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1171. Harley MS 2400

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2400
Title:
Psalms in English; The prayers of the Bible; A treatyse of confyrmacyon comenly called bysshoppynge of chyldren made by the godlye learned man John Calvyne now fyrste translated out of Laten in to englysh by Wyllyam Boys
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-30r: A selection of the psalms in English, imperfect at the beginning; ending: ‘The ende of the Psalter’. ff. 30r-35v: ‘The prayers of the Bible’, beginning: ‘Heare folowe certayne prayers of holy men and women taken out of the byble and fyrste for the synnes of the churche o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1550
Extent:
1 volume

1172. Harley MS 1417

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1417
Title:
Descents and pedigrees of English families
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Added ownership inscriptions. f. 2r: A list of nobleman during the reign of King Henry VIII, perhaps those who formed part of his Privy Council. ff. 3r-11r: A partial index to two collection of arms, one signified by a maltese cross (possibly identified as London, College ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1525-1534
Extent:
1 volume

1173. Harley MS 5280

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5280
Title:
Collection of Irish historical, mythological and religious texts
Scope & Content:
A collection of Irish texts from the Ulster, Finn and mythological cycles. Also some religious and glossarial material. A detailed catalogue description is provided in O'Grady and Flower, Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts, II, pp. 298-323. Contents: ff. 1-10 are later inserted paper leaves. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

1174. Harley MS 365

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 365
Title:
Papers concerning the levying of ship-money in Suffolk, 1639-40, with other earlier papers
Scope & Content:
Manuscript papers concerning the levying of ship-money in Suffolk 1639/40, after the appointment of Simonds D’Ewes to the office of High Sheriff of Suffolk. Preceded by other papers relating to levies by King Charles I, 1626-1629, and legal arguments. Separate papers, mounted and bound together....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1626-1640
Extent:
1 volume

1175. Harley MS 4138

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4138
Title:
English translation of Bernardino de Mendoza's Theorica y Practica de la Guerra
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r, 4r-228r: English translation of Bernardino de Mendoza (b. c. 1540, d. 1604), Theorica y Practica de la Guerra [1595], here entitled: 'The Theorick and Practick of warre written for the Prince Don Phillip of Spayne by Don Bernardino de Mendosa'; perhaps the English translation ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1600-c 1630
Extent:
1 volume

1176. Harley MS 1843

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1843
Title:
Remarks on the privileges afforded to the Master of the Jewel House, by Sir Gilbert Talbot
Scope & Content:
Quarto manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-2: 'A list of the perquisites and privileges enjoyed by previous Masters of the Jewel House, given in by Sir Henry Mildmay after the Restoration of King Charles II. ff. 2-13: Remarks on where encroachments have been made onto the office of Master of the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1680
Extent:
1 volume

1177. Harley MS 5155

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5155
Title:
Law cases from the reigns of Henry V and Henry VI ('William Fletewood's Commonplace Book')
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-232v: Law cases from the 3rd, 2nd, 4th, 9th and 14th years of the reign of King Henry VI. With contemporary additions on law cases from the reign of 1 Henry V on ff. 52r-54r, 226r-231v; and 'Assis de Annno 8 Henry IV dell duk Deverwyck [York]' on ff. 232r-232v; written in Law F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd or 4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1178. Harley MS 896

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 896
Title:
The Fyve Conquestes of this Land with the Names and Armes of the Conquerers; The Names and Armes of all the noble men since the Conqueste of Englande and by whome they weare created
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A memorandum ‘that Thirde of March 1597 I Edward Stanhope Esquire have receyved backe againe of John Manwood the booke called Secretum domini which I lente him as appreth by a note of [unidentified signature]’. f. 1v: A tract on ‘The Fyve Conquestes of this Land with the Name...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1179. Harley MS 1367

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1367
Title:
Arms of inhabitants of various counties drawn by Nicholas Charles, Lancaster Herald
Scope & Content:
Collections of arms for Devon, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Kent and Yorkshire, tricked by Nicholas Charles (d. 1613), Lancaster Herald, with later indexes by John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter. f. 1: Contents in the hand of John Withie. ff. 2-4: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1180. Harley MS 1647

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1647
Title:
Thomas Busshe, A ledger book for expenses made for the construction of Sandgate Castle by Henry VIII (Volume 1)
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: ‘The fyrst. the iide. iiide. iiiith. vth. vith. viith. viiith. and the .ixth. boke of the leger of the Workes of the Kynges Castell at Sandgate in the tyme of Thomas Corkes and Rychard Keys Esquyres Commyssioners there [...]’. f. 2*recto: A Latin inscription: ‘Castrum dom...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1540
Extent:
1 volume

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