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The life and times of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, Vol. 1 of 2

Chapter 31: INDEX TO VOL. I.
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The memoir provides a detailed biographical account of a noblewoman whose faith, resources, and social position fostered an evangelical revival. It follows her spiritual development, extensive correspondence, establishment and support of worship spaces and societies, collaborations with prominent revival preachers, and philanthropic initiatives. Drawn from letters, anecdotes, and contemporary documents, the narrative records public services, organizational and theological challenges she faced, and the cultural contexts of her work, offering a documentary portrait of sustained religious leadership and charitable activity.

INDEX TO VOL. I.

  • Abney, Lady, 58
  • Sir Thomas and Lady, 201
  • Abraham, Old, at Oathall, 319
  • Akenside, Dr., 136
  • Aldwincle living and Mr. Kimpton, 413
  • Andrews, Mr., and Bishop of Gloucester, 480
  • Anecdote of Lord Bolingbroke and Dr. Church, 179
  • of Newton’s preaching at Leeds, 271
  • of Captain Scott, 317, 381, 484
  • of Conversion of an old Inn Keeper at Aldwincle Church, 420
  • of Dr. Doddridge on leaving Bath for Falmouth, 450
  • of George I. and Lady Chesterfield, 463
  • of Mr. Venn, 479, 486
  • Articles of Peace, 437
  • Ashby-place, Lady Huntingdon at, 119
  • Ayscough, Dr., Dean of Bristol, and Doddridge, 175
  • Baddelley, Mr., Letter of Whitefield to, 120
  • Baptists, General, 44
  • Bath, Earl of, impressed under Whitefield’s preaching, 465
  • the Countess’s Chapel at, 443, 467
  • Batty, the Messrs., account of, 247
  • Belcher, Governor, of New Jersey College, 140
  • Bell and Maxfield, Fletcher’s regard for, 321
  • Bennett, Mr., visits the Countess at Donnington Park, 45
  • Berridge and the Countess, 216
  • Letters to the Countess, 323, 336, 359, 386, 388
  • Extracts of Letters from, 358
  • and the Bees, 366
  • Character of, wit and labours, 367
  • and the Bishop, 369
  • Letter to, from Mr. Thornton, 371
  • —— from, to Mr. Thornton, 373
  • Illness of, 381
  • Singular effects of the preaching of, 397
  • Bishops, Conduct of, 38
  • of London, Oxford, and Gloucester, 196
  • —— Death of, 231
  • Seat of, in Bath Chapel, 477
  • Blair, Dr., 58
  • Bliss, Mr., impressed under Dr. Haweis, 391
  • Bowers, first lay preacher among the Methodists, 32
  • Bolingbroke, Lord, hears Whitefield, 90
  • Death of, 178
  • Bretby Hall, the Countess at, 466
  • Brethren, the United, 246
  • Brighton, Chapel re-opened, 378
  • Broughton, Rev., Bryan and Whitefield, 196
  • Browne, Rev. Moses, Chaplain to the Duke of Somerset, 127, 164
  • Buchan, Lady, 427
  • Buckingham, Duchess of, 27
  • Burder, Rev. George, and Romaine, 273
  • Burnet, Bishop, 39
  • Burnett, Rev. G., impressed under Mr. Walker of Truro, 276
  • Burr, President, of New Jersey College, 140
  • Cambridge, Progress of piety at, 421
  • Campbell, the Hon. Hume, 205
  • Carteret, Lord, Letter to the Countess, 67
  • Cavendish, Mrs., visits the Countess at Bath, 461
  • Cennick, Mr., 32, 198, 262
  • Chancellor, Lord High, found guilty of corruption, 6
  • Chapel of the Countess, at York, 310
  • at Brighton, 314, 390
  • at Lewes, 364
  • at Chichester, Petworth, Guildford and Basingstoke, 393
