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371. Harley MS 6184

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6184
Title:
William Smith, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, Alphabet of Arms
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was recorded missing since before 1825. The contents according to the printed Harley catalogue (1808) were as follows: 'A Book in folio, intitled, Smith's Alphabet of Arms in Blazon, anno 1604. This Smith was Rouge-dragon Herald.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1604
Extent:
1 volume

372. Harley MS 1885

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1885
Title:
Cartulary of Dunstable Priory
Scope & Content:
f. 1r: Fragments of a former flyleaf with notes on the book’s rebinding in 1655. ff. 2r–3v: Fragments of annals. ff. 4r–13r: Classified inventory of muniments, with lists of papal charters and other agreements, organized by the lands to which they apply. ff. 13v–79v: Composite cartulary, begu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century-14th century
Extent:

1 volume

373. Harley MS 4714

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4714
Title:
Cartulary of Biddlesden Abbey
Scope & Content:
General cartulary, arranged in sections with charters individually numbered in each, including royal and episcopal charters. f. 1*r: Fragment of an effaced indenture, 1620. f. 1r–6v: Foundation charters. ff. 7r–352v: Sections arranged topographically. ff. 353r–363r: Three 16th-century additi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

374. Harley MS 6083

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6083
Title:
Charles Cavendish, Mathematical papers
Scope & Content:
Mathematical papers assembled and partially copied by the mathematician Sir Charles Cavendish (b. 1595?, d. 1654). The manuscript consists of several sets of mathematical notes, treatises and loose papers, including a treatise on geometry, called Geometria phoronomica (ff. 236r-272v); a treatise...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1621-1654
Extent:

1 volume

375. Harley MS 1107

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1107
Title:
Heraldic manuscripts of William Penson
Scope & Content:
Heraldic manuscripts of William Penson (d. 1637), Chester Herald, later Lancaster Herald. Includes among other things: Documentation of his dispute over the office of Chester Herald with Thomas Knight, the other officers of arms and the commissioners of the Earl Marshall, 1604-1612, including h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

376. Harley MS 1875

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1875
Title:
Correspondence of Sir Charles Cornwallis
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Charles Cornwallis as ambassador to Spain, 1605. For a description of the contents, see the printed Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. 2 (1808), pp. 273-297.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1605
Extent:
1 volume

377. Harley MS 1901

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1901
Title:
Letters of Sir Thomas Roe
Scope & Content:
Letters from Sir Thomas Roe, ambassador to Germany, 1642-1644. Copies in the hand of Sir Thomas Roe and his secretary. For a detailed list of contents, see the printed Catalogue of Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. 2 (1808), pp. 320-344. Index of correspondents at the end (f. 126).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1642-1644
Extent:
1 volume

378. Harley MS 4924

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4924
Title:
Thomas Osborne, Treatise on arithmetic
Scope & Content:
A treatise on arithmetic by Thomas Osborne. Decoration: The decoration of the manuscript imitates that of printed books. It comprises: A title page with the royal arms of Queen Elizabeth I supported by a lion and a dragon and encircled by the Garter, with Elizabeth's initials E R held by ang...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1601-1602
Extent:

1 volume

379. Harley MS 643

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 643
Title:
Acts of the Privy Council, 1553-1558
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-316r: Acts of the Privy Council, 1553-1558. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1*r: A title-page: ‘Extract of the Acts of Counsell during the bloudy Raignes of King Philip and Queene Marie from the 13th day of August anno Domini 1553 to the 15th day of November ann...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

380. Harley MS 812

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 812
Title:
Elizabethan miscellany of records and letters
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8r: Forms of indentures in English from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. ff. 9r-60v: Transcripts from public records and rolls of Parliament, from the time of King Edward II to that of Queen Elizabeth I (Latin and English). ff. 61r-63r: Letters Patent by Queen Elizabeth I, s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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