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1371. Harley MS 4955

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4955
Title:
Verse compilation (‘The Newcastle MS’)
Scope & Content:
Collection of poetry and drama compiled by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676), between 1620 and 1634. In the hand of Cavendish’s secretary John Rolleston (1597?-1681) (Kelliher, ‘Donne, Jonson, Richard Andrews and the Newcastle Manuscript’, 1993). Contains poems and entertainm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1620-1634
Extent:
1 volume

1372. Harley MS 7009

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7009
Title:
Miscellaneous papers addressed to Prince Henry, 1610-1612
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous petitions, proposals and projects addressed to Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594–1612). Volume 3 of Harley MSS 7007-7009. ff. 1r-2v: Brief list of the yearly pensions paid by Prince Henry. With notes of some occasional expenses. 1610-1612. ff. 3r-4v: Record of several petiti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1610-1612
Extent:
1 volume

1373. Harley MS 3665

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3665
Title:
Scope & Content:
Compendium of Medical Texts; late 15th cent. Latin. Copies. The collection includes: - a) Gerardus de Solo, Introductorium iuvenum or Directorium (ff. 1-32; art. 1); - b) Arnaldus de Villanova, Contra calculum (ff. 33-44; art. 2); - c) Arnaldus de Villanova, Regimen contra catarrum (ff. 44...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1374. Harley MS 6991

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6991
Title:
Letters written by prominent individuals such as the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Leicester, 1571–1574
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–139r: A volume of letters written by prominent individuals such as the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Leicester, from 1571–1574. With a modern index and notes on the individuals who wrote them. ff. 1r–2v: Original letter from Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury to the Earl of Leicester, concerni...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1571–1574
Extent:
1 volume

1375. Harley MS 1650

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1650
Title:
Inventory of Queen Elizabeth I's jewels and plate, 1573-1574
Scope & Content:
Inventory of Queen Elizabeth I’s jewels and plate in the custody of John Astley, courtier (c. 1507-1596), and the Treasurers of her Majesty’s jewels. 13 March, 1574. Each page signed by John Astley. f. 1*r Title-page. ff. 1r-6v ‘Juelles of golde’: list of jewels. ff. 7r-21r ‘Cuppes and Bolles...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1573-1574
Extent:
1 volume

1376. Harley MS 2342

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2342
Title:
Prayer book ('Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book')
Scope & Content:
Prayer book, known as 'Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book'. The manuscript contains prayers extracted from Richard Taverner's translation from the Latin of Wolfgang Capito's Precationes Christianae ad imitationem psalmorum compositae, printed as An epitome of the Psalmes, or briefe meditacons upon th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1539-1554
Extent:

1 volume

1377. Harley MS 6035

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6035
Title:
Journal of Sir Francis Walsingham's office, 1583-1585
Scope & Content:
Journal or memorandum book of Sir Francis Walsingham, principal secretary of state (c. 1532-1590). In the hands of Sir Francis Walsingham, Francis Mylles, Thomas Lake, Robert Beale, and others. f. i: Parchment fragment: ‘A leiger took out of the Secretaries office 1583’. ff. 1r-118v: Daily mem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1583-1585
Extent:
1 volume

1378. Harley MS 6992

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6992
Title:
Letters on state affairs, 1575–1580
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–140v: Letters on state affairs from many prominent individuals, including Francis Walsingham, Richard Shelley, John Perrot, Thomas Smith and John Norreys, 1575–1580. ff. 1r–2v: Original letter from Sir Thomas Smith, Secretary of State to the Lord Treasurer William Cecil Lord Burghley, 27...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1575-1580
Extent:

1 volume

1379. Harley MS 7315

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7315
Title:
Miscellany containing mostly political poetry
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing various verses and prose in two parts, by two or more professional scribes. The first part (ff. 1-149) is indexed (ff. 150-151). The second part (ff. 152-303) contains a table of contents at the front. Contents: ff. 1-7v: 'The second Advice to a Painter for dr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1703
Extent:
1 volume

1380. Harley MS 1644

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1644
Title:
Accounts of Sir Thomas Heneage, Treasurer of the Queen's Chamber, Michaelmas 1581-Michaelmas 1582, with the Queen's New Year cash payments, 1582
Scope & Content:
These are the accounts of Sir Thomas Heneage (b. in or before 1532, d. 1585) as Treasurer of the Queen's Chamber for the year Michaelmas 23 Elizabeth-Michaelmas 24 Elizabeth (i.e 29 Sep 1581-29 Sep 1582). A rich source for the array of officers paid by Heneage for the necessary functioning of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1581-1582
Extent:

1 volume

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