  • at Gloucester, Worcester, and Cheltenham, 440
  • Charges against the Countess, 424
  • Cheltenham, Whitefield, Madan, and Venn preached there, 429
  • Chesterfield, Lord, 90, 99, 115, 458
  • Lady, impressed under Whitefield, 462
  • Church, Dr., 179
  • Clanricardes, Pedigree of, 3
  • Clergy, awakened under the preaching of Whitefield and Wesley, 61
  • Coachman of George III., Anecdote of, 131
  • Cobb, Lady Betty, influence over the Bishops, 477
  • Colne, Vicar of, and Messrs. Grimshaw and Ingham, 259
  • Conference, First Methodist, 62
  • at Leeds, 267
  • Convict, the Countess’s exertions in behalf of a, 227
  • Conyers, Dr., commencement of Evangelical Ministry of, 277
  • Visitation Sermon displeases the Archbishop of York, 280
  • Letter from, to the Countess, 281
  • Cooper, Miss; Death of, 52
  • Cotton, Dr., and the Countess, 157
  • Cruttenden, Robert, Esq., Account of, 448
  • Darracott, Rev. R., Letter to, from the Countess, 114
  • Dartmouth, Lord, 276, 326, 429
  • Davies, Howell, 486
  • Deane, Mrs., Character of, 296
  • De Courcy, Mr., 381, 411
  • Delamotte and Charles Wesley, 243
  • Delitz, the Countess, 462
  • Derry, Bishop of, 33
  • Dodd, Dr., 401
  • Doddridge, Dr., Letter to, from the Countess, 64
  • Letter of, to Mr. Fawcett, 154
  • Ill health of, visits the Countess at Bath, 448, 449
  • embarks at Falmouth and lands at Lisbon, 451
  • his views when near death, 452
  • his peaceful dissolution, 452
  • Downes, Mr., Death of, in the pulpit, 63
  • Dream of a lady respecting Lady Huntingdon, 313
  • Earthquake in London, 128
  • Edwin, Mrs., 86
  • Edwin, Lady Charlotte, 175
  • Erasmus, Bishop of Arcadia, 331
  • Erskine, Dr., and Dr. Robertson, 184
  • Evangelical Magazine commenced, 214
  • Exeter, Bishop of, 95, 125
  • Extraordinary occurrence, 205
  • Fast, the public, 395
  • Ferrers, the, 4
  • Ferrers, Lord, tried—visited by the Countess—singular conduct—execution, 402, 409
  • Fletcher, Mr., introduced to the Countess by John Wesley, 231
  • Letter of, to Whitefield, 289
  • —— to his Flock at Madeley, 469
  • Letters of, to Charles Wesley, 232, 235
  • —— to the Countess, 234, 241, 295, 357, 487
  • preaches & celebrates the Communion at the Countess’s, 232
  • appointed vicar of Madeley, 234
  • visits Berridge, 236
  • Success of, in the Ministry, 237
  • and Mr. Venn preach at Everton, loud cries in the Congregation, 400
  • Labours of, at Bath, 468
  • Foote, the player, 208
  • Ford, Dr., 216
  • Fox, Mr. Charles, 210
  • Frankland, Lady Anne, 20
  • Galatin, Colonel and Mrs., 156
  • Gardiner, Colonel, 59
  • Marvellous Conversion of, 60
  • Death of, 66
  • Gardiner, Lady Frances, 410
  • Garrick and Dr. Stonhouse, 139
  • George II., 67
  • Gertrude, Lady, 456
  • Giardini, 229
  • Gibbon, Mrs. Hester, 147
  • Gibbons, Dr., 111
  • Gill, Dr., 113
  • Glascott, Mr., 310
  • Glenorchy, Lady, 411
  • Lord and Lady, 470
  • Lady, Letter from, to the Countess, 471
  • Gloucester, Bishop of, 18
  • Gloucestershire Association, 434
  • Godwyn, Rev. Charles, 423
  • Government, Liberal conduct of, to the Welsh Methodists, 110
  • Grafton, Duke of, 210
  • Graves, Mr., his Recantation and Letters, 48–51
  • encourages John Nelson, 255
  • Grenfield, Mrs., 453
  • Grimshaw, Mr., 252
  • Opinions of, 259
  • Account of, 267, 271, 286
