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161. Harley MS 398

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 398
Title:
Orations and speeches made by the Lord Keeper, Nicholas Bacon, 1558–1579
Scope & Content:
A volume of speeches and orations made by Sir Nicholas Bacon, once owned by Sir Christopher Hatton. f. 2r: Autograph note by Peter Le Neve, Rouge Croix herald, 20 July 1692, who identifies the volume as being written in Hatton's hand. ff. 3r–4r: A note of the 'matters & discourses' contain...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

162. Harley MS 405

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 405
Title:
Political and philosophical manuscript pamphlets
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*v-35v: ‘Leicestrensem Rempublicane: Anno Dom: 1584...Leycesters Common wealth...1615’. Catholic recusant political tract, published 1584, reprinted 1641, attributed to Robert Persons. f. 35v: ‘A godly and profitable meditation taken out of the 20th chapter of Jobe’. ff. 36-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

163. Harley MS 410

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 410
Title:
Thomas Cole’s collections. Volume 6.
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. [1]: Former front cover inscribed: ‘ This book belongs to doctor Hutton of Aynho in North[hamp]tonshire’. ff. 1-7: Index of family names, with counties. Titled: ‘A Table of the sirnames in this booke Collected out of the Bookes & Recordes of the Court of Wards & Liveries ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

164. Harley MS 411

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 411
Title:
Thomas Cole’s collections. Volume 7.
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*: List of the 7 volumes of Cole’s collection, with British Library Harley manuscript volume references. ff. 1-2: ‘Observations of some cases in this book’. ff. 3-13: Index of family names, with counties. Titled: ‘A Table of the sirnames in this Booke Collected out of severall b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

165. Harley MS 412

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 412
Title:
The offices of the nobility in England
Scope & Content:
Quarto manuscript volume containing lists of the offices of the nobility, the general musters, names of fugitives, and the amount of churches in England and Wales. Inscribed on pasted pieces, probably from the original cover of this volume: ‘A book of offices in England’, ‘R. Harley’, and ‘Thi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1605
Extent:
1 volume

166. Harley MS 416

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 416
Title:
Works and correspondence belonging to John Foxe, the martyrologist, vol. 1
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-220v: The first of a set of volumes with collections of works and correspondence belonging to the martyrologist John Foxe (b. 1516/17, d. 1587), including a letter of the German Protestant reformer Urbanus Rhegius (b. 1489, d. 1541) to a 'German Lady' translated into English; o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1529-c 1641
Extent:
1 volume

167. Harley MS 417

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 417
Title:
The second of two volumes of works and letters belonging to the martyrologist John Foxe
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-220v: The second of two volumes [the first volume is Harley MS 416] with collections of works and correspondence belonging to the martyrologist John Foxe (b. 1516/17, d. 1587). It includes an account of the life and death of Thomas Cranmer, featuring a printed leaf (ff. 92r-92v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1547-1575
Extent:
1 volume

168. Harley MS 419

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 419
Title:
A volume of treatises and letters on theological matters belonging to the martyrologist John Foxe
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-179r: A volume of treatises and letters on theological matters belonging to the martyrologist John Foxe, including 16th-century letters to Cardinal Wolsey and King Henry VIII. The manuscript also features some early materials, including: a chronicle of England going up to 133...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1350-c 1680
Extent:
1 volume

169. Harley MS 420

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 420
Title:
Papers on theological matters belonging to John Foxe
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-178r: A volume of papers on theological matters belonging to the martyrologist John Foxe, including transcriptions from the register of Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, and public records, concerning John Oldcastle and the Lollards.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century-3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

170. Harley MS 421

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 421
Title:
Papers of John Foxe concerning persecutions of proto-Protestants and Protestants
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-217v: A large collection of papers of the martyrologist John Foxe concerning persecutions of proto-Protestants (Lollards) and Protestants.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1527-1566
Extent:
1 volume

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