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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7005
Title:: Letters of Baron Frescheville and his family
Scope & Content:: Letters of John Frescheville, 1st Baron Frescheville (1607-1682), his second wife Sarah Harington, and other members of his family. Includes in particular, letters of Lady Warwick and Colonel Thomas Colpepper (1637–1708), with papers of his towards the end of his life when his fortune was reduce...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Mid 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1373
Title:: Nobility of Ireland
Scope & Content:: Heraldic book on the nobility of Ireland compiled by John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter ff. 1-19: Account of the Irish earls, their creations and arms, ending with Pope Earl of Downe, created 5 October 1628. ff. 20-65: Account of the Irish viscounts, ending with Fitz-Williams, Viscou...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1428
Title:: English coats of arms
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-16v: Coats of arms and crests of English families (4 per page or full-page drawings), some with mottoes (in French and Latin); also featuring accounts of their descents and epitaphs. The latest date attached to these arms is 1654. f. 17r: A list of the Lords created by King Ch...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1641-1654
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1922
Title:: English coats of arms
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-4v, 6r-14v, 16r-18v, 20r-26v, 29r-35v, 37r-42v, 45r-50v, 52r-57v, 62r-62v, 64r-65v: Coats of arms of English nobility and gentry, with names written in French, many of which seem to originate from Kent and Lancashire (as indicated by the cropped rubricated Latin headers in the ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4040
Title:: Arms of Irish nobility
Scope & Content:: Heraldic book of Irish nobility probably compiled by James Terry (1660-1725), Athlone Herald, at the Jacobite court in France. Decorated with painted and gilt arms and headings. Includes blanks probably intended for narrative pedigrees. Contents: f. 1v: Print portrait of James Drummond, 1st ti...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5815
Title:: An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1v-114v: Coats of arms with crests of English nobility and gentry, with grants of arms. ff. 115r-120v: An alphabetical index of family names. Decoration: Coats of arms with crests, tricked, drawn in brown ink throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6175
Title:: Kentish arms and pedigrees
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-8r: Coats of arms (35 per page) of Kentish nobility and gentry, alphabetically organised. ff. 8v-[81a]r: Pedigrees of Kentish families, featuring tricked arms and dates (the latest is the year 1619); also featuring a statute of All Souls College in Latin on f. 10r. ff. 84r-95...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 735
Title:: Rolls of Parliament, 1496-1497, 1503-1504
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-56r: Rotulus Parliamenti de Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi Duo Decimo; signed by (?) Francis Mylles (d. 1618). f. 56v: An index of subjects. ff. 57r-218r: Rotulus Parliamenti Anno Decimo Nono Henrici Septimi; signed by (?) Francis Mylles (d. 1618).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1042
Title:: Arms and pedigrees of Gloucestershire
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Letter of King Edward II, followed by a description of the hundreds of Gloucester. ff. 7r-8v: 'A pedegree of all the severall houses whereof Sir William Wynter knight is lineally descended made by Clarenceux Cooke 30 April Anno 1589'. ff. 9v-11r: A pedigree of the Poynt...
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

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