  • Letter of, 284
  • and his friend Robertshaw, 286
  • Death of, 286
  • Gumley, Colonel, 94
  • Gwynne, Marmaduke, Esq., 110
  • Halifax, Lord, 210
  • Hammond, the Poet, 22
  • Handel, 229
  • Harris, Howel, 378
  • Hartley, Mr., 172
  • —— Dr., 450
  • Hastings, Lady Margaret, 14
  • George and Ferdinando (sons of the Countess), Death of, 62
  • Lady Frances, 84
  • —— Anne, 122
  • —— Betty, 248
  • Hon. Henry, Death of, 311
  • Lady Selina, Illness and death of, 331
  • Colonel George, 332
  • Haweis, Dr., 223
  • preaching at the Lock, 326
  • and the living of Aldwincle, 414
  • itinerates for the Countess, 487
  • Hertford, Countess of, Letter of, 197
  • Hervey, Mr., Letter of, to the Countess, 123
  • at Ashby with the Countess, 153
  • commences “Theron and Aspasio”, 187
  • method of preaching, 191
  • Letters to the Countess, 188, 189
  • Hill, Mr. Rowland, great popularity, 211
  • style of preaching, 212
  • great success at Tabernacle and Tottenham-court Chapels, 212
  • Ordination by the Bishop of Bath and Wells and first Sermon, 212
  • Hill, Sir Richard, 423
  • Hinchingbroke, Lady, 30
  • Horne, Dr., Bishop of Norwich, 423
  • Hotham, Lady Gertrude, 160, 454
  • Sir Charles, 375
  • —— Marriage of, and death, 456, 457
  • Miss, Happy death of, 456
  • Lady, Death of, 456
  • Lady Gertrude, Happy death of, 457
  • Huntingdon Family, 7
  • Earl of, his family, 8
  • —— his character, 17, 50
  • —— visits Ledstone Hall, 254
  • —— remarkable dream, and death, 74
  • —— epitaph, 75
  • Young Lord, comes of age, tour to France, &c., 115
  • —— his high appointments under George III., 458
  • —— his Infidelity, interview with Grimshaw, and death, 459
  • Lady—her birth—early character—first religious impressions—grave of youth—piety—private prayer—fashionable life—marriage, 7–10
  • Letter from, to Charles Wesley, 41
  • —— to John Wesley, 46
  • —— of, respecting a penitent, 55
  • —— respecting Mr. Harvey, 192
  • —— to Dr. Doddridge, 64
  • —— to Mr. Wesley, 71
  • —— to Dr. Doddridge, 78–83, 102, 150
  • —— to Mr. Venn, 225
  • —— to Romaine, 305
  • —— to Mr. Milner, 307
  • —— to Mr. Wren, 309
  • —— to Gabriel Harris, 443
  • —— to Mr. Brewer, 438
  • —— to Mr. Wesley, 475
  • and the Moravians, 201
  • Illness of, and recovery, 122
  • Letters of, to Lord Dartmouth and Mr. Madan, 417, 418
  • her first acquaintance with Mr. Fletcher—Letter of, concerning Mr. Fletcher—her request to him to preach to the French prisoners at Tunbridge, 231
  • liberates John Nelson from prison, by her influence, 258
  • visits Yorkshire, with Whitefield, 265
  • visits Aberford, with Romaine, 273
  • visits Yorkshire and Lancashire, with Romaine, Mr. Ingham, and Lady Margaret, 273
  • visits Yorkshire again, has frequent meetings with the pious Clergy there, 281
  • attends the 19th Conference at Leeds, with Messrs. Romaine, Madan, Venn, Whitefield, John and Charles Wesley, 281
  • visits Aberford again—takes an excursion to Haworth, Fletcher and Townsend preach in the churchyard—visits Huddersfield, 290
  • Illness of, 290
  • and Mr. Venn, respecting Mr. Ingham’s state of mind, 301
  • sends students to Yorkshire, 303
  • Chapel of, at York, 310
  • —— at Lewes, opened, enlarged, and re-opened, 364
  • —— at Gloucester, Worcester, and Cheltenham, 441, 442
  • —— at Bath, 443
  • exertions at Brighton, 312
