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141. Harley MS 950

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 950
Title:
Collection of medical recipes
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises two separate early 16th-century collections of medical recipes (ff. 1r-75v; ff. 80r-179v). A few other recipes were added later in the 16th century (ff. 76r-79v). The recipes in the main collection were numbered in the margin '1-497' by a later reader. Contents: Part ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

1 volume

142. Harley MS 951

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 951
Title:
A genealogy of English kings, from Alfred the Great to Henry III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. [1]recto-[3]recto: ‘A Genealogie of Kings from Alfred to Henry the Third’; probably copied from a medieval genealogical roll. Decoration: Roundels in brown ink.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 roll

143. Harley MS 961

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 961
Title:
Writs from the reigns of Edward I and Edward II
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-152v: Writs from the reigns of Edward I and Edward II; written in Law French and Latin. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 153r: List of contents, beginning: 'Breve de recto patens'; added in the 14th century. f. 153v: List of (?) items, beginning: 'Novem. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century or 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

144. Harley MS 962

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 962
Title:
The Flores of Senecaes Epistles translated into English
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-185v: ‘The fflores of Senecaes Epistles translated into English’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

145. Harley MS 967

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 967
Title:
An English translation of Macchiavelli's The Prince; a dialogue on treason in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; an anonymous poem written by a Catholic against the aforementioned dialogue on treason
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-60r: an English translation of Macchiavelli's The Prince. ff. 60v-62v: a dialogue on treason in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. f. 63r: an anonymous poem written by a Catholic against the aforementioned dialogue on treason.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

146. Harley MS 986

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 986
Title:
Richard Symonds, Notes on ensigns and officers during the First English Civil War
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. i recto: A note from the British Museum, dated to 30 October 1856: 'Memorandum: In the printed Harleian Catalogue, Vol. 1. 499, art. 4, of the present volume is described as "Original Passe from Sir John Needham Governor of Leicester, to Richard Symonds, dated Leicester, 5 March, 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1643-1644
Extent:
1 volume

147. Harley MS 987

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 987
Title:
Notes on the Bible; The whole booke of Psalmes [London, 1586]
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-260v: Notes on the Bible in Latin and English, featuring memoranda dated to 1605 and 1616 (f. 7r), with the added title: ‘Short Notes upon several Places of Scripture’ (f. 2r). ff. 261r-316v: A printed text with a title-page: ‘The whole booke of Psalmes, collected into Engli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1586-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

148. Harley MS 1030

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1030
Title:
A historical and religious miscellany
Scope & Content:
This miscellany consists of four different parts. Part one (ff. 1-6) is in English and was written in the 17th century. Part two (ff. 7-72) is in English and was written in the 17th century. Part three (ff. 73-85) is in French and was written in 1598. Part four (ff. 86-92) is in English and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1598-17th century
Extent:

1 volume

149. Harley MS 1041

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1041
Title:
Copies of the Visitation Books of Gloucestershire of 1583 and 1623, and other pedigrees and documents relating to Gloucestershire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Letter of King Edward II, followed by a description of the hundreds of Gloucester. ff. 7r-8v: 'A pedegree of all the severall houses whereof Sir William Wynter knight is lineally descended made by Clarenceux Cooke 30 April Anno 1589'. ff. 9v-11r: A pedigree of the Poynt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1623
Extent:
1 volume

150. Harley MS 1042

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1042
Title:
Arms and pedigrees of Gloucestershire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Letter of King Edward II, followed by a description of the hundreds of Gloucester. ff. 7r-8v: 'A pedegree of all the severall houses whereof Sir William Wynter knight is lineally descended made by Clarenceux Cooke 30 April Anno 1589'. ff. 9v-11r: A pedigree of the Poynt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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