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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 465
Title:: Genealogies of English nobility and kings, up to the time of Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1: A table of contents. ff. 2r-168r: A book of genealogies of English nobility and kings, up to the time of Elizabeth I. Decoration: Circles in red ink for genealogies throughout.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 466
Title:: Journal of William Hawke on board HMS Woolf
Scope & Content:: Manuscript journal of William Hawke on board HMS Woolf, under the command of Captain George Purvis, 20 December 1690-14 November 1691. In this time HMS Woolf sailed from England to Virginia, from Virginia back to England, and then from England to Ireland. Contents: f. 1 (upside down): Extra ent...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1690-1691
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 466-467 and 5151
Title:: Three naval journals
Scope & Content:: Three journals, from different authors, detailing their voyages made in the 1690s. Harley MS 466 and Harley MS 467 are different journals from crew members of the same ship, HMS Woolf.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1690-1695
Extent:: 1 volume (3 items)

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 467
Title:: Journal of John Fairman on board HMS Woolf
Scope & Content:: Manuscript journal of John Fairman on board HMS Woolf, under the command of Captain George Purvis, 19 August 1690-19 December 1691. Contents: ff. 1-44v: Jounral of John Fairman on board HMS Woolf, 19 August 1690-19 December 1691. f. 45v: Short notes of tobacco sold by the Captain of the ship, a...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1690-1694
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 472
Title:: A collection of arms and mottoes of companies and corporations of London; a fragment from a Book of Hours
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a collection of arms and mottoes of companies and corporations of London, made in England in the 16th century. It includes two leaves from a Book of Hours dating from the 1st quarter of the 15th century which have been re-used as flyleaves. Contents: ff. 1*r-v: A fra...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 15th century-16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 473
Title:: John Dee, Notes on a journey in Chester and Wales made in 1574
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1*recto-26v: John Dee, Notes on a journey in Chester and Wales made in 1574. The manuscript contains two additions: f. 1*recto: A title: ‘Certaine verie rare observations of Chester and some parts of Wales with divers Epitaphes Coat armours and other monuments verie orderlie a...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 474
Title:: A Booke of the Justices of Peace and other Commissioners
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: A page with the title ‘A Booke of the Justices of Peace and other Commissioners’. ff. 2r-67r: A list of names entitled ‘The Highe Sheriffs of the Severall Counties 1585’. ff. 68r-69r: A list of names entitled ‘The Lieuetenants and their Deputies in the severall Counties’. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1585
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 475
Title:: Latin questions and answers, moral sentences; notes on charges and costs of Paul D'Ewes
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-17v: A Latin treatise organised according to questions and answers, beginning ‘Quod est precipuum Officium Hominis Christiani in hac vita’. ff. 18r-19r: A collection of moral sentences, beginning ‘divitiarum et forme gloria fluxa atque fragilis esta virtus vero clara’. ff....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 476
Title:: Journal of the proceedings of the House of Commons, by John More esq, Volume 2
Scope & Content:: Manuscript notebook containing John More’s Journal of the House of Commons, Volume 2. The location of Volume 1 is unknown. The original foliation of this volume begins at folio 266, which indicates that the first volume contains 265 folios. The journal begins on 23 February 1640 [1641], and end...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1641
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 476-480
Title:: Journal of the proceedings of the House of Commons, by John More esq
Scope & Content:: This series of five manuscript volumes consists of volumes 2-6 of John More's Commons Journal. The original foliation of these manuscripts is sequential throughout the volumes, starting at folio 266 in Harley MS 476, and ending with folio 1124 in Harley MS 480. The location of volume 1 is unkno...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1641-1642
Extent:: 5 volumes

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