IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0703
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: LORD BISHOP OF LONDON
Date(s): 1750
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Sherlock | Thomas | 1677-1761 | bishop of London
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
A small tremor struck London on 8 February 1750; followed on 8 March 1750 by a more powerful earthquake. Thomas Sherlock (1677-1761), bishop of London, preached a sermon at Saint Paul's Cathedral in which he claimed that the earthquakes were sent by God as punishment for the sinfulness of London's citizens; criticising their drinking, lewdness, idleness, debauchery, wantonness and blasphemy. The sermon was published and proved extremely popular, selling thousands of copies. On 8 April many citizens fled London, expecting another, even greater earthquake to strike.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
A letter from the Lord Bishop of London to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster on the occasion of the Late Earthquakes, printed pamphlet.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One pamphlet.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Record deposited in December 1959.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.