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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6119
Title:: Scottish coats of arms
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-15r: A collection of full-page drawings of imaginary coats of arms, including the shield of the Trinity, the arms of Prester John, Melchior, Caspar, Hector, Alexander the Great, David, Judas Maccabeus, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne and Godfrey of Bouillon [perhaps this group repre...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6163
Title:: An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. iii verso-134v: The arms of saints, emperors, kings, English nobility and gentry, beginning with the attributed arms of Prester John, the Trinity, the Virgin Mary, St George, St Denis, St Edward, St Edmund, Shield of Faith, St Albans, St Thomas of Canterbury, St Peter and St Paul....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c. 1480-c. 1500
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6526
Title:: Collection of grammatical works
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: 'The forme to construe' a sentence out of one language into another. ff. 2r-3r: 'Annotationes in Ciceronis officia'. ff. 4r-41v: 'Phrases ex Terentiij'; with English commentary; inscribed 'Andriae finis' on f. 24r. ff. 42r-43r: 'Annotationes de Fabula'. ff. 44r-45v: 'De a...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1575-c 1625
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 274
Title:: Formulary for charters and testaments
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-13r: 'Tractatus de propretatibus et circumstancijs cartarum et scriptorum per Richardum de Ertham editus'. ff. 13r-14r: 'Statutum de emptoribus terrarum'. ff. 14r-29r: Collection of formula for charters, beginning with 'Carta simplex'. ff. 29r-49r: Methods for calculating...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1440-c 1500
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 675
Title:: Peter Bales, The Golden Pen
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-21v: Peter Bales, The Golden Pen, beginning ‘The golden Pen of twentie pounde: Wonne by Peter Bales of London gent, Maister in writing, generall Chalenger for the same, against all Englishmen and Strangers, without exceptions: which Chalenge was devided into three parts: The fi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1596
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 857
Title:: List of Acts of Parliament
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume containing a list of the titles of Acts of Parliament from 1 Richard III [1483] to 21 James I [1623/1624], either enrolled, or removed by writs of certiorari.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1624
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1030
Title:: A historical and religious miscellany
Scope & Content:: This miscellany consists of four different parts. Part one (ff. 1-6) is in English and was written in the 17th century. Part two (ff. 7-72) is in English and was written in the 17th century. Part three (ff. 73-85) is in French and was written in 1598. Part four (ff. 86-92) is in English and ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1598-17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1150
Title:: Pedigrees and arms of Dorset
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1*verso-2*recto: An index of surnames. ff. 1r-36v: The pedigrees and arms of noble and gentry families from Dorset; perhaps copied from the 1565 Visitation by William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked, in brown ink throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1178
Title:: Collection of noble pedigrees, etc.
Scope & Content:: Miscellaneous heraldic book in the hand of Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle, officer of arms. ff. 1-17r: Various documents relating to the Fenis, or Fienes family and the barons of Gillesland and Dacres, including: Claim and title of Margaret Fenis, wife of Sampson Lennard, to the Barony of Dacres...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1184
Title:: Visitation book of Northamptonshire 1618-1619
Scope & Content:: Copy of the Visitation book of Northamptonshire as it was taken 1618 and 1619 by Augustine Vincent, Rouge-Rose, Pursuivant of Arms, Marshall and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux. Chiefly descents and arms of Northamptonshire families. With some additions by Henry Parker and others. Written a...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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