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531. Harley MS 1110

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1110
Title:
Pedigrees and descents collected by William Penson
Scope & Content:
Heraldry book in the hand of William Penson, Lancaster-Herald, with numerous pedigrees collected to illustrate his family’s descent. For a detailed description of the contents, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), I (1808...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

532. Harley MS 1111

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1111
Title:
Copy of William Harvey, Visitation Book of Wiltshire (1565), with original notes made by Harvey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Valuation of the estates of Wiltshire gentry, organised according to hundreds; written about 1565. ff. 7r-15v, 22r-26r: Original notebook of William Harvey (b. 1510, d. 1567), Clarenceux King of Arms, made in his Visitation of Wiltshire in 1565, recording the names and pl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1565-c 1623
Extent:
1 volume

533. Harley MS 1112

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1112
Title:
Coats of arms of Shropshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. [v]recto: An inscription in pencil: ‘Charleton of Apeley [Baron Charlton of Apley Castle] in Co. Salop.’. f. 1*recto: A title-page: ‘The Names and Armes of all the Knightes, Esquires, and gentlemen, that did appeare in the Visitation of Shropshire made by Robert Treswell Somerse...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1623
Extent:
1 volume

534. Harley MS 1113

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1113
Title:
Arms and pedigrees of Leicestershire families
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume, seemingly written and tricked by Mr Nicholas Charles, Lancaster Herald. Contents: ff. 1-11: The arms of some members of the nobility, and many of the gentry, from the county of Leicestershire. ff. 12-34: Pedigrees with arms, of many of the gentry of Leicestershire.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1613?
Extent:
1 volume

535. Harley MS 1114

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1114
Title:
Arms of the nobility of England
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing 'The Nobility of England their Titles, Arms, Creasts, Supporters, and mottos, set forth in their severall Coullers', painted by John Withie, arms painter.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1629
Extent:
1 volume

536. Harley MS 1115

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1115
Title:
Heraldry book, with grants of arms by William Camden and others
Scope & Content:
Heraldry book written in several hands. Contents: f. 1*: Parchment title cut from old binding: ‘Camdens Gifts & Others with Som Frish Coats’. f. 1: Alphabetical table of surnames in the following tract. ff. 2-38: Grants or confirmations of arms or crests, varying in detail and draw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

537. Harley MS 1116

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1116
Title:
An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: ‘The copy of a dyde taken oute of the Evidences of thomas wolley of hamsted in the counte of Staffordshire Anno 1563’. ff. 3v-4r: Full-page drawings of a seven-headed dragon and St Michael the Archangel. ff. 5r-12v: Empty coats of arms (9 per page) in brown ink, circumscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

538. Harley MS 1122

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1122
Title:
'Practical Perspective', Volume I
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a translation of the first volume of the French work 'La Perspective Pratique' by Jean Dubreuil, here given the title: 'Practical Perspective; Necessary for all Painters, Gravers, Carvers, Architects, GoldSmiths, Embroiderers, Arras-Weavers, and others who exe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

539. Harley MS 1122-1124

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1122-1124
Title:
'Practical Perspective', Volumes I-III
Scope & Content:
Three folio manuscript volumes, all in the same hand, containing a translation of the French work 'La Perspective Pratique', written by 'un Religieux de la Compagnie de Jesus', a religious person of the Society of Jesus, identified as Jean Dubreuil, published in Paris between 1647-1651. The fir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
3 volumes

540. Harley MS 1123

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1123
Title:
'Practical Perspective', Volume II
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a translation of the second volume of the French work 'La Perspective Pratique' by Jean Dubreuil, here given the title: 'The Second Part of Practicall Perspective, Which yeelds great Facilitie in finding the Appearances of all Solid Bodies as well Regular as I...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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