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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 846
Title:: A book on offices in and the making of a military camp
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: ‘Office of the most Charge Apperteyning unto A Campe withe declaracyon of the Generall dewtyes incidente unto Every of the tem Enseweth’. ff. 2r-5v: ‘Office of the Highe Marshall in the ffyellde or Campe with the dewtyes belongyng’. ff. 6r-8v: ‘Offyce of the Provest Marshal...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 847
Title:: English poems and historical papers
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: An English poem by ‘W. C.’ to Henry Fradsham. ff. 2r-35r: 'A Communicacion or Discourse of the Queenes highness Mariage debated betwixt some Gentlemen of the Court at Northhawt [crossed out: ‘Montharile’] in Essex and reported by syr Thomas Smythe knight to his neyghboure ffr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 848
Title:: A history of the kingdom of Scotland, 1568-1596
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-124v: A history of the kingdom of Scotland, 1568-1596.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 849
Title:: Edmund Plowden, A treatise proving Mary Queen of Scots' right to the English throne, 1566
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–30v: 'A treatice prouing that if our Soueraigne Lady queen Elizabeth (whom god blesse with long lyffe & many children) shoulde die without issue; that the Quene of Scottes by her birthe in Scotlande is not disabled by the lawe of England to receiue the crowne of Inglande by discent.' ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Late 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 850
Title:: John Hoskyns, Directions for Speech and Style (first part); Thomas Carew, Lips and Eyes; Peter Heylin, A Summers Journey into France and Observations on it
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-10v: John Hoskyns, Directions for Speech and Style; first part of the work, imperfect at the end. f. 10v: Thomas Carew, Lips and Eyes. ff. 11r-83r: Peter Heylin, A Summers Journey into France and Observations on it; imperfect. The manuscript contains several additions: f...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 851
Title:: Letters from Henry Hastings and William Bowes
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-2v: A letter from Henry Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon and Lord Lieutenant of all the Northern Counties, to Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton, Lord Warden of the Western Marches concerning the inconveniences relating to his wardenship, Scots abroad and subjects at home;...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1590s
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 852
Title:: Various papers, many of which relate to Sir Thomas Bodley or Sir Walter Raleigh
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-2: A speech to Queen Elizabeth I, given when the citizens of London presented Mr Cuthbert Buckle, their Mayor-elect, to her majesty for her approbation. ff. 2-4: A speech from when Mr John Spencer, Lord Mayor-elect of London, was brought to be sworn and ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 853
Title:: English historical and alchemical miscellany
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-21v: George Ripley, The Twelve Gates or The Compende of Alkemye; ending with an added Latin poem written and signed by Thomas Knight (d. 1618). ff. 22r-25r: ‘A Compend upon the Phylosopher's Stone, sent unto Kinge Edward the IV from Lovayne’. ff. 25r-26r: An alchemical tract...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1575
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 854
Title:: William Stamford, Exposition of the King's Prerogative
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: A title-page: ‘Stamfordes boke of the prerogatyffe’. ff. 2r-72v: William Stamford (fl. 16th century), Exposition of the King's Prerogative (1567); here entitled ‘Prerogative of the kynge and Crowne of England’; introduced as ‘An exposicion of the kyngs prerogative collected o...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1574-1575
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 856
Title:: A treatise on common law in England
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-52r: A treatise of grounds and rules, maxims of the common law of England; dedicated to Elizabeth I, A. D. 1596.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1596
Extent:: 1 volume

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