Manuscripts
William Pearse (1625-1691). The Saints hidden life. Or the Spirituall life of Saints unfolded to be both secret and safe…Discourse on 3 Col : 3: manuscript
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John Pearse letter to William Pearse (1625-1691)
Manuscripts
Materials related to a family of 17th and 18th century Dissenters, who actively did not adhere to the Church of England. The collection includes manuscript sermons, pamphlets, and letters written by various members of the Pearse family, as well as some family documents, including wills. Materials offer a multi-generational family perspective, as well as writings by women, on topics such as church and state politics, religious and personal belief, censorship, and early modern religion and activism. The collection also includes printed and manuscript works by other authors including Stephen Addington, John Howe, Edward Leigh, John Ross Macduff, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, and John Trotter. Also includes full transcriptions of a portion of the letters, transcribed by P. A. V. Hickling, an early owner of the collection. In addition, the collection includes the research materials of David A. Thomas, a 20th century scholar who worked with the collection and original sources to write a book, The Pearse Collection: Chronicles of a Preaching Family, 1600-1750, which was never published.
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Francis Pearse (1660-), letter to William Pearse (1625-1691)
Manuscripts
Materials related to a family of 17th and 18th century Dissenters, who actively did not adhere to the Church of England. The collection includes manuscript sermons, pamphlets, and letters written by various members of the Pearse family, as well as some family documents, including wills. Materials offer a multi-generational family perspective, as well as writings by women, on topics such as church and state politics, religious and personal belief, censorship, and early modern religion and activism. The collection also includes printed and manuscript works by other authors including Stephen Addington, John Howe, Edward Leigh, John Ross Macduff, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, and John Trotter. Also includes full transcriptions of a portion of the letters, transcribed by P. A. V. Hickling, an early owner of the collection. In addition, the collection includes the research materials of David A. Thomas, a 20th century scholar who worked with the collection and original sources to write a book, The Pearse Collection: Chronicles of a Preaching Family, 1600-1750, which was never published.
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The Last Will and Testament of William Pearse (1625-1691), of Ashburton
Manuscripts
Materials related to a family of 17th and 18th century Dissenters, who actively did not adhere to the Church of England. The collection includes manuscript sermons, pamphlets, and letters written by various members of the Pearse family, as well as some family documents, including wills. Materials offer a multi-generational family perspective, as well as writings by women, on topics such as church and state politics, religious and personal belief, censorship, and early modern religion and activism. The collection also includes printed and manuscript works by other authors including Stephen Addington, John Howe, Edward Leigh, John Ross Macduff, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, and John Trotter. Also includes full transcriptions of a portion of the letters, transcribed by P. A. V. Hickling, an early owner of the collection. In addition, the collection includes the research materials of David A. Thomas, a 20th century scholar who worked with the collection and original sources to write a book, The Pearse Collection: Chronicles of a Preaching Family, 1600-1750, which was never published.
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Edward Leith. The Saints encouragement in evil times : or Observations concerning the martyrs in generall, with some memorable collections out of Foxes three volumes…: printed
Manuscripts
Contemporary limp vellum, stab stitched. Worm tracks through second half of volume. Title page with inscription: "Wm : Pearse." Published in London, 1648.
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William Pearse (1664-approximately 1740), letter to Mary Pearse, Elizabeth Pearse, and Agnis Pearse
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London, England. Followed by note from Innes Pearse.
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William Pearse (1625-1691). The Substance of ffour sermons upon Repentance. By Mr. William Pearse (1664-approximately 1740), Late Minister of the Gospel in Aishburton, Devon. [Bound with] A Sermon Preached att the Funerall of Mr. William Pearse…: manuscript
Manuscripts
Covers and first pages loose. Dedicated by William to his sisters Mary, Elizabeth, and Agnis Pearse, June 4, 1692.
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