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571. Harley MS 1155

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1155
Title:
Pedigrees of English nobility
Scope & Content:
Pedigrees of English nobility about the year 1616, with some continuations, and a description in blazon of their achievements. General index (ff. 117-127). Index of barons (ff. 128-133). For a detailed contents list, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (Lon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1616
Extent:
1 volume

572. Harley MS 1156

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1156
Title:
Heraldic miscellanies
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1: Examples of different arms, born by persons of the same family, apparently extracts from Robert Glover, de Differentiis Armorum. f. 12: Descent of the two houses of York and Lancaster from King Edward III and his from Philip the Fair, King of France. f. 13v: Examples of arms ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

573. Harley MS 1157

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1157
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Shropshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A list of the order for a funeral procession (‘Order for funeralls’). ff. 2r-78r: Pedigrees of Shropshire families, with coats of arms; the latest date in the manuscript is 1612 (ff. 45r, 58v). f. 79: An unidentified coat of arms. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked, drawn...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

574. Harley MS 1158

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1158
Title:
Copies from the Yearbooks of Edward II and Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5r: A list of the names of sheriffs of Lancashire (Henry II-17th year of the reign of James I). ff. 6r-22r: Coats of arms (16 to page) of Lancashire families, organised alphabetically. ff. 22*verso-160v: Pedigrees of Lancashire families copied from the Visitation of Lancash...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

575. Harley MS 1159

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1159
Title:
Robert Cooke, The Visitation of Herefordshire, 1569
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4*recto-6*recto: An index of surnames. ff. 1r-95v: Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, The Visitation of Herefordshire, 1569; with additions, dated to 1574, 1586, 1590, 1591, 1618 and 1635. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked, in brown ink throughout the manuscript. Drawings...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

576. Harley MS 1160

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1160
Title:
Baronage of England; with a collection of arms and pedigrees
Scope & Content:
Heraldry book in different hands. ff. 1*-5*: Preliminary folios with old shelf marks, sketches, etc. ff. 6*-46: Pedigrees of the nobility of England, by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, copied by William Smith Rouge Dragon. Title page: ‘Baronagium Angliae: Magnatum scilicet illius Regni Stemmat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

577. Harley MS 1161

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1161
Title:
Pedigrees of Shropshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-21r: Pedigrees of Shropshire, copied and tricked by Thomas Knight (d. 1618); probably from the 1584 Visitation of Shropshire. f. 22v: An index of surnames.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

578. Harley MS 1162

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1162
Title:
Original Visitation of Cornwall 1620
Scope & Content:
Papers registering the descents of gentry at the Visitation of Cornwall, 1620. Pedigrees are signed by the gentlemen providing the information. Descents were registered on loose quires, which were later bound together by Sampson Lennard. Above most entries are hash signs and the word ‘Entered’ i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620
Extent:
1 volume

579. Harley MS 1163

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1163
Title:
Original Visitation of Devon 1620
Scope & Content:
Papers registering the descents of gentry at the Visitation of Devon, by Henry St George, while Richmond Herald, and Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle, for William Camden, Clarenceux, 1620. Descents were registered on six double quires of paper, which were later bound together by Sampson Lennard. Desc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620
Extent:
1 volume

580. Harley MS 1164

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1164
Title:
Visitation of Devon and Cornwall 1620
Scope & Content:
Papers registering the descents of gentry at the Visitation of Devon and Cornwall by Henry St George, while Richmond Herald, and Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle, for William Camden, Clarenceux, 1620. The red chalk annotation ‘entred’ above the descents indicates that they had been transcribed into t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620
Extent:
1 volume

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