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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 857
Title:: List of Acts of Parliament
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume containing a list of the titles of Acts of Parliament from 1 Richard III [1483] to 21 James I [1623/1624], either enrolled, or removed by writs of certiorari.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1624
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 859
Title:: Legal, theological and political tracts
Scope & Content:: Ten English tracts bound together. Contents: ff. 1-28: Part of ‘A Treatise of the High Court of Star Chamber’, by William Hudson. ff. 29-38: Argument Concerning Ship Money, by Sir Humphrey Davenport. 28 May 1638. ff. 39-43: On the Suppression of Jesuits, by Sir Robert Cotton. Header (...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1st half of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 860
Title:: Alphabet of Arms
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-197r: An Alphabet of Arms; with the arms of English gentry and aristocracy, blazoned.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 869
Title:: Collection of English statutes, including Ralph of Hengham, Hengham Magna and Hengham Parva, and Britton
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 5r-6r: Chapter lists for English statutes. ff. 7r-8v: Magna Carta. ff. 8v-9v: Carta de Foresta. ff. 9v-10r: Statutum de Foresta. ff. 10r-10v: Consuetudines Foreste. ff. 10v-11r: Confirmacio Cartarum per Regis Edwardi I. ff. 11r-11v: Sententia lata super Cartas (1253)....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 871
Title:: English miscellany of tracts and letters from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:: Contents ff. 1r-6v: ‘The Last Will and Testament of Sir Walter Myldmay Knight Secundo die aprilis 1589’. ff. 7r-64r: The proceedings of the Early of Essex and other of Queen Elizabeth's ministers following the discovery of a plot to poison Queen Elizabeth I, dated 1593-1594. ff. 65r-70v: A d...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1590s
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 872
Title:: Heraldry book of Thomas Jennings, with additions by Robert Greenhurst
Scope & Content:: Copy of an ancient book of arms in blazon written by Thomas Jennings, with additions by Robert Greenhurst, 1625. f. 1: Title at head of folio: ‘A true Coppie (taken out) of the Auncient booke of Armes written by Tho: Jennings, and by him delivered into the Office: truly examined by Norrey King...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 879
Title:: Journal of the debates of the committees of both Houses of Parliament, 1689
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume containing a transcript, seemingly taken from individuals reports or Parliamentary records, containing the debates of the committees of both Houses of Parliament in the convention called on 22 January 1689. This includes the debates of 28 January 1689, 29 January 1689, 2 F...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1689
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 880
Title:: Rough copy of Persecutionis Catholicorum Anglicanae et Conjuratonis Presbiterianae Hystoria by John Warner
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume containing an autograph rough copy of Persecutionis Catholicorum Anglicanae et Conjuratonis Presbiterianae Hystoria or History of the English Persecution of Catholics and of the Presbyterian Plot, by Father John Warner, S.J., Chaplain to King James II. The manuscript is ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1686-1692
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 881
Title:: Transcript of the proceedings in the House of Commons touching the impeachment of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, 1667
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume, titled 'A Collection of Proceedings in the House of Commons touching the impeachment of ye late Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor, together with the many Debates and Speeches in the House concerning that matter; As also severall weighty Arguments touching the nature...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: after 1674
Extent:: 1 volume

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