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1181. Harley MS 6093

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6093
Title:
A copy of the Visitation of Norfolk by William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms, 1563 (5th year of Queen Elizabeth I), with additions up to the year 1634
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title-page: ‘The visitacion of Norffolke made by William Harvy Clarencieulx kinge of Armes the xxvth day of July 1563 and in the fifth yeare of the raygne of our soveraigne Lady Queene Elizabethe’. ff. 2r-169v: A copy of the Visitation of Norfolk by William Harvey, Clarenceu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1182. Harley MS 6178

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6178
Title:
Coats of arms from Devon, Dorset and Somerset; coats of arms of mayors and sheriffs of London, from 1189 to 1705
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-20v: Coats of arms (9 per page) of families in Devon, Dorset and Somerset; some featuring dates going up to 1620. ff. 22r-108r: Coats of arms (9 per page) of mayors and sheriffs of London, from 1189 to 1705. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 1*recto: A titl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1620-c 1705
Extent:
1 volume

1183. Harley MS 1284

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1284
Title:
A theological tract, titled ‘The English hipochrite And the Romish Pharisie, unmasked’ by John Walker
Scope & Content:
Octavo manuscript volume, containing a theological tract, arguing against Puritanism, dedicated to King James I, ‘By John Walker of little Britaine in Yorkshire’. On folio 1*v is an explanation of the contents of the volume.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1621
Extent:
1 volume

1184. Harley MS 147

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 147
Title:
Copies of letters concerning the Treaty of the Hague 1614-1615
Scope & Content:
Includes: f. 1: Copy of the King’s Commission to treat, granted to Sir Henry Wooton, Ambassador Extraordinary to the States of the United Provinces, Clement Edmonds Esq., clerk of his Privy Council, Robert Midleton and Morris Abbott, City of London merchants. Dated 29 November 1614. Heading: ‘Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1614-1615
Extent:
1 volume

1185. Harley MS 2071

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2071
Title:
Documents and extracts on Chester compiled by Randle Holme
Scope & Content:
A book of notes and transcriptions made by Randle Holme, in addition to a bifolium from a cartulary of Chester Abbey. f. 1r: Fragments of former flyleaves. f. 2r–v: Table of contents. ff. 3r–14r: Index locorum. ff. 15r–16r: Notes towards a list of the abbots of Chester. f. 17r: Transcript o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

1 volume

1186. Harley MS 2390

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2390
Title:
Scope & Content:
Medical Compendium; 15th cent. Latin and Middle English. Partly copy. Imperfect. The compendium contains texts relating to medicine and the regimen of health in Latin and Middle English, interspersed with collections of medical recipes (ff. 57v-58v, 59v-72, 75, 76-91v, 100v-102v, 107-108v, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

1187. Harley MS 1602

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1602
Title:
Collection of medical treatises, alchemical recipes and charms
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is formed of four separate codicological units with materials added to the beginning and the end, when the units appear to have been bound or kept together. Part 1 (ff. 3r-4v) contains a collection alchemical recipes that was written in the 15th century. Part 2 (ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1188. Harley MS 5141

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5141
Title:
Transcripts of law cases from the reigns of Edward VI and Philip II and Mary I; descriptions of the men at the court of Queen Elizabeth I; 'Lectura Johannis Bancks super Statutum 21 Jacobi, Cap. 16. Of Limitation of Actions'
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains three parts that were produced separately. The first part (ff.1r-45v) was transcribed in 1569. The second part (ff. 46r-81r) was perhaps written in the second quarter of the 17th century. The third part (ff. 83r-110r) was written in the 17th century, afte...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1569-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1189. Harley MS 6892

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6892
Title:
An account of the foundations of Oxford and Cambridge colleges and their coats of arms; blazons of the coats of arms of the Peers of England, and the offices in the Holy Roman Empire
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a miscellany of heraldic works copied at different times in the late 16th and early 17th century. Contents: f. 1r: A catalogue description of the manuscript by an early modern owner: ‘An Account of the ffoundations and the Armes each Colledge bears in England and also...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 16th century-1st quarter 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1190. Harley MS 604

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 604
Title:
A collection of tracts and papers relating to the monasteries, chantries, and other religious institutions from before and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-279r: A collection of tracts and papers relating to the monasteries, chantries, and other religious institutions from before and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1489-c 1650
Extent:
1 volume

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