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401. Harley MS 886

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 886
Title:
William Flower and Robert Glover, The Visitation of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (1569); The Visitation of Staffordshire (1566)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*recto-38v; 39v-40r: Visitation of Derbyshire, made by William Flower (b. 1497/98, d. 1588), Norroy King of Arms, and Robert Glover (b. 1543/1544, d. 1588), herald of Somerset, 1569; with some additions by Ralfe Brooke (b. 1553, d. 1625), Officer of Arms. ff. 39*recto-39*verso:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1566-1569
Extent:
1 volume

402. Harley MS 887

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 887
Title:
Arms of the nobility and gentry of Essex
Scope & Content:
Heraldic manuscript, containing descriptions of the coats and crests of the nobility and gentry of Essex, as described from a visitation to Essex undertaken in 1612 by John Raven, Richmond Herald, Deputy and Marshal to William Camden, Clarencieux. At the front of the manuscript is a table of na...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

403. Harley MS 887 and 1398

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 887 and 1398
Title:
Two heraldic manuscripts concerning Essex
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing two heraldic manuscripts, originally bound separately, concerning Essex.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (2 items)

404. Harley MS 888

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 888
Title:
William Harvey, Clarencieux King of Arms, The Visitation of Wiltshire and Dorsetshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title on a parchment pastedown: 'Wiltshire and Dorsetshire Visitacions' ff. 2*verso-3*recto: A table of contents: ‘A Kallender of the Descents and Marches with Heries mentioned in this Visitacion of Wiltshire; Anno 1570’. ff. 1r-35v: William Harvey, Clarencieux King o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1570
Extent:
1 volume

405. Harley MS 889

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 889
Title:
Arms of the Gentlemen of Devon
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume. Inscribed on f. 1 is the title 'The Arms of the Gentilmen of Devonshire, as they were set downe in the Survey of William Harvey alias Calrentius Kinge of Armes [Clarenceux King of Arms] in the yeare of out Lord God 1565: 7 El: R: with their Pedegrees. Copied out of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1628
Extent:
1 volume

406. Harley MS 890

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 890
Title:
Visitations of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-37r: A Visitation of Northamptonshire by ‘Richmond Herald’. ff. 38r-48v: A Visitation of Huntingdonshire by ‘Richmond Herald’. ff. 49r-50r: ‘Kallender of the contents of these Visitations of the Counties of Northampton and Huntington, taken in the yeare 1566 by Richmond Heral...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1566
Extent:
1 volume

407. Harley MS 891

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 891
Title:
Visitations of Suffolk and Lancashire, with other heraldry tracts
Scope & Content:
Collection of heraldry papers in different hands, including visitations of Suffolk and of Lancashire. ff. 1-5: Alphabetical list of Cornish families with arms emblazoned. Not all completed. Headed ‘Certayne Cornishe Arms’. f. 6: Table of names mentioned in the visitation of Suffolk on ff. 7-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

408. Harley MS 892

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 892
Title:
Thomas Cole, The Visitation of Sussex; An Alphabet of Arms of Sussex and Surrey
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title page: ‘Pettigrees and Armes taken out of an old visitation of Sussex etcaetera with some new additions’. ff. 1r-37r: The Visitation of Sussex, ‘Oute of Mr Pensons booke’. ff. 38r-40r: Notes taken ‘In the parishe Church of Glyn’; Glyn, Stopham, West Sussex, with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

409. Harley MS 893

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 893
Title:
An Alphabet of Arms of Cheshire and Lancashire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-35r: An Alphabet of Arms of Cheshire and Lancashire families, blazoned. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 36v: Notes concerning the creations of nobility under James I, dated to 1616, 1620, 1622 and 1627.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

410. Harley MS 894

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 894
Title:
Collection of tracts on heraldic matters
Scope & Content:
Several tracts written in different hands, including lists of peers created by James I, the Queen’s procession to St Paul’s 1588, two alphabets of arms in blazon, and an account of the nobility to 1572. Contents: f. 1: Peers of England created in the first seven years of King James I’s reign...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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