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801. Harley MS 4617

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4617
Title:
Description of the lands of Roger Wombwell of Wombwell near Barnsley
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-26r: Description of the lands of Roger Wombwell (b. 1460, d. 1520) of Wombwell near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, beginning: 'HERE ENSWIS The bonding of all the Maners, Messez, Landis, Tennementis, Pasturis, Woddes of Roger Wombwell, Lord of Wombwell, and the Hamlettes thereof. Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1516
Extent:
1 volume

802. Harley MS 5810

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5810
Title:
The pedigrees and descents of families in the City of London
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: An index of family names included in this manuscript. ff. 4r-70r: The pedigrees and descents of families in the City of London. Decoration: Coats of arms, some with crests, tricked in brown ink or drawn in pencil.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1615
Extent:
1 volume

803. Harley MS 153

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 153
Title:
Rithmus de Sancto Goderico; Reginald of Durham; Vita et Miracula Sancti Godrici
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-3v: Rithmus de Sancto Goderico. ff. 4r-74v: Reginald of Durham, Vita et Miracula Sancti Godrici; including St Godric’s hymn to the Virgin Mary (f. 26r) and St Godric’s prayer (f. 31r) in early Middle English. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. [iii]verso: A note ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1590-1684
Extent:
1 volume

804. Harley MS 1129

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1129
Title:
An etymological glossary of Anglo-Saxon, Latin and English terms by William Dugdale
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-105r: An etymological glossary of Anglo-Saxon, Latin and English terms, mostly pertaining to law and property, organised according to alphabetical order; copied by William Dugdale (not dated). The manuscript has a few later additions, added in the 17th century: f. 52r: A let...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century-4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

805. Harley MS 1366

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1366
Title:
Richard Scarlet, Coats of arms in Canterbury and notes from old manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*verso: The arms of Canterbury: 'The Armes of the Cyttie of Canterberys compounded of parcel of the Kinges Coate and the Armes of St Thomas Becket together'. ff. 1r-35r: Collection of arms found by Richard Scarlet in Canterbury Cathedral and other sites in Canterbury in the year...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1599
Extent:

1 volume

806. Harley MS 1377

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1377
Title:
Emblems for ensigns for the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-20r: Emblems for ensigns for the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War, with mottos in Latin. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 21*verso: Notes: 'att Mr Rayes in Collmon Street [? Coleman Street]'; added in the 17th century. ff. 21v-23r: Three additiona...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1642– c 1651
Extent:
1 volume

807. Harley MS 1384

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1384
Title:
Achievements and coats of arms of the English, Scottish and Irish nobility
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title inscription by John Withie: ‘Auncient English & Scottish Nobility’. ff. 1r-32r: Achievements (with mottos in French and Latin) of the English nobility since the time of King Henry VIII; the last one is dated to 1610. f. 33r: A title inscription by John Withie: ‘...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

808. Harley MS 1821

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1821
Title:
The most remarkable history of Joseph, translated from Jakob Böhme’s Magnum Mysterium
Scope & Content:
Manuscript translation of chapters 64-78 of Jakob Böhme, Magnum Mysterium (Amsterdam, 1640), by John Sparrow (1615-1670). Title page: 'The most Remarkable History of JOSEPH, mystically expounded & interpreted, accord[in]g as it is layd downe in the H[oly] Scripture: beginning at the 36th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1644
Extent:
1 volume

809. Harley MS 1856

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1856
Title:
Collection of writs and legal precedents from the reign of Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-174r: Collection of writs and legal precedents from the reign of King Henry VIII, written in Latin and English and organised alphabetically by 'Rouland Shakelady'. For example, including a licence to Bartholomew Hesketh to wear his bonnet at his own liberty for head infirmities...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1540
Extent:

1 volume

810. Harley MS 4620

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4620
Title:
Inventory of charters granted in Scotland from James I to James III
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: A note concerning the 'erle of douglas'; with the date '1380'. ff. 4r-123v: Inventory of charters granted in Scotland from James I to James III, beginning: 'A perfyte minute of all the chartours content in the register [?] Papen of beginning .c. candidæ casæ'. However, the li...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1590s
Extent:
1 volume

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