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461. Harley MS 1004

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1004
Title:
Ranulph Higden, Speculum Curatorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-196r: Ranulph Higden, Speculum Curatorum, imperfect at the beginning (the first quire is missing). The manuscript contains several additions: f. 1*verso: A note on Higden and this manuscript, added in the 17th century f. 196r: A satirical poem on bishops (‘casus episcopales...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

462. Harley MS 1012

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1012
Title:
Observations of former Parliaments and dockets of patents
Scope & Content:
Quarto manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-7v: Observations of former Parliaments, concerning the forms and methods of the proceedings of said Parliaments. ff. 8-69v: Dockets of patents granted, 10-16 Charles I, [1634-1640]. The dockets of patents from 16 Charles I [1639-1640] is incomplete.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

463. Harley MS 1019

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1019
Title:
John Donne, Conclave Ignatii
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-64v: John Donne, Conclave Ignatii, English translation, here entitled ‘Jgnatus his Closet – Or – His late installinge in the highe Courte of Parlament somoned by generall consent of the chirche governinge furyes of the deepest helle – Wherein diverse thinges are handled Satyric...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

464. Harley MS 1026

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1026
Title:
Memorandum book of Justinian Pagitt
Scope & Content:
Private notebook of Justinian Pagitt (1611/2-1688) of Hadley, Middlesex, lawyer and Recorder of the Kings Bench. Contents include: ff. 1-3: Table of contents. ff. 4-5: Notes from Dr Henshaw’s sermons, 1632-3. f. 6: Notes on his health. f. 7: Notes on dancing. Headed: ‘De Arte soltandi,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1633
Extent:
1 volume

465. Harley MS 1030

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1030
Title:
A historical and religious miscellany
Scope & Content:
This miscellany consists of four different parts. Part one (ff. 1-6) is in English and was written in the 17th century. Part two (ff. 7-72) is in English and was written in the 17th century. Part three (ff. 73-85) is in French and was written in 1598. Part four (ff. 86-92) is in English and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1598-17th century
Extent:

1 volume

466. Harley MS 1039

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1039
Title:
Arms of rulers and nobles of foreign countries
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 3: contents list headed ‘1566’. Signed at the bottom of the folio, ‘John Withie Ano 1630’. ff. 4-11: Arms of the King of Spain, of the several kingdoms under his government, and of Spanish nobility. ff. 12-21: Names of the provinces of France; arms of the King and peers of Fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

467. Harley MS 1040

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1040
Title:
Heraldic arms drawn for funerals by John Withie, and by John Saunders
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*v: Sketch of a vane which John Saunders gave for the steeple of St Dunstans in the West, 25 Sept 1685. ff. 1-13: Arms for various people buried in the years 1637, 1638,1639, 1640 and 1648, copied or tricked in pen and ink by John Withie, arms painter. ff. 13v-65: Arms for peo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1637-1687
Extent:
1 volume

468. Harley MS 1041

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1041
Title:
Copies of the Visitation Books of Gloucestershire of 1583 and 1623, and other pedigrees and documents relating to Gloucestershire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Letter of King Edward II, followed by a description of the hundreds of Gloucester. ff. 7r-8v: 'A pedegree of all the severall houses whereof Sir William Wynter knight is lineally descended made by Clarenceux Cooke 30 April Anno 1589'. ff. 9v-11r: A pedigree of the Poynt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1623
Extent:
1 volume

469. Harley MS 1042

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1042
Title:
Arms and pedigrees of Gloucestershire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Letter of King Edward II, followed by a description of the hundreds of Gloucester. ff. 7r-8v: 'A pedegree of all the severall houses whereof Sir William Wynter knight is lineally descended made by Clarenceux Cooke 30 April Anno 1589'. ff. 9v-11r: A pedigree of the Poynt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

470. Harley MS 1043

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1043
Title:
Pedigrees and arms of Worcestershire and Cambridgeshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: A list of ‘The Justices of peace in [Worcestershire] 1601’. ff. 2r-6v: A list of the high sheriffs of Worcestershire [1 Henry II to 17 James I]. ff. 7r-7v: A list of ‘The Justices of Peace in com. Worster 1620’. f. 8r: The arms of ‘The Towne of Worcester Incorporated b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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