  • sells her Jewels to build a Chapel at Brighton, 314
  • Gratitude of, respecting Mr. Romaine’s success at St. Anne’s, Blackfriars, 363
  • —— at Chichester, Guildford, and Basingstoke, 393
  • Extracts from letters respecting the Fast, 395
  • visits Mr. Berridge, with Mr. Madan, 399
  • visits Earl Ferrers in prison—her exertions to save his life, 405
  • purchases the Advowson of Aldwincle, and writes to Mr. Thornton, 416
  • Charges against, respecting the six expelled Oxford Students, 424
  • Letter of, respecting them, 442
  • Illness of, greatly blest, 14
  • Schools of, 51
  • Anecdote of one of her workmen, 54
  • Death of the Sons of, 62
  • her attachment to the Church of England, 83
  • Huntingdon, Lady, Nobility meeting at her house, 108, 228
  • the Wesleys, and Whitefield, 474
  • the Nobility attend her Chapel at Bath, 477
  • Hurd, Dr., Bishop of Worcester, Anecdote of, 18
  • Hyatt, Mr. John, his settlement at Tabernacle, and Tottenham Chapel, 214
  • Incident, Singular, concerning Dr. Doddridge, 154
  • Ingham, Mr., 28, 242
  • Marriage of, to Lady Margaret Hastings, 248
  • leaves the Moravians, 263
  • chosen General Overseer, 269
  • Melancholy state of, 301
  • Lady Margaret, Illness and death of, 302
  • Inghamite Churches and Discipline, 269
  • Preachers, 270
  • Impostor, an, 114
  • Irvine, Lady, 297
  • Itinerants, 33
  • Jesse, Mr., Letter of, 363
  • Jews, the, 114
  • John, Lord St., attendant at the Countess’s, Death of, 97
  • Johnson, Dr., on Bolingbroke’s Works, 181
  • Johnson, Mr., the Murder of, by Lord Ferrers, 402
  • Jones, Mr., the death of, 54
  • of St. Saviour’s, the death of, 325
  • Thomas, 394
  • Joss, Captain, unites in the Ministry with Whitefield, 212
  • Keene, Mr., 213, 468
  • Kilmorey, Lady, 81
  • King, Elizabeth, 453
  • Knight, Mr. Joel Abraham, 214
  • —— Titus, 283
  • Larwood, Mr., 446
  • Law, Mr., 148, 223
  • Lee, Mr., 483
  • Levi, David, 114
  • Levinges, the, 6
  • Lewes, the Countess procures an opening for Messrs. Romaine, Madan, and Fletcher at, 363
  • Lewes, Chapel of the Countess at, opened and re-opened, 364
  • Lindsay, Theophilus, 459
  • Lisburne, Lord, 30
  • Long-Acre Chapel, 203
  • Lothian, Marquis of, 100
  • Luxborough, Lady, 181
  • Lyttleton, Lord, 150
  • —— Mr., 177
  • Madan, Mr. Martin, his family, conversion, ordination, &c., 165, 166, 323
  • Madan, Mr. Martin, opens the Chapel at Brighton, 314
  • and Dr. Haweis, Musical taste of, 364
  • Letter of the Countess to, 418
  • Reply of, 420
  • Letter of, to John Wesley, 433
  • Magistrates and John Nelson, 255
  • Mallet, Mr. David, and Bolingbroke’s Works, 181
  • Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, 25
  • Mason, Mr. William, Letter of, to Dr. Free, 364
  • Maxfield, Mr., 32
  • and Bell, 321
  • Maxwell, Lady, 411
  • Methodists, the, 12, 31
  • the first Society of, 19
  • Welsh, Persecution of, 110
  • Societies, 195
  • Conference, 446
  • Methodism, Rise of, in Yorkshire, 242
  • in Scotland, 410
  • Milner, Mr., 267
  • Mr. Joseph, attends the Countess’s Preachers, and begins to preach the Gospel, 303
  • Ministers, the German, 115
  • Minor, The, publication of, 209
  • Mitchell, Mrs., 40
  • Mohegan Indians, 411
  • Moira, Countess of, 460
  • Montague, Lady Mary Wortley, 22
  • Moravians, the, 36, 453
  • and Charles Wesley, 41
  • Settlement of, at Fulneck, 250
