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1451. Harley MS 6222

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6222
Title:
Petition of Richard Troughton, Bailiff of South Witham, Lincolnshire, to the Privy Council in the reign of Queen Mary, relating to the share taken by him in the Duke of Northumberland's Plot
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: A letter by Richard Throughton, beginning: ‘To the Kinge and Quenes maiesties moste honorabili councell’; ending ‘Uppon mundaye beffor The Duke of Suffolk’; ending with a declaration: ‘I was never in any commocion or otherwise against the Crowne of Englond in all my liffe b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1555
Extent:
1 volume

1452. Harley MS 6223

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6223
Title:
Arthour and Merline (excerpt); History of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-2v: A transcript of the first 62 lines of Arthour and Merline by John Stow (b. 1524/1525, d. 1605), beginning: ‘[H]e that made withe his honde / wynde wode watar and londe’. ff. 3r-21r: A transcript of a history of England ‘Taken out of the cronicle that sumtyme belongyd to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1453. Harley MS 6224

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6224
Title:
Extracts from letters relating to occurrences in the Low Countries and Germany, 1562-1566
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-41v: Extracts from letters relating to occurrences in the Low Countries and Germany, dated 1562-1566. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: A title-page: ‘Breviats of lettore sente out of the Lowe Contreys and Jarmany of Accorrants about Anno 1615’; added by Ralph ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1454. Harley MS 6253

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6253
Title:
Nicholas Harpsfield's Life of Sir Thomas More
Scope & Content:
Harpsfield's Life of More was written during Queen Mary I's reign and dedicated to More's son-in-law William Roper, who supplied him with notes. The dedication is signed N. H: L: D. (Nicholas Harpsfield, f. 5*v). ff. 2*v–109r: 'The life and death of Sir Thomas Moore knight, sometymes Lord high ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1455. Harley MS 6281

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6281
Title:
A transcript of a Latin census of the names of cities, boroughs, villages, hundreds and the lords of manors throughout England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-239r: A transcript of a Latin census of the names of cities, boroughs, villages, hundreds and the lords of manors throughout England. The manuscript contains later additions: f. 1r: A note: ‘A transcript of the booke called Nomina Villarum – Kept in the Office of the Treasur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1456. Harley MS 6285

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6285
Title:
George Puttenham, A defence of Queen Elizabeth I's actions in executing Mary Queen of Scots
Scope & Content:
This justification of the execution of Mary Queen of Scots (8 Feb 1587) here appears with neither title nor author. It begins, "There hath not happened sithence the memorie of man nor peradventure in any age beyond so straunge a case on very behalf to be considered as this of that unfortunate La...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1587-c 1620
Extent:
1 volume

1457. Harley MS 6286

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6286
Title:
The trial and examinations relating to the marriage of Lady Katherine Grey and Edward Seymour in 1561
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A note on the scribe’s source: ‘Written at the beginning of the Book out of which this was transcribed: This Booke of Actes was delivered by one Mr Milles late Steward of Household to Sir Henry Unton, unto the Lord Beauchamp: Examined and agreeinge with the Originalls delivere...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1734
Extent:
1 volume

1458. Harley MS 6303

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6303
Title:
Greek-Latin dictionary.
Scope & Content:
Includes few contemporary English notes (ff. 1-2).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

1459. Harley MS 6315

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6315
Title:
Pindar
Scope & Content:
Pindar, Olympia, Pythia, Nemea and Isthmia. Written in imitation of Greek type. The text follows the then most recent Oxford edition of 1697. Preceded by (ff iv, v) pictorial title-pages, (f vi) Horace Odes IV.2.1-27, and (f vii) πίναξ. On f iii is a letter of presentation (in English) to Lord Ox...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1724
Extent:

284 pages

1460. Harley MS 6345

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6345
Title:
Copybook of Cardinal Wolsey's letters
Scope & Content:
ff. 1*r–216v: A copybook of Cardinal Wolsey's letters. It also includes a copy of Princess Mary's confession (ff. 211r–v) along with unrelated material from the 17th century. f. 1*r: Note about Lady De La Warr's ownership of the volume, with the original ownership note pasted on. f. 5*v: The b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1627
Extent:
1 volume

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