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721. Harley MS 1390

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1390
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Bedfordshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-29r: Descents and arms of Bedfordshire families, dated to 1582 and 1583; with continuations and additions by John Saunders (the latest date is 1687); featuring an epitaph poem for ‘John Welles late of Heath Esquire who departed this life in the year of our Lord God 1645’; commi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1687
Extent:
1 volume

722. Harley MS 1391

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1391
Title:
Copy of the Visitation of Buckinghamshire 1634
Scope & Content:
Copy of the Visitation book of Buckinghamshire, 1634, with additions. Mostly written and tricked by John Saunders (died c 1687), arms painter. Includes town seal of Chipping Wycombe, church notes and extracts from deeds. Includes among the other contents: f. 29: Arms and epitaph of William Du...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

723. Harley MS 1392

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1392
Title:
Robert Glover’s Ordinary of arms
Scope & Content:
Heraldry book with the title: ‘This is a Coppie of Mr Robert Glover’s great Booke of Ordinaries.’ All the arms are roughly tricked in printed escutcheons. Folios 390-391 and 402-407 contain blank escutcheons. Contents: ff. 1-3: Table listing the ordinaries. ff. 4-27: Table of surnames and arm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

724. Harley MS 1393

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1393
Title:
Heraldic collection
Scope & Content:
Heraldic collection, mainly pedigrees, with the title ‘Copia ex Libro Nicholai Tubmanni alias Lancastr’. For a detailed list of pedigrees, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, volume 2 (1808), pages 22-25.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 volume

725. Harley MS 1394

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1394
Title:
Robert Glover, The Visitation of Yorkshire and Church Notes from Yorkshire, 1584-1585; with additions by Nicholas Charles
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: A drawing of William the Conqueror giving a patent to Alan Rufus, 1st Earl of Richmond, who kneels before him [reproduced in Christopher Clarkson, The History of Richmond, in the County of York (Richmond: Bowman, 1814), plate between p. 14 and p. 15]; with a copy of the patent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

726. Harley MS 1395

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1395
Title:
Arms of English nobility
Scope & Content:
Heraldry volume in the hands of Jacob Chaloner (1586-1631) and John Saunders (died c. 1687), arms painters. Contents: ff. 1*-2*: Catalogue of the nobility of England, during the reign of King Charles II, by John Saunders. ff. 2*-5*: Achievements of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, James Butler...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

727. Harley MS 1396

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1396
Title:
Visitations of Shropshire 1584 and 1623
Scope & Content:
Copy of the Visitation book of Shropshire, 1584, supplemented by material from the Visitation of 1623. Mostly written and tricked in the hand of John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter, in imitation of the hands of those who gave the information in 1623. Seals and arms well drawn by John Withie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

728. Harley MS 1397

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1397
Title:
Copies of Visitation books of Cornwall, Surrey and Durham
Scope & Content:
Heraldry book almost wholly tricked and written in the hand of John Saunders (died c. 1687), arms painter. Contents: ff. 3*-21*: Alphabetical index of surnames up to f. 263 ff. 1-37: Arms of the Cornish gentry from the Visitation book of 1620, with arms of families from other counties mixed i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

729. Harley MS 1398

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1398
Title:
Pedigrees and descents of Essex families
Scope & Content:
Heraldic manuscript of John Withie, arms painter. Contents: ff. 1-18: Pedigrees of Essex families, some of which have been taken from the visitation of Essex made in 1612 by John Raven, Richmond Herald. f. 18v: Pedigree of the Fitch family, with arms drawn by John Withie. c 1636. ff. 19v-21: Pe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 17th century-Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

730. Harley MS 1399

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1399
Title:
Copy of the Visitation book of Devonshire, 1564
Scope & Content:
Copy of the Visitation book of Devonshire, 1564 by William Hervey, Clarenceux. In narrative form. Includes tricks of: Arms of the City of Exeter (f. 1v) Arms of the Merchant Taylors of Exeter (f. 2)Arms of the Corporation of Smiths, Cutlers, Armorers, Lorimers and Brasiers of Exeter (f. 2v)Arm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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