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421. Harley MS 331

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 331
Title:
Collection of sermons
Scope & Content:
The manuscript's former binding is stored separately as Harley MS 331/1. Contents: ff. 1r-99v: A collection of 25 Latin sermons, including Christus passus est pro nobis by Henry Chambron and Redde rationem vilicationis tuae by Thomas Wimbledon; intersected with theological notations.The serm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

422. Harley MS 334

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 334
Title:
Gautier de Metz, L’image du monde
Scope & Content:
f. 2* verso: ‘A medecyne for the stomok’, Middle English, late 14th century. ff. 1r–107v: Gautier de Metz, L’image du monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans). f. 108r–v: Pen trials, 15th century, including the opening section of a charter. Decoration: 1 large miniature in colours, gold, and s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and French, Old
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

423. Harley MS 372

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 372
Title:
John Lydgate, The Life of St Edmund and St Fremund; Advice to an old gentleman who wished for a young wife; John Lydgate, The Kings of England; John Lydgate, Complaint þat Crist maketh of his Passioun; Geoffrey Chaucer, Anelida and Arcite; Sir Richard Roos, La Belle Dame sans Mercy; John Lydgate, Prayer on the Five Joys of the Virgin Mary; Thomas Hoccleve, Regiment of Princes; anonymous prayers and poems
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-44v: John Lydgate, The Life of St Edmund and St Fremund. ff. 45r-51r: Advice to an old gentleman who wished for a young wife, ‘A philisophre a good clerk seculer’. ff. 51r-53v: John Lydgate, The Kings of England (revised edition). ff. 54r-55r: John Lydgate, Complaint þat ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

424. Harley MS 392

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 392
Title:
Cartulary of the Gainsford family of Crowhurst, Surrey
Scope & Content:
Cartulary of deeds of the Gainsford family, from the time of Edward III–Henry VI, relating to Surrey, Sussex and Kent, arranged under the following headings: f. 1r–v: ‘Rentale Iohannis Gaynesforde manerii sui de Crowherst facto duodecimo die Ianuarii anno regni Regis Henrici sextius post conque...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

1 volume

425. Harley MS 413

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 413
Title:
Statutes from King Edward III to King Henry V
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-120r: Statutes from King Edward III to King Henry V; written in French. The manuscript contains a later addition: A (?) letter in English and Latin on the inside of the paper pastedown on f. 120v; written in the 15th century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

426. Harley MS 433

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 433
Title:
A collection of papers from the Signet Office, containing registers of grants, diplomatic correspondence and financial records related to the Crown, from the reigns of Edward V and Richard III
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains registers with abstracts of grants that passed the Signet Office, the king’s personal seal, during the reigns of Edward V and Richard III, and related materials. The latter include a list of office holders at the death of Edward IV, a list of the fees due to officers on ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1463-c 1547
Extent:
1 volume

427. Harley MS 435

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 435
Title:
William of Nassyngton, Speculum Vitae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-102r: William of Nassyngton, Speculum Vitae, imperfect at the beginning; ending with the verse ‘Sit tibi laus cristi quod liber explicit Iste’. The manuscript contains later additions: ff. 6r-6v, 50r-50v, and 59r-59v: 16th-century copies of the Speculum Vitae replacing missi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 volume

428. Harley MS 442

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 442
Title:
A collection of royal proclamations by Kings Edward IV, Henry VII and Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–182v: A collection of royal proclamations by Kings Edward IV, Henry VII and Henry VIII, followed by an index (ff. 182r–v). f. 1r: notes by Peter le Neve. ff. 2r–v: A proclamation for the raising of the price of silver bullion, from 29 s the pound weight to 33 s the pound weight, 13 Augu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

429. Harley MS 450

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 450
Title:
A collection of legal texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-80v: An 'Abridgment of olde statutes'. ff. 81r-85v: A tract entitled 'Ad Parliamentum tent. 29 die April. anno iijo E.’ ff. 86r-86v: The ‘Bylle of Granez, Whete, Rye and Barley’. ff. 86v-87r: The ‘Bylle of [Artyficers]' [replaced with: ‘Wares or thyngs that shall not be bro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

430. Harley MS 485

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 485
Title:
Collection of theological works, including the Speculum peccatoris; Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion; Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis, De sacramentis christianae fidei, and De virtute orandi; Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermon on Canticle of Canticles; John Chrystostom, Sermo de poenitentia; Peter of Blois, De duodecim utilitatibus tribulationis; Guigo II, Scala claustralium; Legend of Pachomius; Tripoli Prophecy
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8r: Speculum peccatoris. ff. 8v-16r: Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion. ff. 16r-22r: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis. ff. 22r-24r: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De sacramentis christianae fidei. ff. 24r-26v: Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo super illum locum in Cantico: 'Ecce ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

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