Tewkesbury Vicars' Papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 TEWKESBURY VICARS
Held at	: University College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll ›
Full title	: Tewkesbury Vicars' Papers
Date(s)	: c1680-c1770
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 40 volumes
Name of creator(s)	: Matthews | John | 1650-1729 | vicar of Tewkesbury Jones | Henry | d 1729 | vicar of Tewkesbury Jones | Penry | d 1754 | vicar of Tewkesbury Jones | Henry | d 1769 | vicar of Tewkesbury
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Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Reverend John Matthews (MA 1673) was vicar of Tewkesbury from 1689 until his resignation in 1728. He died on 26 May 1729, aged 79. The Reverend Henry Jones (senior), of Monmouth, went to school in Usk, and attained his LLB in 1718. He married John Matthews's niece, Matthea Matthews, at Tewkesbury on 1 May 1718. He was rector of Woolstone, Gloucestershire, 1720-1729, and vicar of Tewkesbury, 1728-1729 (having apparently acted as curate for some time previously). Jones died on 3 March 1729, aged 38.The Reverend Penry Jones was brother of Henry Jones (senior). He was vicar of Tewkesbury from 1729 until his death in 1754.The Reverend Henry Jones (junior) was the son of Henry Jones (senior). He went to Balliol College Oxford in 1739, aged 18, and attained his BA in 1743. He was vicar of Tewkesbury from 1754 (and previously seems to have been curate to his uncle there) until his death on 3 November 1769, aged 47.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, c1680-c1770, of four successive vicars of Tewkesbury, comprising sermons, commonplace books, religious commentaries on text, theological expositions, essays, and miscellaneous religious writings. Many of the volumes contain only sermons, by John Matthews. Although Henry Jones (senior) is included in the dedication, none of the writings can be directly attributed to him.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English and Latin

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

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Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999; updated July 2018