  • Nobles, 262
  • More, Mrs. Hannah, 293
  • Moorfields, Preaching of Whitefield and Wesley in, 36, 199
  • Murray, Grace, marriage to Mr. Bennett, 45
  • Nash, Beau, 445
  • Nelson, John, 46, 251
  • Spirit of, encouraged by the Countess, 255, 256
  • imprisoned, 257
  • liberated through the influence of the Countess, 258
  • Newton, Rev. John, Anecdote related by, respecting Whitefield, 92
  • visits Yorkshire, 270
  • Letter of, to John Wesley, 270
  • Nimmo, Mr. and Lady Jane, 185
  • Lady Jane, Letter of, to the Countess, 186
  • Nobility, Scotch, 185
  • Nobility attend preaching at the Countess’s, 108, 228, 477
  • Northampton, Lord, 132
  • Oathall, 316
  • Occum, the Indian Preacher, 298, 411
  • Okeley, Mr. Francis, 244
  • Oliver, Dr., 450, 451
  • Oratorio, at the Lock Chapel, 364
  • Oxford, Lord, 29
  • Oxford, Students of, 421
  • Progress of piety among, 226
  • St. Edmund’s Hall, the expulsion of, 422
  • Penitent’s Death Bed, 55
  • Pentycross, Mr., 393
  • Perfection, Christian and sinless, 321, 329
  • Perronet, Vincent, 387
  • Piety, Progress of, at Cambridge, 421
  • Pitt, Mr., 210
  • Pope, the poet, 26, 444
  • Potter, Dr., Archbishop of Canterbury, 446
  • Powys, Mr. and Mrs., 375
  • Preaching, Lay, 32
  • Preachers, Lay, 60, 198
  • Mr. Wesley’s Defence of, 61
  • Welsh, 84, 198
  • Pretender, the, 65
  • Queensbury, Duchess of, 28
  • Religion, Revival of, in the Establishment and among the Methodists, 220
  • Riddell, Mr., Letter of, to the Countess, 303
  • Robinson, Miss, 29
  • Rogers, Mr., 244
  • Romaine, Mr., Family of, 130
  • Letters of, to the Countess, 323, 324, 327, 330, 362
  • —— to Mrs. Medhurst, 302, 333
  • Great popularity of, 130
  • appointed Chaplain to the Countess, 132
  • Opinion of, respecting the Inghamite Churches, 273
  • preaches in Mr. Ingham’s Chapels, 273
  • at Haworth, preaches in the open air, 274
  • Wesley, Madan, Whitefield, &c. in Yorkshire, 281
  • Connexion of, with the Countess, 315
  • driven from the chapel of the Broadway, 326
  • and the Lectureship at St. Dunstan’s, 360
  • Lord Mansfield’s decision in favour of, 360
  • Influence of the Bishop of Peterborough for, 361
  • Election for St. Ann’s Blackfriars living on behalf of, 361
  • Probation Sermon; contest, canvassing and scrutiny, 361
  • Second Election on behalf of, 362
  • view of his preferment in a letter to the Countess, 363
  • Romaine, Mr., Suit in Chancery against, but decided in his favour, 362
  • preaches at Bristol and Cheltenham, 388
  • and Madan visit Everton, 398
  • Rowley, Mr., 310
  • Sandeman’s letters, 274
  • Scarborough, Lord, 20
  • Scawen, Mrs., 448
  • Scott, Captain, 299, 317
  • and Mr. Venn, 485
  • Secker, Archbishop, 19
  • Shent, Mr. William, 291
  • Shirley, Family of, &c., 1
  • Lady Fanny, 22, 115, 191, 444
  • Mr., 363
  • Shrapnell, 467
  • Shunamite, the London, 299
  • Shuter, Mr. Edward, the comedian, Anecdote of, 207
  • Simpson, Mr., Mr. Wesley’s opinion of, 47
  • Society at Fetter-lane, Separation of, 35
  • Soldiers, Christian, 93
  • Somerset, the Duchess of, 82
  • the Duke of, 127
  • Somerville, the Poet, 22
  • Southey, Dr., 18
  • Reflections of, on Berridge, and their refutation, 367
  • Steward, Mr., 193
  • Stillingfleet, Mr., 478
  • Stonehouse, Lady, 155
  • Dr., 170
  • Suffolk, Lady, 98
  • Sunderland, Lord, 258
