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741. Harley MS 1426

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1426
Title:
Achievements of English families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-32v, 35r-111r: The achievements of the English nobility from the time of James I or Charles I, with mottoes in Latin and French. f. 33v: The arms, and descents of noble persons written and painted circularly, and concentring on William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. f. 34r: Thr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1625-c 1629
Extent:
1 volume

742. Harley MS 1428

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1428
Title:
English coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-16v: Coats of arms and crests of English families (4 per page or full-page drawings), some with mottoes (in French and Latin); also featuring accounts of their descents and epitaphs. The latest date attached to these arms is 1654. f. 17r: A list of the Lords created by King Ch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1641-1654
Extent:

1 volume

743. Harley MS 1455

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1455
Title:
Arms and crests, tricked by John Withie
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing arms and crests of different families which bear the same name. Mostly tricked by John Withie, painter-stainer, into printed escutcheons. At the front of the volume is an imperfect table of names found within the volume.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1626
Extent:
1 volume

744. Harley MS 1456

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1456
Title:
Heraldic achievements of the English nobility, living about the 16th year of King Charles I
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing the heraldic achievements of the English nobility, painted in colour, in the hand of John Withie, painter-stainer.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640?
Extent:
1 volume

745. Harley MS 1462

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1462
Title:
Coats of arms of the Knights of the Bath from King James I to Charles II; Sir William Dugdale, The Manner of Creating the Knights of the Antient and Honourable Order of the Bath, According to the Custom used in England in Times of Peace with a List of those Honourable Persons who are to be Created Knights of the Bath at his Majesties Coronation, 23 Aprill, 1661
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*verso: An introduction to ff. 1r-22r: 'In this Booke: Are conteined the Names, Armes, and Creasts, of all the Knights of the Bath, made at the Coronation of King Iames, 1603. At the Creation of Charles Duke of York, At hte Creation of Henry Prince of Wales, At the Creation of Cha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1661
Extent:
1 volume

746. Harley MS 1474

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1474
Title:
Descents of baronets
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. [iii]recto: A title inscription: ‘Baronets Discents’. f. 1*recto: A list of payments, entitled: ‘A bill of fees due to the Kings Servants from all persons that receive the Honour of Knighthood’. f. 1*verso: A list of payments, entitled: ‘The ffees of the Severall Offices for a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1660s
Extent:
1 volume

747. Harley MS 1479

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1479
Title:
Coats of arms of Knights of the Garter and the English peerage
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: An unfinished ink sketch of the arms of Charles II. ff. 1r-24r: Full-page drawings of coats of arms of Knights of the Garter, including those of King Charles II, all circumscribed by the Garter; also featuring supporters, crowns, crests and mottoes. f. 25v: A note on t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

748. Harley MS 1480

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1480
Title:
A copy of the Visitation Book of Oxfordshire of 1634
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title inscription: ‘Oxfordshire 1634’. ff. 2*recto-3*verso: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. ff. 1r-64r: A copy of the Visitation Book of Oxfordshire made by John Philipot (b. 1588, d. 1645), Somerset Herald, and William Ryley (d. 16...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

1 volume

749. Harley MS 1481

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1481
Title:
Robert Glover, De Origine Antiquitate et Differentijs Armorum; coats of arms of English bishops and nobility
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*recto: A title inscription: ‘De Origine Antiquitate et Differentijs Armorum sive Insigniorum R. Gloveri alias Somerset Fecialis regij observationes aliquot’. ff. 2*recto-4*verso: An alphabetical index of surnames included in this manuscript. ff. 1r-5r: A Latin treatise by Ro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

750. Harley MS 1488

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1488
Title:
Minutes of the Commissioners of the Public Accounts, 5 March 1690-4 September 1691
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing the minutes of the Commissioners of the Public Accounts from 5 March 1690 to 4 September 1691. At this time the members of this commission included Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Baronet, Sir Thomas Clarges, Sir Peter Colleton, Paul Foley Esq, Colonel Robert Austen, Sir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1690-1691
Extent:
1 volume

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