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451. Harley MS 6203

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6203
Title:
Transcript of a cartulary of Hereford Cathedral
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-44r: Transcript of a medieval cartulary of Hereford Cathedral, entitled: 'Collections out of an Old Imperfect Registre of the Church of Hereford, on Vellom [sic], Folio MS in the Library of the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Viscount Weymouth [Sir Thomas Thynne (d. 1714), 1st Vis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1718
Extent:
1 volume

452. Harley MS 6223

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6223
Title:
Arthour and Merline (excerpt); History of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-2v: A transcript of the first 62 lines of Arthour and Merline by John Stow (b. 1524/1525, d. 1605), beginning: ‘[H]e that made withe his honde / wynde wode watar and londe’. ff. 3r-21r: A transcript of a history of England ‘Taken out of the cronicle that sumtyme belongyd to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

453. Harley MS 161

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 161
Title:
Collection of tracts and papers on Parliamentary affairs
Scope & Content:
Collection of papers in various hands. Contents: f. 1: List of peers of the realm. Headed: ‘Nomina Dominorum; a[nn]o 18 Jac. a[nn]o 1620. Die martis, die 30 Januarij’. January 1621. f. 2-27: Short notes and papers of Simonds D’Ewes, apparently used in his collected journals of Parliament (l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620s
Extent:
1 volume

454. Harley MS 256

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 256
Title:
Acts of the Privy Council, 1545 and 1546
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the acts of the Privy Council between 1545 and 1546. Originally, it may have been bound together with Harley MS 169, ff. 1-31, containing the acts of the Privy Council from 1558. Contents: ff. 1r-292r: Acts of the Privy Council, 1545-1546, beginning ‘A Book of the Act...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1550
Extent:
1 volume

455. Harley MS 590

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 590
Title:
Collection of historical papers compiled by John Foxe
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript of different historical papers was compiled by the martyrologist John Foxe (b. 1516/17, d. 1587). Contents: f. 1r: Part of an old roll, containing a survey of the Kent Marshes with drawings of the manor houses of 'Clyffe', 'Collynge', 'Halstowe', 'St Marys' and 'Alha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1540-c 1585
Extent:
1 volume

456. Harley MS 813

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 813
Title:
Collection of tracts on political and other matters
Scope & Content:
Volume of tracts in different hands bound together. Contents: ff. 1-3r: ‘An Answer unto the Quaeres propounded by certain Ministers concerning the Oath’. Folios 1-13 are in the same hand. f. 3v: English translation of part of a letter from Father Paul Sarpi to the Abbot of St Medard in Fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

457. Harley MS 842

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 842
Title:
John Leland, Itinerary in England and Wales (excerpts)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-93v: Excerpts from John Leland's Itinerary in England and Wales (1539-1543); in Stillingfleet’s catalogue entitled 'Dodderige's Geographical Description of several Counties in England'. Decoration: A drawing of a cross purporting to be King Arthur’s gravestone (‘Hic iacet ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century-4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

458. Harley MS 1039

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1039
Title:
Arms of rulers and nobles of foreign countries
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 3: contents list headed ‘1566’. Signed at the bottom of the folio, ‘John Withie Ano 1630’. ff. 4-11: Arms of the King of Spain, of the several kingdoms under his government, and of Spanish nobility. ff. 12-21: Names of the provinces of France; arms of the King and peers of Fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

459. Harley MS 1072

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1072
Title:
Book of heraldry, with coats of many families
Scope & Content:
Arms of many families, mainly hastily tricked in printed escutcheons; with some other papers. f. 1: Alphabetical table of arms, with former folio numbers. f. 2: Arms of families whose surnames begin with Fitz. ff. 3-49: Coats of various families (includes a number of unnumbered folios wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

460. Harley MS 1188

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1188
Title:
Copy of the Visitation book of Northamptonshire 1618-1619
Scope & Content:
Copy of part of the Visitation book of Northamptonshire as taken 1618-1619 by Augustine Vincent, Rouge-Rose, Marshall and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux. Written in the same hand as Harley MS 1187. With pen and ink sketches. ff. ii-iii: Index of families, in the hand of Henry Parker. ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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