  • Sutherland, Lord and Lady, Death of, 472
  • Tabernacle and Tottenham-court Chapels, History of, commencement, opening, &c., 196–206
  • Talbot, Rev. W., 381
  • Taylor, David, 43
  • Temples, the, 21
  • Thompson, Mr., 126
  • Thorne, Rev. Thomas, 393
  • Thornton, Mr., 280
  • —— Letter of, to Berridge, 371
  • Thorold, Sir John, 77
  • Thorpe, Mr., mimics Whitefield, and is converted, 149
  • Toplady, Mr., 331, 390
  • Tottenham-court Chapel opened, 206
  • Townsend, Lady, 22
  • Townsend, Mr., sent to Edinburgh, 411
  • Townsend, Mr. and Mr. Jesse, 466
  • —— Whitefield, &c., 467
  • Trapp, Dr., 179
  • Trinder, Mr., 431
  • Tyler, Mr., 305
  • —— Labours of, at Hull, 306
  • Union among the Evangelical Clergy proposed, 409
  • Venn, Mr., begins to attract notice, 219
  • Acquaintance of, with Mr. Broughton, one of the original Methodists, 223
  • Illness of; accompanies Mr. Whitefield to Bristol; remains with the Countess at Clifton, 224
  • removes to Huddersfield, 276
  • Letters of, to the Countess, 282, 287, 336, 359, 430
  • publishes “The Complete Duty of Man”, 359
  • Letter of, 486
  • Irregularities of, 291
  • Defence of, 294
  • Whitefield and Fletcher, 375
  • and Fletcher preach at Everton, 398
  • at Trevecca, 482
  • Wales, Death of the Prince of, 173
  • Wall, Joseph, 313
  • Walpole, Horace, 465
  • at Bath, 477
  • Warburton, Dr., Bishop of Gloucester, 444
  • Wardrobe, Mr., 187
  • Watts, Dr., 58
  • Letter of, to Dr. Doddridge, 82
  • Anecdote of, 200
  • Wells, Mr. Samuel, 431
  • Wesley, Charles and Mr. Ingham, 28
  • —— and the Moravians, 41
  • John, Opinion of, respecting Mr. Maxfield’s call to the Ministry, 34
  • —— of, respecting Mr. Simpson, 47
  • preaching on his father’s tombstone, 57
  • defence of Lay-preaching, 60
  • and Whitefield, 118
  • and Whitefield, Breach between, 197
  • on sinless perfection, 329
  • preaching at Everton, 398
  • Letters of, to Lady Huntingdon, 398, 427
  • —— to Lady Maxwell, 411
  • Interesting anecdote of, at Bath, interrupted in preaching by Beau Nash, 445
  • Wesley, John, Whitefield, and Lady Huntingdon, 474
  • Whitefield, the preaching of, 17
  • arrives in England, 89
  • Letters of, 88, 89
  • —— to Mr. Baddeley, 119, 153
  • —— to the Countess, 225, 311
  • Letter of, to Lady Townshend, 105
  • —— to Lady Fanny Shirley, 116
  • —— to Dr. Haweis, 226
  • —— to Robert Keene, Esq., 468
  • —— to Mr. Madan, 432
  • preaching of, Anecdote, 102
  • nobility hear him, 108
  • and Wesley, 118
  • Success of, at Rotherham, 148
  • at Ashby, 163
  • visits Scotland, 183
  • in London, 196
  • and Wesley, Breach between, 197
  • preaches in Moorfields on St. Bartholomew’s day, 199
  • the Will of, 216
  • returns to England, and writes to Mr. Ingham, 264
  • visits Yorkshire, preaches at Leeds, York, Bradford, Haworth, &c., 267
  • visits Yorkshire again, 291
  • First visit of, to Brighton, 314
  • Fletcher, Venn, and Sir C. Hotham, 375
  • Wesley, Maxfield, and others hold prayer meetings for the nation, 396
  • Wilks, Matthew, 213
  • Wills, Mr., 310
  • Wilson, Mr., 300
  • Wordsworth, Mrs., 467
  • Wren, Mr., 308
  • Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams, 109
  • York, Chapel of the Countess at, 308
  • Duke of, 400
  • Young, Dr., 21
  • Zinzendorff, Count, 244
  • visits the Countess, 454
  • —— Yorkshire, 261