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841. Harley MS 1361

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1361
Title:
Achievements, coats of arms and badges of the Earls of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-55r: The achievements of most of the earls of England, the last being Hay Earl of Carlisle (with mottos in French and Latin), intersected with tables containing coats of arms belonging to them, and their heraldic badges. Decoration: Full-page achievements, coats of arms of a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

842. Harley MS 1375

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1375
Title:
Blazons of the coats of arms of English nobility and gentry
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title page: ‘Atchievements of Nobles’. f. 1v: A blazon of the arms of Carnaby, and two Latin sayings: ‘Fle, si solari, Jeiuna si saturari / da, si ditari, servi si vis dominari’ and ‘Vive diu, sed vive Deo, nam vivere mundo / Mortis opus, vera est vivere vita Deo’. f. 2r: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

843. Harley MS 1832

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1832
Title:
A discourse discussing the nature of false imprisonment, by John Cusacke
Scope & Content:
Quarto manuscript volume, titled ‘De falso Imprisonamento: A briefe Discourse discovering the nature of false Imprisonment, and the proper remedies thereof and the priviledges of the Kings command by Common and Statut Lawes’, by John Cusacke, an Irishman. This volume contains extensive correcti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1637
Extent:
1 volume

844. Harley MS 1909

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1909
Title:
Statutes of the University of Cambridge, with copies of royal letters
Scope & Content:
Manuscript volume of University statutes and royal letters and injunctions to the University dated 1604-1681. ff. 1-2: Indexes of statutes and letters. f. 3: Decorative title page with heraldic insignia of Elizabeth I, painted in blue, red and gold. ff. 4-28: University statutes. ff. 29-38: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

845. Harley MS 4313

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4313
Title:
Formulary for legal process in the Court of Arches at London
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-217v: Formula for legal process in the Court of Arches at London ('Formulae Instrumentorum Juris in curia de Arcubus Lonini'), mostly featuring dates from the 1560s-1580s. Largely written in Latin, but also featuring items in English.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1560s-1580s
Extent:
1 volume

846. Harley MS 5142

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5142
Title:
Law reports from the reigns of Henry VI and Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-186v: Reports of selected cases of various dates from 18 Henry VI to 20 Elizabeth I; written at various periods of time in the 16th century, in Law French, Latin and English. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 1*recto: A single heading: 'Termino sancti mich...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

847. Harley MS 5811

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5811
Title:
Pedigree and arms of the Finch family and other Sussex families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-14v: Pedigree of the Finch family of Sussex with their arms blazoned and illustrated from charters and other records, beginning: ‘Under the raigne of King John and Henry the third there florished one Mathew Harbert in the county of Sussex written in the Latyne Records of this K...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1588-1620
Extent:
1 volume

848. Harley MS 6017

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6017
Title:
Description of the astronomical clock at Lyon Cathedral, by Thomas Colepeper
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript, titled 'The Discription of a Clock That the Citizens of Lyons have Caused to be made in the Church of Saint John in the yeare 1660'. This autograph manuscript also contains a diagram by Colonel Thomas Colepeper. On f. 1 is an engraving of the clock, by F. Houas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1678
Extent:
1 volume

849. Harley MS 376

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 376
Title:
Letters to Simonds D'Ewes
Scope & Content:
Collection of original letters from political leaders, nobles and scholars written to Simonds D’Ewes from England and the Continent, 1620-1649. Chiefly in Latin, and a few in English, French, and German. With a small number of other documents at the beginning of the volume, dated 1585-1642. Ta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1585-1649
Extent:
1 volume

850. Harley MS 6946

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6946
Title:
Five sermons by John Donne
Scope & Content:
Five sermons by John Donne, each transcribed by a different scribe. Sermons 2-5 have been corrected at a later date. f. 1*r reads ‘IV Excellent Sermons Preachd & wrote in the 17. Cent’. ff. 1r-11r: ‘Prou: 8: 17: I love them that love mee and they that seeke mee earlie shall finde mee’. Beg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620-1630
Extent:
1 volume

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