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211. Harley MS 1366

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1366
Title:
Richard Scarlet, Coats of arms in Canterbury and notes from old manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*verso: The arms of Canterbury: 'The Armes of the Cyttie of Canterberys compounded of parcel of the Kinges Coate and the Armes of St Thomas Becket together'. ff. 1r-35r: Collection of arms found by Richard Scarlet in Canterbury Cathedral and other sites in Canterbury in the year...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1599
Extent:

1 volume

212. Harley MS 1369

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1369
Title:
Coats of arms of Leicestershire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title page: ‘The Vizitation of Leicestershire Taken 1619’. ff. 1r-40r: A collection of arms of Leicestershire families, copied from the Visitation Book of 1619 by William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms. ff. 41r-46v: An alphabetical index of surnames included in this...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1619-c 1678
Extent:
1 volume

213. Harley MS 1371

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1371
Title:
Histories and achievements of Scottish nobility from the time of King James VI
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title page: ‘Scotica Nobilitas 1589 - W. L.’ with the words ‘Fides’ and ‘Taciturnitas’ written above; and the name ‘Lyslebourg’ [Edinburgh] added. ff. 2r-67r: Histories and heraldic achievements of Scottish nobility, beginning with and from the time of ‘Charles James Stuart...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1589
Extent:
1 volume

214. Harley MS 1374

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1374
Title:
Coats of arms and blazons of arms of Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-10v: Blazons of arms of the gentry of Northumberland from the Visitation Book made by Sir Richard St George, Norroy King of Arms, and Henry St George, Bluemantle Pursuivant, in 1615. ff. 11r-14v: Blazons of the arms of gentry from the Visitation Book of Cumberland and Westmor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

215. Harley MS 1375

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1375
Title:
Blazons of the coats of arms of English nobility and gentry
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title page: ‘Atchievements of Nobles’. f. 1v: A blazon of the arms of Carnaby, and two Latin sayings: ‘Fle, si solari, Jeiuna si saturari / da, si ditari, servi si vis dominari’ and ‘Vive diu, sed vive Deo, nam vivere mundo / Mortis opus, vera est vivere vita Deo’. f. 2r: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

216. Harley MS 1376

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1376
Title:
Coats of arms of Scottish nobility
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: The coat of arms of ‘Captaine James Maiteland and Sir Alexander Jardens [? Jardine’s][daughter] his wife’. ff. 1r-65r: Coats of arms of Scottish kings and nobility from the time of King James VI (1567–1625) [f. 17v: ‘James the 6th of the name Kinge of Scotes now liveing ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1609-1625
Extent:
1 volume

217. Harley MS 1377

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1377
Title:
Emblems for ensigns for the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-20r: Emblems for ensigns for the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War, with mottos in Latin. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 21*verso: Notes: 'att Mr Rayes in Collmon Street [? Coleman Street]'; added in the 17th century. ff. 21v-23r: Three additiona...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1642– c 1651
Extent:
1 volume

218. Harley MS 1378

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1378
Title:
Miscellaneous English coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-59v: A miscellany of various 17th-century collections of English coats of arms (1-30 per page), some with crests. Featuring the arms of Jean-Baptiste Colbert (b. 1619, d. 1683) on f. 64r, with the note: ‘Monsieur Calvert or Colbert Ambassador from Lewis the 14th King of ffrance...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1668
Extent:
1 volume

219. Harley MS 1383

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1383
Title:
Designs for ensigns for both parties in the English Civil War
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-57r: Unfinished designs for ensigns with mottoes in French and Latin for the English Civil War (1642-1651), for those fighting for and against the English monarch; featuring on f. 55v: Two wax impressions of the seal of ‘Captain Blount’ and an excerpt of Seneca, Epistles, book ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1651
Extent:
1 volume

220. Harley MS 1388

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1388
Title:
An Ordinary of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: An alphabetical index of crests found in this manuscript. ff. 2r-8r: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript, entitled: ‘A table ot my Book of Creasts in Suites’. ff. 10r-163v: An Ordinary of Crests, featuring coats of arms (16 per page), organized...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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