IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 2919 HUMPHREYS
Held at: Royal Armouries Library, London
Title: HUMPHREYS, Cornelius (c.1711-1770)
Date(s): [1756-1770]
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 4 items
Name of creator(s): HUMPHREYS | Cornelius | c.1711-1770 | clergyman
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Cornelius Humphreys, was the son of David Humphreys, of Llanelli, Camarthen. He matriculated at Jesus College Oxford, 1743, aged 32. In 1752, he was appointed Rector of St Mary, Somerset, London. It is thought that he was Chaplain at on of the Chapels of the Tower of London. A transcript of his burial monument states that he was a minister of this (unidentified) chapel for thirty years, [1740-1770]. He married Agnes, who died 1789 aged 69.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Cornelius Humphreys, comprising: manuscript notebook containing sermons, 25 Dec 1769-, prayers, copy of letter from Dr Tillotson, (undated); manuscript extract of letter from the Rev C Humphreys to M Forrest (his niece) 13 Apr 1756; Humphreys' copy of Book of Common Prayer, 1714, gift of his wife Agnes, 1760; and transcript of burial monument of Humphreys' and his wife Agnes.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
By appointment only. Contact the Curator, The Library, Royal Armouries, HM Tower of London, EC3N 4AB
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies available subject to normal copyright restrictions, and depending on the condition of the material
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
The collection is uncatalogued
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated to the Royal Armouries Library, 2002
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: Historical Manuscripts Commission's On-Line National Register of Archives; Alumni Oxonienses, 1715-1886; Novum repertorium ecclesiasticum parochiale Londinense, G Hennessy, London, 1898.
Compiled by Alison Field as part of the London Signpost Survey Project
Date(s) of descriptions: September 2003