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1131. Harley MS 5169

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5169
Title:
The Offices and Officers of the Exchequer; 'The Articles of the unitinge of the late Court of first Fruites and Tenths of the Court of thexchequer at Westminster'
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: 'Thoffices and officers, names of the court of thexchequer at Westminster and of whose guiste they be 1572 - 1599'. ff. 4r-24r: 'What every of the saide officers att this Daye usually dothe by his said office'. ff. 24v-25v: 'The Articles of the unitinge of the late Court...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:

1 volume

1132. Harley MS 7376

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7376
Title:
An inventory of the jewels of Queen Mary I; accounts on the hundreds of Sussex and Kent
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains three parts: an inventory of jewels delivered to Queen Mary I (ff. 1r-42v); an early 14th-century description of the hundreds in Sussex and Kent (ff. 44r-58v); and a 16th-century inventory of tax payments from the hundreds in Kent (ff. 63r-220v). The three part...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1312-c 1553
Extent:
1 volume

1133. Harley MS 1419/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1419/1
Title:
Inventory of King Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
Along with Harley MS 1419/2, this manuscript forms the second part of King Henry VIII's inventory; the first part is Society of Antiquaries MS 129 A and B. From the absence of signatures, it is clear that both volumes are fair copies. Instructions were given to draw up an inventory of Henry's mo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1547-1548
Extent:
1 volume

1134. Harley MS 1341

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1341
Title:
A Dialogicall Discourse of Marine Affaires; distributed into six Dialogues, by Nathanael Boteler
Scope & Content:
Draft of A Dialogical discourse of marine affairs, with additions in another hand, by Nathanael Boteler or Butler. Six dialogues between an admiral and a captain, including a glossary of maritime vocabulary (dialogue four). With additions in another hand. Later printed as: Six dialogues about se...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1634
Extent:
1 volume

1135. Harley MS 3749

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3749
Title:
John Norden, Survey of the Honor of Windsor
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a survey of the Honor of Windsor that was made by the cartographer John Norden (b. c. 1547, d. 1625) for King James I in 1607. The manuscript contains 17 maps that are the result of a survey conducted on foot by Norden. The maps in this volume show communication routes, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1607
Extent:
1 volume

1136. Harley MS 1951

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1951
Title:
Heraldic book of the arms of English families, and arms of Irish nobility, with later lists of knights of the Bath 1603-1625
Scope & Content:
Manuscript book of heraldry in two main parts: English families and Irish nobility. Preceded by lists of new knights of the Bath created 1603-1625, and followed by further heraldic and other notes. Mainly in the hand of Thomas Chaloner. Contents: f. 1: Old wrapper made of paper manuscript was...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1598-c 1632
Extent:
1 volume

1137. Harley MS 6099

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6099
Title:
The Armes and Discents of all the Dukes, Marqueses, Erles, Viscountes and Lordes, that have bin Created in England since the tyme of William the Conqueror, untill this present yeare of our Lord .1584.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-77r: The ‘Armes and Discents of all the Dukes, Marqueses, Erles, Viscountes and Lordes, that have bin Created in England since the tyme of William the Conqueror, untill this present yeare of our Lord .1584.’; dated to 1584. Decoration: Coats of arms in colours throughout.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1584
Extent:
1 volume

1138. Harley MS 6691

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6691
Title:
Journal of the proceedings of the assizes held at Sarum, Exeter and throughout South-West England, 7-42 Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-70v: Journal of the proceedings of the assizes held at Sarum, Exeter and throughout South-West England, 7-42 Edward III. Written in Law French with headings in Latin in a 15th-century script. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r (inner margin): A list of place nam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1139. Harley MS 1880

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1880
Title:
Indenture between King Henry VIII and Sir Andrew Windsor, keeper of the wardrobe, for the sale of the manor of Stanwell (Middlesex) and other estates
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an indenture, or deed of sale, between King Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) and Sir Andrew Windsor (b. 1467, d. 1543), an English MP, keeper of the wardrobe, and knight banneret. Dated 14th March 1542, the indenture records Windsor's sale of his ancestral manor house of Stanwe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1542-1543
Extent:
1 volume

1140. Harley MS 6689

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6689
Title:
Copies of deeds and indentures to Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and his exchange of lands with King Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-31r: Copies of deeds and indentures relating to grants of honours, castles, lordships, manors, lands, tenements, rents, reversions, franchises, liberties, and other Hereditaments to Charles Brandon (b. c. 1484, d. 1545), 1st Duke of Suffolk, and of the exchange of lands between...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1539-c 1596
Extent:
1 volume

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