
Wroe, Richard. A Sermon at the Funeral Of the Right Honourable Henry, Earl of Warrington
Wroe, Richard. A Sermon at the Funeral Of the Right Honourable Henry, Earl of Warrington, Baron Delamer of Dunham-Massy, Lord Lieutenant of the County-Palatine of Chester; and one of the Lords of Their Majesties most Honorable Privy Council; Preached at Bowden in Chester. London: Printed for A. and J. Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, 1694. [5976] Removed, 7 1/2 x 6 inches, includes the half title which has some soil, (vi.), 26 pp. Good. ESTC R12138; Wing W3728. Imprimatur: Ra. Barker on verso of the half title.A sermon on the text Ecclesiastes 2:3 by Rev Richard Wroe (1641-1717), warden of Manchester College, noted by his contemporaries for his eloquence. The subject, Henry, Earl of Warrington, was instrumental in his obtaining a royal mandate for the presentation of a fellowship at the college of Manchester in 1672. At the time of this sermon he was vicar of Garstang, Lancashire. Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington (1652-1694), Member of Parliament, Privy Councillor,