Archive Reference (shelfmark): Harley MS 1-7661 / Language: English - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4217
Title:: An inventory of King Henry VIII’s wardrobe at London
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-25r: An inventory of King Henry VIII’s wardrobe at London (12 Henry VIII), with a title inscription on a parchment pastedown on f. 1r: ‘The boke of all the Kynges reche stuf remaignyng in his standinge warderobe of robes within the Towre of London delyvered unto the sure and sa...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1520-1521
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4222
Title:: Collection of orders and laws for the management of the Royal Mint
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-69r: Collection of orders and laws for the management of the Royal Mint, written in different hands. Includes instructions for making money (ff. 1r-20r), 'An ordinaunce for measures and weightes owte of magna carta' (f. 21r); a document relating to Martin Bowes (b. 1496/7, d....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 16th century-3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4235
Title:: Thomas Hobbes, The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic
Scope & Content:: The Elements of Law, a treatise on political theory and the origins of the state, was completed by Thomas Hobbes on 9 May 1640 (see f. 2v), dedicated to William Cavendish, 1st duke of Newcastle, and distributed in manuscript copies produced by professional scribes. The manuscript includes: a t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1640
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4236
Title:: Thomas Hobbes, The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic
Scope & Content:: The Elements of Law, a treatise on political theory and the origins of the state, was completed by Thomas Hobbes on 9 May 1640 (see f. 2v), dedicated to William Cavendish, 1st duke of Newcastle, and distributed in several manuscript copies produced by professional scribes. Another copy manuscrip...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1640
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4243
Title:: Collection of historical tracts and letters from the reigns of Henry VIII, Mary I and Philip II, and Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: List of payments. f. 1r: 'The chardge of a toun of wine'. f. 1v: 'The accompt of all the rentes and revenues of King Phillip yerelie due to him as they were given up Anno domini 1562'. f. 1v: The great expenses of King Phillip Anno domini 1562'. ff. 2r-2v: Lists of paym...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1589
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4292
Title:: Sanctuary book of Beverley Minster
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–35v: Register recording those seeking sanctuary at Beverley, alternating between lists of names and entries of petitions. Written in many different hands, and seemingly compiled as petitions were made.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: 1478-1540
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4294
Title:: Hugh of Campden, Sidrak and Bokkus
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-79v: Sidrak and Bokkus, a Middle English translation by Hugh of Campden of the long rhymed French Sidrac; imperfect at the end; beginning: 'If þat þou vundestonde can / Haþ vij chambrez and no moo' (edited by Burton, Sidrak and Bokkus (1998-1999); see also IMEV 772; NIVEM 772; ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and English, Middle
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4313
Title:: Formulary for legal process in the Court of Arches at London
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1v-217v: Formula for legal process in the Court of Arches at London ('Formulae Instrumentorum Juris in curia de Arcubus Lonini'), mostly featuring dates from the 1560s-1580s. Largely written in Latin, but also featuring items in English.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1560s-1580s
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4347
Title:: The Aphorisms of Hippocrates and other maxims
Scope & Content:: The manuscript includes: 1. Hippocrates, Aphorismata (ff. 1r-37r); 2. Bernard de Gordon, A series of definitions from the chapter headings of the Lilium Medicinae (ff. 37r-41r); 3. A collection of definitions and maxims (ff. 42v-43r); 4. A text on the Invention of the Holy Cross (f. 43v); 5...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 44 folios.

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