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1. Add MS 46366-46367

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Title:
HARINGTON PAPERS. Vols. I, II. Prose collections, circ. 1544-1581, assembled probably by John Harington of Stepney (d. 1582). These manuscripts, which are labelled on the spines 'Prose No. I' and 'Prose No. II' respectively, are companion-volumes to Harington 'Poetry I', now Egerton MS. 2711, and 'Poetry II', now in the library at Arundel Castle: see Ruth Hughey, The Arundel Harington Manuscript of Tudor Poetry, Columbus, Ohio, 1960, pp. 38, 39, 63-67. See also Add. MSS. 28635, 28636 and 365...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1544-1581
Extent:
2 items

2. Add MS 46366

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Title:
Harington Papers, volume I
Scope & Content:
Volume I of the Harington Papers. A series of copies of prose tracts and petitions, which belonged to John Harington of Stepney (d. 1582). Arranged largely in chronological order, the majority concern Elizabeth I's potential marriages. Two main hands may be distinguished (cf. ff. 1–78 and ff. 82...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 46367

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Add MS 46367
Title:
Harington Papers, volume II
Scope & Content:
ff. i–143v: Harington Papers, ‘Prose No. II’, comprising copies of letters, etc., c. 1544–1581, with later additions mainly in the hand of John Harington, MP (d. 1564). One of the two main hands (ff. 7–17 and throughout) is the same as that in Add MS 46366, ff. 1–78. Contents: f. i: Notes on ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1544-1653
Extent:
1 volume