Papers of Orator Henley

Inventory list

Identifier	Title	Level of description	Date
f. 1r	Note on the contents of the book, in a later hand	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.]
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.]
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	[c. 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]
f. 172	‘List of Subjects for Readings, to be plan’d’	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