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11. Harley MS 20

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 20
Title:
Transcripts from the Parliament Rolls from the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V in the Tower of London
Scope & Content:
Transcripts from the Parliament Rolls from the reigns of of Henry IV and Henry V in the Tower of London, compiled by Simonds d’Ewes. Not in D’Ewes’s hand, but he has added the original foliation, and perhaps the running titles, and devised the title page (f. 1*). Title page: ‘Transcripta Nonnul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

12. Harley MS 21

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 21
Title:
Abstract of Parliament Rolls from the reigns of Edward III and Henry V
Scope & Content:
Abstract of Parliament rolls from the 4th year of the reign of Edward III to the 9th year of the reign of Henry V, compiled by Sir Simonds d'Ewes. Abridgment attributed by D'Ewes to William Bowyer and his son Robert Bowyer, and the transcript to Ralph Starkey. Simonds d'Ewes has added a title pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

13. Harley MS 22

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 22
Title:
An abstract in English of all the Parliament Rolls in the Tower of London from the 1st year of Henry VI to the 22nd year of Edward IV, and abstracts from the 1st year of Richard III to the 31st year of Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Copies of transcripts from Parliament Rolls, 1422-1483 and 1484-1589, compiled by Simonds d’Ewes. D’Ewes has add a title-page and ‘Prolegomena’, and foliated the manuscript. In the prolegomena D’Ewes explains that ff. 1-115 are copied from transcripts by William Bowyer and his son Robert Bowyer....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

14. Harley MS 24

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 24
Title:
Prose Brut
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r–218v: Prose Brut (Chronicle of England; extended version to 1419, in the reign of Henry V (r. 1413–22)). For an edition of the work see The Brut or the Chronicles of England, 2 vols, ed. Friedrich W.D. Brie, Early English Text Society, 131 and 136 (Oxford: 1906–8); contains tex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

15. Harley MS 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 35
Title:
A collection of English historical texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1-142v: The History of Henry V, compiled from Tito Livio dei Frulovisi (fl. 1429-1456) [Titus Livius Forojuliensis] and other sources. ff. 145r-178r: A ‘Discourse of the Realme of Ireland contagninge the ancient civill warrs thereof the incursions of the Scotts, and a platforme ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

16. Harley MS 38

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 38
Title:
A miscellany of political papers and letters and tracts on coinage, transcribed largely by Ralph Starkey; original letters addressed to Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, and Sir Simonds D'Ewes, 1642-1648; A Licence to travayle for Francis Davison and Edward Smith granted by Queen Elizabeth I, 1595
Scope & Content:
This manuscript mostly contains 17th-century English letters and transcripts of 16th-century documents. It also features an original licence on parchment to travel outside of England for three years granted to a ‘Francis Davison’ and ‘Edward Smith’, signed by Queen Elizabeth I and with her wax s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1595-1648
Extent:
1 volume

17. Harley MS 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 41
Title:
Description of royal ceremonies and related accounts, during the reigns of Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
f. 1r: The names of the knights of the Bayn [i.e. Bath] made at the creation of Thomas Grey as Lord Marquis of Dorset in 1475. ff. 2r–11v: The receiving, conveying and coronation of Anne Boleyn. f. 12r: A sketch of the seating plan at Anne Boleyn's coronation. Anne is depicted wearing a closed...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

18. Harley MS 51

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 51
Title:
Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae; Jacobus Palladinus de Theramo, Consolatio peccatorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-105v: Guido delle Colonne ['de Columnis' or 'de Columna'], Historia destructionis Troiae (A History of the Destruction of Troy) or Historia troiana, in 35 books with a prologue, epilogue and colophon. Prologue begins, ‘Licet cotidie vetera recentibus obruent nonnulla tamen iamd...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

1 volume

19. Harley MS 68

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 68
Title:
Richard Birkhead, A brief discourse for the mayntenaunce, exercise, and trayning of a convenient nombre of Englishemen wherby they may be the Soner made Souldiours for the redier diffence of this realme of Englande
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-7v: Richard Birkhead, A brief discourse for the mayntenaunce, exercise, and trayning of a convenient nombre of Englishemen wherby they may be the Soner made Souldiours for the redier diffence of this realme of Englande.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

20. Harley MS 69

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 69
Title:
The booke of certaine triumphes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-63v: A large collection of tracts, letters, and notes in English and French concerning court affairs and entertainment, jousting and the bearing of coats of arms, known as ‘The booke of certaine triumphes’. Decoration: Full-, half-, and quarter-page drawings of knights joust...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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