Contents: ff. 1r-21r: Pedigrees of Shropshire, copied and tricked by Thomas Knight (d. 1618); probably from the 1584 Visitation of Shropshire. f. 22v: An index of surnames.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Short devotional tracts in prose and verse, prayers, and one larger treatise entitled the Soule-Knell. Probably written by Thomas Harland, whose name appears at the beginning and end of the volume (ff. 1, 7r, 97v) Dated ‘T. H. 1646’ (f. 7v). f. 2: Overall title of volume: ‘The Soule Knell, fo...
Collection of precedents or reports of law pleadings under the following heads FormedonIngressuPartitionProhibitionQuare impeditReplevinTransgressionUtlaryWast Front flyleaf includes ownership inscriptions of Richard Palmer, Richard Harison (1647) and others (f. 1).
Composite manuscript in several hands, on the subject of the antiquities of Chester from several authors and books. Contents: f. 1: Title cut from former back cover: ‘the Antiquity’s; the Earles, the Bishops, Maiors &c of the Citty of Chester’. ff. 2-3: ‘Things of most note in this Booke....
This manuscript contains three texts of the Ars Notoria, including a set of prayers, holy and angelic names, diagrams and rituals used to gain knowledge and understanding by supernatural revelation, apparently as revealed by God to Solomon. Contents: ff. 1r-17v: Ars Memorativa, beginning: 'Yf ...
Manuscript, in a single hand, on the Order of the Garter and other heraldry topics including precedence, funeral ritual, livery, ranks, etc. For a detailed description of the contents, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol 2 (1808), pp. 225-226.
A composite prayer book with materials from two 16th-century prayer books that were produced produced but contain identical prayers: ff. 4r-64v and ff. 65r-121v respectively. It is possible that one is a copy of the other. Contents: Part 1: f. 4r: 'A prayer called Ave rex'. f. 4v: 'A praye...
Contents: ff. 2r-16v: 'Consultationes tres de quæstionibus legis feudalis'. ff. 17r-32r: 'Rerum criminalium tractatus continens expositionem titulorum quadragesimi octavi ff[orum], Libri, cum interpretatione philosophicæ l[is]. Respiciendum [ff] de pœnis in qua quid præstare judex, aut quomod...
Folio manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-19v: Notes concerning the principle transactions of Parliament which began on 30 January 1620 [1621]. ff. 20-40v: Notes concerning the proceedings of the second sitting of the same Parliament, 20 November 1621-18 December 1621 ff. 41v-51v (starting from ...