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1251. Harley MS 352

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 352
Title:
An abridgment of the Acts of the Privy Council of King Edward IV
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume, containing an abridgement of the book of the Acts of the Privy Council of King Edward IV, transcribed by Mr Ralph Starkey, and signed and dated, August 1620, by him on f. 256v. ff. 257-266 contains an index to this volume created by Sir Simonds D’Ewes, which follows the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620
Extent:
1 volume

1252. Harley MS 1415

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1415
Title:
Robert Glover, Visitation Book of Yorkshire (1584-85), and Visitation Book of Staffordshire (1583)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-96v: Robert Glover (b. 1543/4, d. 1588), Visitation Book of Yorkshire (1584), entitled: ‘The Booke of Entrances, made in the tyme of thevisitation of Yorkeshier, begone 1584, and continued, Anno Domini 1585 by Robert Glover, alias Somersett herald at Armes: Mareshall, and deput...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1253. Harley MS 4172

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4172
Title:
Collection of theological texts, including the Sacerdos parochialis and De Festis Duplicibus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains various items that appear to have been compiled for the use of a priest. The first part (ff. 1r-63r) contains one of the seven extant copies of the Sacerdos parochialis, a manual for parish priests in Middle English and Latin, including tracts on the Pater noster, Ave Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1254. Harley MS 1966

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1966
Title:
An English Baronage by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing the baronage of Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms. The volume also contains 17th century additions, including tables of arms and an alphabetical index, by Thomas Chaloner, Jacob Chaloner, Randle Holme II and others. On folio 25 is inscribed 'Randle Holme j...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1255. Harley MS 2160

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2160
Title:
Arraignment and execution of Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex
Scope & Content:
A collection of material relating to the arraignment and execution of Robert Devereux, second earl of Essex, soldier and politician (1565–1601). f. 1*, f. 13: Flyleaves: a 16th-century legal document concerning the lease of the manor of Poulton, and other lands, in Chester. ff. 1r-10v: Accoun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1256. Harley MS 3207

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3207
Title:
William of Pagula, Oculus Sacerdotis; Arnold of Liège, Alphabetum narrationum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-14r: William of Pagula (d. 1332), Oculus Sacerdotis, beginning: 'Cum ecclesiae quibus preficistuntur [sic: preficiuntur] persone minus ydonee Sciencia moribus'; imperfect, ends abruptly on f. 14r, leaving f. 14v blank. ff. 15r-248v: Arnold of Liège (fl. 1290-1310), Alphabetum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1257. Harley MS 969

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 969
Title:
A letter against religious toleration, a summary of religious principles and a discourse on English laws
Scope & Content:
Quarto manuscript volume, in a single secretary hand. Contents: ff. 1-2: Copy of a letter sent from George Abbott [Abbot], Archbishop of Canterbury to King James I, July 1623, where he writes against the King's toleration of Catholics and against Charles, Prince of Wales' voyage to Spain. ff. 3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1623?
Extent:
1 volume

1258. Harley MS 2369

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2369
Title:
Scope & Content:
Miscellany including Astrological, Alchemical, and Medical texts; late 15th cent. Latin. Copies. Imperfect. The cataloguing of this manuscript was funded by the Wellcome Trust. All the medical texts are itemised in the description, but the non-medical texts are described only summarily. Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1259. Harley MS 776

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 776
Title:
Bartholomew de Cotton, Historia Anglicana (Book 2); Tractatus de Archiepiscopis et Episcopis Angliae (Book 3); letter of Pope Gregory X to the bishops of London and Ely; The Siege of Caerlaverock
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-31v: Bartholomew de Cotton, Historia Anglicana scilicet Liber secundus de Regibus, Anglis, Dacis, et Normannis; according to an introduction ‘Extracted out a auncient MS [Cotton MS Nero C V] written about the latter ende of the yeere 1298’. ff. 32r-45v: Tractatus de Archiepis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1260. Harley MS 73-75

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 73-75
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’
Scope & Content:
Journals of Parliaments during the reign of Elizabeth I, for the years 1558-1601, compiled from original sources by Sir Simonds D’Ewes. Volume 1 includes an introduction and tables.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630
Extent:
3 volumes

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