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2. Harley MS 24
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 24
- Title:
- Prose Brut
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r–218v: Prose Brut (Chronicle of England; extended version to 1419, in the reign of Henry V (r. 1413–22)). For an edition of the work see The Brut or the Chronicles of England, 2 vols, ed. Friedrich W.D. Brie, Early English Text Society, 131 and 136 (Oxford: 1906–8); contains tex...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and English, Middle
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
3. Harley MS 41
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 41
- Title:
- Description of royal ceremonies and related accounts, during the reigns of Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII
- Scope & Content:
- f. 1r: The names of the knights of the Bayn [i.e. Bath] made at the creation of Thomas Grey as Lord Marquis of Dorset in 1475. ff. 2r–11v: The receiving, conveying and coronation of Anne Boleyn. f. 12r: A sketch of the seating plan at Anne Boleyn's coronation. Anne is depicted wearing a closed...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Early 16th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
4. Harley MS 69
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 69
- Title:
- The booke of certaine triumphes
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-63v: A large collection of tracts, letters, and notes in English and French concerning court affairs and entertainment, jousting and the bearing of coats of arms, known as ‘The booke of certaine triumphes’. Decoration: Full-, half-, and quarter-page drawings of knights joust...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
5. Harley MS 71
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 71
- Title:
- A survey of all royal manors, honours, castles, lordships, tenements and other hereditaments in the counties of Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Warwickshire
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-80r: William Homberton (‘Esquire surveyor of the possessions’) and John Harwar (‘deputie receyvour’), survey of all royal manors, honours, castles, lordships, tenements and other hereditaments in the counties of Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Warwickshire; writte...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1558-1559
- Extent:
- 1 volume
6. Harley MS 73
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 73
- Title:
- ‘The Journals of all the Parliaments during the raigne of Queene Elizabeth, both of the Upper Howse & Howse of Commons in three volumes, A.D. 1630’. Volume 1
- Scope & Content:
- Journals of Parliaments during the reign of Elizabeth I, 1558-1601, compiled from original sources by Sir Simonds D’Ewes. First volume, including preface and tables for all three volumes, as well as the journals for 1558-1571. f. 1: Parchment title page, bearing 16 coats of arms of the D'Ewes a...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1630
- Extent:
- 1 volume
7. Harley MS 74
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 74
- Title:
- ‘The Journals of all the Parliaments during the raigne of Queene Elizabeth, both of the Upper Howse & Howse of Commons in three volumes, A.D. 1630’. Volume 2
- Scope & Content:
- Journals of Parliaments during the reign of Elizabeth I, 1558-1601, compiled from original sources by Sir Simonds D’Ewes. Volume 2 includes the journals for 1572-1589.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1630
- Extent:
- 1 volume
8. Harley MS 75
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 75
- Title:
- ‘The Journals of all the Parliaments during the raigne of Queene Elizabeth, both of the Upper Howse & Howse of Commons in three volumes, A.D. 1630’. Volume 3
- Scope & Content:
- Journals of Parliaments during the reign of Elizabeth I, 1558-1601, compiled from original sources by Sir Simonds D’Ewes. Volume 3 includes the journals for 1592-1601.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1630
- Extent:
-
1 volume
9. Harley MS 78
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 78
- Title:
- Collection of English texts, including letters, historical and heraldic works, and poems by Geoffrey Chaucer and John Lydgate
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript is a composite miscellany of various 15th- and 16th-century English texts, predominantly letters, historical and heraldic texts and poems. Contents: f. 1r-v: Opinions of Lords on the question 'how goodd myght be had for the settinge forthe of the armes in to Normandye and Guye...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Middle, and French
- Date Range:
- 15th century-16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
10. Harley MS 115
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 115
- Title:
- Arms of Scottish kings, queens and nobility ('Hamilton Armorial')
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-81r: The arms of Scottish kings, queens and nobility, a copy of the Hamilton Armorial. All the versos in the manuscript are blank, except for ff. 3v and 28v. Decoration: Coats of arms with crests, and kings and queens with heraldic gowns in colours throughout the manuscrip...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume