Abstract: The letters, images, and other documents in this manuscript collection were created or received by Methodist leaders who lived in Great Britain, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Materials in the collection date from 1740 to 1917. The collection contains information about the lives of ministers, Wesleyan Conference presidents, and their correspondents. Accession No: BridArch 303.74 Extent: 3 boxes (3 linear feet) Language: Material is in English and Welsh Repository Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University 1 Bridwell Library * Perkins School of Theology * Southern Methodist University Historical Note The British Isles are the homeland of Methodism, a religious and social holiness revival movement that began within the Church of England during the 1730s. John Wesley (1703- 1791), whose theological writings and organizational skills drove the movement, traced Methodism’s origins back to the Holy Club, a worship, study, and benevolent service group founded at Oxford University by his brother, Charles Wesley (1707-1788). In the summer of 1738 both John and Charles Wesley underwent dramatic conversions that resulted in a newfound religious enthusiasm that offended many fashionable churches in London. Excluded from their pulpits, John Wesley found a more receptive audience among the poor and laboring classes of England when he adopted field preaching at the urging of George Whitefield. John Wesley’s theology emphasized the work of the Holy Spirit in awakening a desire for God, assuring the Christian of God’s grace, and perfecting one’s love for God and neighbor.
    [Show full text]
  • Descendants of John * Collins I
    Descendants of John * Collins I Generation No. 1 1. JOHN *1 COLLINS I was born 1569 in Maidston, Kent County England, and died 1644 in Maidstone, Kent County, England. He married UNKNOWN. Notes for JOHN * COLLINS I: My comments: The first two generations are very questionable and are in dispute by many. They are placed here only a guide to do additional research, to prove or disprove. He was granted life rights as Keeper of the Gael of Maidstone which was given him by King Charles 1st. (This has been deduced as meaning Jail). Comments: Collins name was in the Domesday Book of 1085 - 86. Name could be Collen, Colin, Cullin Collings or many different ways. This family supported King Charles and came to America when he was killed. Abraham Weeks signed a John Collins estate 7. July 1686 who was from Essex County, Virginia. Children of JOHN COLLINS and UNKNOWN are: i. KATHERINE2 COLLINS, b. February 22, 1584/85, Maidston, Kent County England; d. Bet. 1661 - 1693, Surry County, Virginia. 2. ii. JOHN * COLLINS II, b. 1590, Maidston, Kent County England; d. July 15, 1686, Essex County, Virginia. Generation No. 2 2. JOHN *2 COLLINS II (JOHN *1) was born 1590 in Maidston, Kent County England, and died July 15, 1686 in Essex County, Virginia. He married (1) UNKNOWN Bef. 1615 in England. She was born Abt. 1595 in England, and died Abt. 1635. He married (2) ELIZABETH * CAUFIELD Aft. 1654 in Chippoakes Parish, Surry County, Virginia, daughter of WILLIAM CAUFIELD and DORCAS. She was born Abt. 1630 in Chippoakes Parish, Surry County, Virginia, and died Bef.
    [Show full text]
  • Abstracts of Articles
    ABSTRACTS OF ARTICLES An evangelical clergyman and missionary advocate: The career of the Reverend Melvill Home, Minister of Christ Church, Macclesfield Suzanne Schwarz The career of the Reverend Melvill Horne at Christ Church Macclesfield has been overshadowed by the attention given to his celebrated predecessor, the Reverend David Simpson. In a publica­ tion written to mark the sesquicentenary of the foundation of Christ Church in 1925, the Reverend Sydney Sharpies concluded that there ‘is little known concerning his ministry, and the period during which he held the incumbency was marked by no noteworthy events in the history of the Church’. This article demonstrates how Horne’s ministry witnessed far-reaching changes in the relationship between Methodism and Anglicanism in Macclesfield. It reassesses the view in local historiography that Horne was to blame for the breakdown of the cordial relationship which prevailed during Simpson s ministry. The article also analyses Horne’s work as an advocate of missionary work among the heathen, and the national and inter­ national regard for his work. His evangelical zeal, and his attempts to bring about a moral and spiritual reformation among the popula­ tion of Macclesfield are also considered. The Macclesfield horse fair toll book, 16 19 -16 75 Paul Knight Agricultural, industrial and urban change were closely intercon­ nected elements in the transformation of early modern England. Studying these questions has often been difficult because England was largely a free-trade area, and not subject to the taxes and tolls that generated such important records elsewhere. The horse trade was an important exception, and this article uses the toll book of the Macclesfield horse fair to cast light on the town’s trading connec­ 162 Abstracts of articles tions and regional role, while also addressing broader questions of inland trade and the development of the English economy.
    [Show full text]
  • The Publishing History of Tales of the Supernatural C.1660–1832
    News from the Invisible World: The Publishing History of Tales of the Supernatural c.1660–1832 Jonathan Barry This chapter explores the transmission of tales of the supernatural during the very long eighteenth century (between c.1660 and 1832). When writing my last book, on the transmission of a specifc tale of the con- juration of spirits over the same period, I became aware of a genre of publications on this subject which had not been studied. These are anthologies of supposedly true stories, usually relating to named people and places and sometimes dated, often each numbered separately, with relatively little discussion of their authenticity or signifcance, beyond perhaps a brief preface defending the reality of the world of spirits.1 This 1 Jonathan Barry, Raising Spirits: How a Conjuror’s Tale Was Transmitted Across the Enlightenment (Basingstoke, 2013); id., Witchcraft and Demonology in South-West England c.1640–1789 (Basingstoke, 2012), 259–60. J. Barry (*) Department of History, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK e-mail: [email protected] © The Author(s) 2018 179 J. Barry et al. (eds.), Cultures of Witchcraft in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present, Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic, https://doi.org/ 10.1007/978-3-319-63784-6_9 180 J. BARRY distinguishes them (although this is a spectrum rather than an absolute distinction) from other volumes which might contain such stories but integrate them within a more argumentative framework, or from shorter accounts of individual incidents, as well as from a growing
    [Show full text]