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551. Harley MS 1136

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1136
Title:
A copy of the Visitation-book of Suffolk of 1561
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-68v: Pedigrees and arms of Suffolk families, copied from the Visitation-book of Suffolk of 1561 by William Harvey (b. 1510, d. 1567), Clarenceux King of Arms; with misbound leaves from of a copy of the Visitation-book of Buckinghamshire of 1634 by John Philipot (b. 1588, d. 164...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter or 3rd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

552. Harley MS 1137

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1137
Title:
A copy of William Harvey’s Visitation-book of the county of Essex with additions by Jacob Chaloner and John Gough
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: An alphabetical table of the surnames of families whose pedigrees are described in this manuscript. ff. 3r-5r: An incomplete table of the arms of families represented in this manuscript. ff. 6r-6v: Pedigrees of Parker, Bugg, Ap Walter, and Hevingham. ff. 7r-10r: Sherif...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1615-1638
Extent:
1 volume

553. Harley MS 1138

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1138
Title:
William Harvey, The Visitation of Northamptonshire (1564)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6r: A table of surnames of pedigrees in this manuscript. ff. 7r-63v: The Pedigrees of the Northamptonshire Gentry with their arms, blazoned, by William Harvey, Clarencieux King of Arms, at his Visitation in 1564. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked, in brown ink throughout th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

554. Harley MS 1139

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1139
Title:
Pedigrees and arms from the Visitation books of Berkshire, Hampshire and Buckinghamshire
Scope & Content:
Pedigrees and arms of three counties copied from the following Visitation books, with additions or continuations to them all. 1. Visitation of Berkshire 1566 by William Hervey, Clarenceux, enlarged by William Smith, Rouge-dragon, 1602. 2. Visitation of Hampshire 1576 by Robert Cooke, Clarence...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

555. Harley MS 1140

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1140
Title:
Herefordshire heraldry compiled by William Penson
Scope & Content:
Collection of Herefordshire heraldic material written and tricked by William Penson, Lancaster Herald. Contents: ff. 1*r-2*v: Notes relating to eminent persons of Herefordshire, collected from Holinshead’s Chronicle. f. 2*v: Arms of the City and See of Hereford, in blazon. ff. 1-108: Pedi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

556. Harley MS 1141

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1141
Title:
Pedigrees from the Visitation of Somerset 1623
Scope & Content:
Original book of the Visitation of Somerset taken 1623, by Henry St George, Richmond Herald; and Sampson Lennard, Blew-Mantle, Marshalls and Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux. More pedigrees than arms. A red chalk cross and sometimes the word 'Entered' at the top of the pedigrees suggest ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1623
Extent:
1 volume

557. Harley MS 1142

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1142
Title:
Copy of the Visitation book of Cornwall 1620
Scope & Content:
Copy of the Visitation of Cornwall 1620, by Henry St George, Richmond Herald, and Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle, Marshalls and Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux, King of Arms. Chiefly pedigrees, with the names of the subscribers to the pedigrees entered. Arms omitted, apart from some in bla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

558. Harley MS 1143

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1143
Title:
Welsh armorial of Robert Glover
Scope & Content:
One of the many copies of the Welsh armorial of Robert Glover, containing 197 arms of Welsh families, in colour. On folio 1* is inscribed 'A Booke of Single Coates of Wal...', the rest being obscured by damage. Beneath this is inscribed 'AB'. The full title, inscribed on folio 1, is also partl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

559. Harley MS 1144

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1144
Title:
Collection of descents and arms
Scope & Content:
Heraldry collection of descents, and some arms. At the beginning of the volume is the start of a collection of gifts and confirmations of arms, limited to those of Wheeler of London, goldsmith, descended out of Worcestershire, and Peers of Westdowne, Kent. Manuscript consists of miscellaneou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

560. Harley MS 1144 and 1172

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1144 and 1172
Title:
Harley MS 1144 and Harley MS 1172
Scope & Content:
Two heraldic manuscripts bound together.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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