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581. Harley MS 1165

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1165
Title:
Original Visitation of Wiltshire 1623
Scope & Content:
Papers registering the descents of gentry at the Visitation of Wiltshire by Henry St George, Richmond Herald, and Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle, for William Camden, Clarenceux, 1623. Descents were registered on three loose quires of paper, which were later bound together by Henry Parker, arms pain...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1623
Extent:
1 volume

582. Harley MS 1166

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1166
Title:
Original Visitation of Dorset 1623
Scope & Content:
Papers registering the descents of gentry at the Visitation of Dorset by Henry St George, Richmond Herald, and Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle, for William Camden, Clarenceux, 1623. Descents were registered on three loose quires of paper, which were later bound together by Henry Parker, arms painter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1623
Extent:
1 volume

583. Harley MS 1167

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1167
Title:
Copy of the Visitation of Warwickshire 1619
Scope & Content:
Visitation of the County of Warwick 1619, by Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle, and Augustine Vincent, Rouge-Rose, Marshalls and Deputies for William Camden, Clarenceux. Almost entirely in the hand of Sampson Lennard, and first bound by him. With some additions by Henry Parker. This copy does not have...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

584. Harley MS 1168

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1168
Title:
The Visitation Book of Durham of 1615
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-2v: A ‘note of al such Parsons as ware disclamed in the time of his Visitation 1615’. ff. 4v-56r, 61r: A copy of the Visitation Book of the county of Durham in 1615 by Richard St George, Norroy King of Arms, and Henry St George, Bluemantle Pursuivant. ff. 57r-60r: The “Armes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

1 volume

585. Harley MS 1169

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1169
Title:
Suffolk and Devon arms and pedigrees
Scope & Content:
Some arms and pedigrees of Suffolk and Devon families. Written in black ink, with red lines. ff. 2-4: Index of surnames. Suffolk pedigrees: ff. 5-125 and 147: Pedigrees of Suffolk families of various dates, and a few arms. Many copied from the Visitation book of John Raven, Richmond Herald, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

586. Harley MS 1170

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1170
Title:
Pedigrees and arms of Cheshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-105r: Pedigrees of Cheshire families copied from different Visitation Books, including those of 1566, 1580, 1612 and 1613. ff. 106r-107r: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. The manuscript contains an addition: f. 94r: A reference to a paymen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

587. Harley MS 1171

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1171
Title:
English pedigrees
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A page with nine empty shields, one intended for the arms of Thomas Robson of Westmorton granted by Richard St George, Norroy King of Arms, in 1615. ff. 2r-4v: A copy of part of the Visitation-book of Yorkshire, made by William Flower, Norroy King of arms, in 1575; other part...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

588. Harley MS 1172

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1172
Title:
Heraldic book of grants of arms or crests
Scope & Content:
Collection of grants of arms or crests to different families copied out at length, or dockets of them, in no particular order. For a selected list of contents, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. I (1808), pages 574-577. ff. 79-80: Index of surnames.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

589. Harley MS 1173

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1173
Title:
Copies of the Visitation-books of Staffordshire by Robert Glover and Richard St George
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2*recto-5*recto: A table of surnames of families included in this manuscript. f. 6*recto: Inscribed with the title ‘Staffordshire’. ff. 1r-107v: A copy of the Visitation-book of Staffordshire as it was made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, in 1583. ff. 108r-111r: A collecti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

590. Harley MS 1174

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1174
Title:
Miscellaneous pedigrees
Scope & Content:
Volume of miscellaneous pedigrees, arms, and other heraldical papers bound together. For a detailed list of contents, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. I (1808), pages 578-581. A British Library curatorial note pasted into the front of the volume states t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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