Maycock 1938 - Revision history

Wtrettien at 22:41, 5 March 2012

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 names of family members living there (158ff)
 * John Ferrar (brother to Nicholas) and Bathsheba; daughter Virginia, son Nicholas
-* Susan Collett ("The Moderator") (sister to Nicholas) and John Collett; daughters Hester ("The Cheerful"; later a dressmaker/sempstress in London, 176), Margaret ("The Affectionate"), Joyce, Judith, Mary and Anna ("the two central feminine figures in the whole story of Little Gidding" (179))
+* Susan Collett ("The Moderator") (sister to Nicholas) and John Collett; daughters Hester ("The Cheerful"; later a dressmaker/sempstress in London, 176), Margaret ("The Affectionate"), Joyce, Judith, Mary ("The Chief," 179, then "Mother"; wrote a paper arguing St. Athanasius wrote the Creed bearing his name (178)) and Anna ("The Patient"; Anna's letter dedicating herself to God's service, 184) ("the two central feminine figures in the whole story of Little Gidding" (179))
 ** Collett letters are preserved in the Bodleian (''is this still the case?'') (173)
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 Richard Crashaw was tutor to Ferrar Collett (169); Ferrar later became rector of Steeple Gidding (1659-1664) (169)

Wtrettien at 00:55, 5 March 2012

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	pgs 49-51: no good reason to think Ferrar came in contact with Oratorian Rule, although it bears a resemblance to how Little Gidding was run		pgs 49-51: no good reason to think Ferrar came in contact with Oratorian Rule, although it bears a resemblance to how Little Gidding was run

	Ferrar's prayer of thanksgiving, after delivering his family from near-ruin financially (108-9) (c.f. [Skipton 1907])		Ferrar's prayer of thanksgiving, after delivering his family from near-ruin financially (108-9) (c.f. [[Skipton 1907]])

	life of the church during/after the civil wars (140-142)		life of the church during/after the civil wars (140-142)
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	names of family members living there (158ff)		names of family members living there (158ff)
			* John Ferrar (brother to Nicholas) and Bathsheba; daughter Virginia, son Nicholas
			* Susan Collett ("The Moderator") (sister to Nicholas) and John Collett; daughters Hester ("The Cheerful"; later a dressmaker/sempstress in London, 176), Margaret ("The Affectionate"), Joyce, Judith, Mary and Anna ("the two central feminine figures in the whole story of Little Gidding" (179))
			** Collett letters are preserved in the Bodleian (''is this still the case?'') (173)

	pigeon-house turned into a schoolhouse (164-5)		pigeon-house turned into a schoolhouse (164-5)
	* staffed by three resident masters (for English/Latin, for writing/math and for singing/music) who shared in the life of the community		* staffed by three resident masters (for English/Latin, for writing/math and for singing/music) who shared in the life of the community

			Nicholas Ferrar Jr., John Ferrar's son, at age 14 trasnlated a devotional work, Mysinger's ''Devotions'', from Italian; by the time he was 20, he had produced a Harmony of the Gospels in 24 languages, and a parallel version of St. John's Gospel in 21 languages (168)

			Richard Crashaw was tutor to Ferrar Collett (169); Ferrar later became rector of Steeple Gidding (1659-1664) (169)

Wtrettien at 22:08, 4 March 2012

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	* inscription hung over the mantlepiece the urging of Herbert (see 149) -- has IHS, Jesuit inscription (Jesus Hominum Salvator); used commonly at Little Gidding		* inscription hung over the mantlepiece the urging of Herbert (see 149) -- has IHS, Jesuit inscription (Jesus Hominum Salvator); used commonly at Little Gidding
	** IHS caused suspicions of popery; finally taken down at Bishop Williams' urging in 1641 (151)		** IHS caused suspicions of popery; finally taken down at Bishop Williams' urging in 1641 (151)

			names of family members living there (158ff)

			pigeon-house turned into a schoolhouse (164-5)
			* staffed by three resident masters (for English/Latin, for writing/math and for singing/music) who shared in the life of the community

Wtrettien at 22:54, 2 March 2012

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	pgs 49-51: no good reason to think Ferrar came in contact with Oratorian Rule, although it bears a resemblance to how Little Gidding was run		pgs 49-51: no good reason to think Ferrar came in contact with Oratorian Rule, although it bears a resemblance to how Little Gidding was run

			Ferrar's prayer of thanksgiving, after delivering his family from near-ruin financially (108-9) (c.f. [Skipton 1907])

			life of the church during/after the civil wars (140-142)

			house
			* private bedchambers
			* common sitting-room known as the Sisters' Chamber fo rht use of the Collett sisters; meetings of the Little Academy held here (146)
			* dining room with an organ
			* large apartments at opposite ends of the house, night oratories (one for men, one for women)
			* infirmary and surgery
			* suite of rooms acting as a miniature almshouse; permanent home for four poor widows (based on Dutch almshouses Ferrar saw during his travels) (147-8)
			* Great Chamber; long Tudor gallery; hung with tapestry, with an organ on one side; table in the center with the Bible and a Book of Common Prayer (148)
			** this is where psalms were recited, religious exercises performed; chief public room
			* Concordance Room, adjoining Great Chamber, used for making Harmonies (148-9)
			** decorated in green; long tables against the walls
			** two large presses, operated by iron bars, for stampin gthe folios as they were completed (149)
			** walls hung with inscripions -- text from Scriptures, aphorisms, exhortations

			Nicholas was fond of inscriptions; kept a visitor's book, for visitors to inscribe sentences and aphorisms
			* inscription hung over the mantlepiece the urging of Herbert (see 149) -- has IHS, Jesuit inscription (Jesus Hominum Salvator); used commonly at Little Gidding
			** IHS caused suspicions of popery; finally taken down at Bishop Williams' urging in 1641 (151)

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Maycock, A. L. ''Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding.'' London: SPCK, 1938.

St. Francis de Sales, ''Introduction to the Devout Life''
* known by Ferrar; was bound by the Little Gidding women

pgs 49-51: no good reason to think Ferrar came in contact with Oratorian Rule, although it bears a resemblance to how Little Gidding was run