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142. Harley MS 1835
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1835
- Title:
- Notes relating to the history of the Fiennes family
- Scope & Content:
- Quarto manuscript volume containing notes made by Nathaniel Fiennes, Colonel and MP, relating to the name Fiennes and the history of the Fiennes family. These notes are taken mostly from public records. For more of the notes of Nathaniel Fiennes, see Harley MS 1834.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
143. Harley MS 1864
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1864
- Title:
- Armorial of Knights of the Order of the Garter
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 1v: Dedication of the manuscript by Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612) to Queen Elizabeth I, dated 1588, beginning: 'Serenissima, Augustissima, et ubiuis longe Potentissima Regina'. f. 2r: The achievement of King Henry V, with above: 'Elizabetha potens, iam regnans pace Bryt...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1587
- Extent:
- 1 volume
144. Harley MS 1922
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1922
- Title:
- English coats of arms
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-4v, 6r-14v, 16r-18v, 20r-26v, 29r-35v, 37r-42v, 45r-50v, 52r-57v, 62r-62v, 64r-65v: Coats of arms of English nobility and gentry, with names written in French, many of which seem to originate from Kent and Lancashire (as indicated by the cropped rubricated Latin headers in the ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 15th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
145. Harley MS 2036
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2036
- Title:
- Collection of law cases argued in Westminster Hall or extracted from the Plea Rolls from the reign of Elizabeth I
- Scope & Content:
- ff. 1r-157r: Collection of law cases argued in Westminster Hall or extracted from the Plea Rolls from the reign of Elizabeth I (up to 33 Elizabeth I [1590-1591]); written in Law French. The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. [iv]recto-[iv]verso: Fragment of a (?) Latin legal document, w...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1590s-1600s
- Extent:
- 1 volume
146. Harley MS 2088
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2088
- Title:
- Coats of arms of Cheshire families
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-14v: Coats of arms of Cheshire families (16 per page), entitled: ‘Cheshire Coates, of every hundreth’; only covers the hundreds of Macclesfield and part of Bucklow; escutcheons under subsequent hundreds are outlined in pencil or have been left empty. ff. 48v: An Alphabet of A...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- c 1588
- Extent:
- 1 volume
147. Harley MS 2089
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2089
- Title:
- Thomas Chaloner, An Alphabet of Arms of English, Irish and Welsh families
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 2*recto: An index for the Alphabet of Arms using alphabetically organised two-letter (‘Aa’, ‘Ab’, ‘Ac’, etc.); probably added at the British Museum [Humfrey Wanley, Keeper of the Harleian Library, only catalogued Harley MSS 1-2407] and the draft or copy of the same index printed in...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1588-1700
- Extent:
- 1 volume
148. Harley MS 2200
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2200
- Title:
- Blazons of arms
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-4v: A collection of blazons of the attributed arms of the Nine Worthies, the Three Kings of Cologne (i.e. the Three Magi), and ‘the Emperours’ (the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire, and Prester John); followed by the blazons of the attributed and historic...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
149. Harley MS 2205
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2205
- Title:
- Coats of arms recorded in the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Worcester, and the churches of Great Malvern, Little Malvern and Evesham
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-16r: ‘Thease Armes or Monumentes taken out of the discription of the Cathedrall Churche of Worcester are all as they are theare, althoughe not every one as itt shoulde bee ‘ [with the added note: ‘by Mr Habingdon of Henley’]. ff. 17r-19v: ‘Armes in the Churche of Great Malver...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 1586-c 1600
- Extent:
- 1 volume
150. Harley MS 2213
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2213
- Title:
- Coats of arms of English knights and nobility from the reigns of Kings Edward I and Edward II
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-3v: Coats of arms, drawn and tricked and blazoned in French, of King Edward I and his Nobility and of the Banerets, entitled: ‘Ces sont les nomes et les Armes de Banares de Angletere’. ff. 3v-21v: Coats of arms, drawn and tricked and blazoned in French, of English Knights, or...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume