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361. Harley MS 1940

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1940
Title:
Heraldic book of Cheshire and Lancashire families
Scope & Content:
Lists of Earls of Chester, Cheshire and Lancashire families and their arms, with additions in another hand. f.1: Flyleaf with arms of one John Coventrey. f. 2: Epitaph of Tomson, died 7 May 1579. Ownership inscription of Randle Holme on verso. f. 3: ‘Earles of Chester’. List of the Earls, wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

362. Harley MS 1950

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1950
Title:
‘A Character of the Queene of Great-Brittaine’
Scope & Content:
Manuscript account of Henrietta-Maria, wife of Charles I, Queen of Great Britain. Formerly wrapped in an old parchment fragment of a pageant or play, now lost. Note by Frederic Madden in the Keeper’s copy of the catalogue: ‘This cover or parchment fragment was carelessly lost when the tract was ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630s-1640s
Extent:
1 volume

363. Harley MS 2307

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2307
Title:
A view of Devonshire, by Thomas Westcote
Scope & Content:
History and topographical account of Devonshire by ThomasWestcote (c 1567-c 1637). Published as A View of Devonshire 1630, ed. George Oliverand Pitman Jones (1845). Manuscript includes marginal notes, additions, andcorrections. The author’s postscript apology for the work, addressed ‘To thegener...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 volume

364. Harley MS 5839

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5839
Title:
Coats of arms granted by William Camden
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. [ii]recto: A title inscription: ‘Camdens Gifts’. ff. 1*recto-3*recto: An alphabetical index of families included in this manuscript. ff. 1r-42v: Coats of arms (4 per page) granted by William Camden (b. 1551, d. 1623), Clarenceux King of Arms, dated between 1600 and 1622. ff. 4...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1622
Extent:
1 volume

365. Harley MS 6105

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6105
Title:
An English heraldic manuscript relating to Hampshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title-page: ‘Hampshire’. ff. 1v-2r: Two lists of expenses for food and a banquet entitled ‘Mr Bartrands Bill’ and ‘Swering Diner when I was warden’. The second list also includes payments for ‘washing the dishes’, ‘the Cooke’, and ‘the Butler’. Next to the second list is a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

366. Harley MS 6135

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6135
Title:
Genealogy of the earls Despenser and Spencer
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12r: ‘The Genallogie of the Ancientt Noble Family of the Le despencers and Spencers Earles of Winchester Glocester and Sunderland, Barons Spencers of Wormleighton and the Rest of the Branches of that Signall Faamily gathered out of Inquissions and other Records and Authenticke ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1660-1679
Extent:
1 volume

367. Harley MS 6162

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6162
Title:
Arms of the Knights of the Garter
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two separately produced parts that both contain the arms of the Knights of the Garter. The first part (ff. 1-47) bears the date 1579, which is supported by the fact that the last identified knight, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, was elected to the Orde...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1522-1579
Extent:
1 volume

368. Harley MS 582

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 582
Title:
Michaël Eytzinger, Mariae Stuartae, Reginae Scotiae, Historia Tragica
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-49v: Michaël Eytzinger [Michael von Aitzing] (b. c. 1530, d. 1598), Mariae Stuartae, Reginae Scotiae, Historia Tragica.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1590-c 1610
Extent:
1 volume

369. Harley MS 1234

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1234
Title:
Extracts from heraldic Visitation books of various counties
Scope & Content:
Heraldic tracts copied from various county Visitations of Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Sussex, Westmorland and Cumberland, by John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter, and others. Including arms tricked and in blazon. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

370. Harley MS 3918 and 6932

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3918 and 6932
Title:
Two manuscripts containing verse and treatises
Scope & Content:
2 separate manuscripts which have been bound together. Harley MS 3918 contains treatises and poems by Robert Whitehall and Mary More. Harley MS 6932 contains Latin and English poems by Payne Fisher.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 17th century-Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (2 items)

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