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491. 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

492. 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

493. 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

494. Harley MS 133

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 133
Title:
Cuthbert Tunstall, A booke of all the Spyrituall Benifites and Chaunteryes within London and the Dyocesse of the same
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-36v: Cuthbert Tunstall (b. 1474, d. 1559), Bishop of London [r. 1521-1530], ‘A booke of all the Spyrituall Benifites and Chaunteryes within London and the Dyocesse of the same’; beginning ‘Pleaseth it your grace to understande, that where the kinges highnes my sovereigne lorde ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1522
Extent:
1 volume

495. Harley MS 134

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 134
Title:
Itinerary of the commissioners to Flanders, 1587-1588
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-41r: Itinerary of the commissioners to Flanders, 1587-1588, beginning: ‘An Ephemeris or Diarie, conteining the Itinerarie of our Lords Commissioners sent by hir Majestie into Flaunders to treate with the King of Spayne his Comissioners about a Peaux for maintaining the ould and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

496. Harley MS 137

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 137
Title:
Draft treaty between England, Spain and the Spanish Netherlands, 1604
Scope & Content:
Original draft of the Treaty of London (1604) between James I of England, Philip III of Spain, and the Archdukes Albert and Isabella governors of the Spanish Netherlands, with corrections and alterations (ff. 1-26). Followed by individual articles with titles provided by Ralph Starkey, former o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1604
Extent:

1 volume

497. Harley MS 157

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 157
Title:
Queen Anne of Denmark's Household Book
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript, with this title, inscribed on folio 3: 'A Declaration, or a most plaine & undoubted Cours, in what honorable manner the most Excellent, High-borne Queen Ann[e] Queen of Great Britaine etc. may mayntayne & keepe a most Royall-bountifull Howse for one whole Yeare; Her Maj...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1613
Extent:
1 volume

498. Harley MS 167

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 167
Title:
An English miscellany containing texts relating to naval matters
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-202v: A large collection of tracts and letters, primarily concerning naval matters. The manuscript contains documents on the victualling of ships, navigating, shipments, prices of goods, the custom system (taxes for good exported and imported through ports). The manuscript feat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

499. Harley MS 180

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 180
Title:
Printed and manuscript tracts on royal marriages, collected by Sir Simonds D'Ewes
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of four tracts, the first two printed and the last two in manuscript, on royal marriages between 1555 and 1624. A Supplicacyon to the quenes maiestie [1555], an attack on the marriage of Queen Mary I to Philip of Spain (later King Philip II), was written by a Protestant ex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Hebrew
Date Range:
1555-1627
Extent:

1 volume

500. Harley MS 194

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 194
Title:
The Chronicle of Queen Jane
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-93r: A pocket diary known as the 'Chronicle of Queen Jane', covering the period July 1553-1554, here entitled ‘An Annale of Queene Marie her Raigne or a great part of it ab Anonym[ous]’. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. [vi]recto: A note on the manuscript by Sir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1553-1554
Extent:
1 volume

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