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[Waterman (Hugh)] A Sermon preached before the Court of Guardians of the Poor in the City of Bristol...April the 13th 1699, title soiled, some browning or staining, first two leaves a little short at foot, final leaf defective at lower margin (repaired), later ink inscription by Alfred J.Waterman on front pastedown and with his extensive manuscript notes to endpapers, later half roan, [Not in the British Library], Bristol, by W.Bonny, 1699 § Standfast (Richard) Cleo-laicum Condimentum. Or, a Sermon preached at a Visitation in Saint Nicholas Church in Bristol..., soiling, modern cloth-backed boards, Bristol, for Thomas Thomas 1644 § Scott (John) A Sermon preach'd at the Funeral of Sir John Buckworth at...St.Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, with initial imprimatur leaf, a little browned, disbound, for Walter Kettilby...and Thomas Horne, 1688, [Wing W1053, S5207 & S2072]; and 4 others, 17th century sermons etc., small 4to & 8vo (7) ⁂ The first is a scarce item putting forward the author's plans for aiding the poor of Bristol, following the establishment of the Bristol Corporation of the Poor in 1696; ESTC lists only 2 copies in the UK (Bristol Central Library & Bodleian Library, Oxford) and 2 in America. Sir John Buckworth (c.1602-1687) of the third item was Deputy Governor of the Turkey Merchants and an Alderman of London from 1683-86; he was a friend and neighbour of Samuel Pepys and is mentioned several times in Pepys's diary.