Papers of Orator Henley

Inventory list

Identifier	Title	Level of description	Date
f. 1r	Note on the contents of the book	Part	18th or 19th c.
f. 2	List of prominent people, including members of the royal family, with some addresses, in an unidentified hand	Part	1721 x 1731
ff. 3–4	List of names, headed ‘The Names of the Gentlemen in Lincolnn Inn Fields’, in an unidentified hand	Part	early 18th c.
f. 6	‘An Acrostick Epitaph on Mr Christopher Henley’s Tomb, in Stepney Church-Yard. in July 1693.’ In an unidentified hand. Author unknown.	Part	early 18th c.
f. 8	Untitled verses, in an unidentified hand. Author unknown	Part	early 18th c.
ff. 25–31	Notes on various subjects, including plans for the Hyp-Doctor	Part	1728–30
ff. 40–6	Ideas for orations, etc.	Part	1728–9
f. 51	List of four titles	Part	early 18th c.
ff. 61–3	‘List of Books to be written’	Part	early 18th c.
f. 130	Brief note on English trade	Part	early 18th c.
f. 137	Notes on Samuel Pufendorf’s Introduction to the History of … Europe, translated by Jodocus Crull (1695)	Part	early 18th c.
f. 163	Notes on heresies	Part	early 18th c.
ff. 164–6	Notes on religious subjects	Part	early 18th c.
f. 174	Notes on religious subjects	Part	early 18th c.
f. 7	Notes on theological subjects	Part	early 18th c.
f. 11	Verses entitled ‘On the Death of the Late Ingenious Mr Hawtrey a Batcheler of Arts of St John’s—Camb.’, by John Henley	Part	early 18th c.
ff. 12–13	Verses entitled ‘The Conference between Hector and Andromache, before His Combat with Ajax’ (a paraphrase of Homer, Iliad, VII. 407 ff.), by John Henley	Part	25 Aug. 1709
ff. 14–15	Verses entitled ‘The Restauration; being likewise Ascension Day. May. 29th. [1]712[.] ODE.’ By John Henley.	Part	c. 9 May 1712
ff. 47–50	Scheme for the establishment of a chapel by subscription	Part	early 18th c.
f. 69	Notes for an oration on ‘the Right Use of Politicks’	Part	early 18th c.
ff. 79–82	A List of the most strong, moving, pathetic Subjects. The most proper to the present Taste, and Occasions.’	Part	early 18th c.
f. 89	Advertisement for a teacher of Latin and Greek, in an unidentified hand	Part	early 18th c.
ff. 112–16	Notes on Edmund Gibson’s Four Sermons on Several Subjects (1719)	Part	early 18th c.
ff. 117–22	Notes on Humphrey Prideaux’s Directions to Church-Wardens (1701)	Part	early 18th c.
f. 126	Queries on philosophical subjects	Part	early 18th c.
ff. 135–6	Notes on the study of divinity	Part	early 18th c.
f. 138	Notes on Tycho Brahe, etc.	Part	early 18th c.
ff. 156–62	‘Common Place in 1. Universal Knowledge. 2. Divinity. Vol. Ist.’	Part	1720
ff. 167–9	Notes on religious subjects and the geography of the Bible	Part	early 18th c.
ff. 170–1	List of prominent people, with their addresses, in an unidentified hand	Part	1727 x 1730