Jemmat, William

Comprising an exposition of verses from Proverbs (one page), a long catechism on temptation drawn from a book and concluding with "Notes of true faith," extensive dated sermon notes (various dates in 1614 and 1615), and (written from the reverse) a series of Latin theses (eight pages) and summary answers to spiritual questions (one page), written in a single attractive italic hand, c. 190 pages, 8vo (145 x 100 mm), c. 1615; damp staining. Contemporary parchment over boards; loss at spine, first fourteen leaves loose.
[with:] hand-written summary of content (one page) and old auction catalogue entry loosely inserted.

"William Jemmat this booke posseseth" (inscription on first leaf). acquisition: Pickering and Chatto, 1962

William Jemmat (d.1678) was a clergyman and author of a number of theological works. He spent much of his working life in Reading, where he was vicar of St Giles from 1649 until his death. This notebook dates from his period at Oxford, where he presumably heard the sermons which are recorded here. He matriculated from Magdalen College in 1610 and proceeded MA in 1617.