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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 847
Title:: English poems and historical papers
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: An English poem by ‘W. C.’ to Henry Fradsham. ff. 2r-35r: 'A Communicacion or Discourse of the Queenes highness Mariage debated betwixt some Gentlemen of the Court at Northhawt [crossed out: ‘Montharile’] in Essex and reported by syr Thomas Smythe knight to his neyghboure ffr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2203
Title:: Coats of arms of Staffordshire
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-19v: Coats of arms of arms from the Visitation-Book of Staffordshire of 1583, some organized in a grid (16 arms per page), and others without a grid, featuring crests (about 9 per page); also featuring seals of towns (Stafford, Litchfield, Newcastle under Lyme). ff. 20r-21v: A...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4351
Title:: Registrum Brevium of Edward I
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-133r: Registrum Brevium from the reign of King Edward I (r. 1272–1307); largely written in Latin, but including letters in French towards the end. The manuscript contains later additions: f. 37r (lower margin): A proverb in English: 'Let virtue springe and vyce decaye and g...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 13th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5339
Title:: A collection of medical recipes
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-113v ( + the insides of the upper and lower cover): Medical recipes in Latin; with an English recipe at the beginning: ‘To Rectified Sp[irit] of Wine per Robert Boyle Armiger’ [Robert Boyle (b. 1627, d. 1691), natural philosopher]. Decoration: A drawing of an arch with two ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 127
Title:: Account book of the Clopton family
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-40v: An account book of the Clopton family relating to the manor of Kentwell, from the period between 1573-1595.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1573-1595
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 138
Title:: George Treheyron, Treatise on forest laws
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r*recto: A title (‘The Lawes of a Forreste’) inscribed on a parchment strip. ff. 1r-42v: George Treheyron, Treatise on forest laws.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 293
Title:: An English miscellany of historical texts
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1*recto-18v: Francis Thynne, The names and armes of the Earles Marshall of England, here entitled 'This book as Mr Robert Hare informed me was made in the tyme of Edward the ffourth', beginning 'Domus regis magni est Domus Coelestes dapiferi’ [not listed in Carlson, Francis Thynne...
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

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 396
Title:: Statutes and records of Hereford Cathedral
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-3v: ‘Iniunctions geven by the most excellent Prince Edward the Sixt by the grace of God King of England ffrance and Ireland defender of the faith in earth of the Church of England ffrance and Ireland under God Supremehead, in highnes visitacion to the Deanes, Subdeanes, Chaunto...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 730
Title:: Rolls of Parliament, 1474-1475, 1477-1478, 1482-1483
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1*verso-259v: Rotulus Parliamenti tenti apud Westmonasterium per Proragocionem sexto die Junij Anno 14 Regni Regis Edwardi quarti et per diversas prorogaciones, usque 14 diem Martij Anno 14 diem Martij Anno 15 ejusdem Regis continuati et ibidem dissoluti et finiti; signed by (?) F...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1074
Title:: Heraldic collection of arms and genealogies
Scope & Content:: This heraldic collection of arms and genealogies was compiled towards the end of the reign of Henry VIII, but contains a few 17th-century additions. Contents: f. 1r: Table of 'Dessents of noble noblemen' with folio references to this manuscript. ff. 2r-151v: Pedigrees and descents of Englis...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1540s
Extent:: 1 volume

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