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91. Harley MS 5158

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5158
Title:
Book of law cases for the reigns of Henry IV to Henry VI
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of three distinct parts that were produced separately. Together the manuscript contains reports on law cases from the reigns of Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI. Contents: Part 1: ff. 3r-17r: Law cases from the time of Henry V and Henry VI [with additions on ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1480-c 1560
Extent:
1 volume

92. Harley MS 5177

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5177
Title:
Collection of heraldic and historical texts
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of heraldic and historical texts that were produced separately. The different components date from the late 16th century and early 17th century. Contents: f. 1*recto (parchment pastedown): '1565 Rychmond Herould'. ff. 1r-75r: 'The Plea betweene the Advo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

93. Harley MS 5265

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5265
Title:
Notes on law lectures; law treatises
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a composite miscellany, consisting of one part (ff. 1-234) with lecture notes in French and English, produced in the 2nd half of the 16th century, and another part (ff. 235-264) with law texts in Latin, produced in the 13th century. Contents: ff. 1r-234v: A collection of no...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-16th century
Extent:
1 volume

94. Harley MS 5408

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5408
Title:
An abridgement of law reports
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-235r: An abridgement of law reports; featuring a note in English on f. 158r: ‘After 4 leaves a day this book is r[...] on in 10 dayes’ ff. 236v-238v: Memoranda in English concerning legal matters, dated to the 14th year of Henry VIII (1522-1523).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English., French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

95. Harley MS 5803

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5803
Title:
English coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2*recto: A table of contents for the manuscript, entitled: ‘This Book of Syng[l]e Cotes gathered and here set downe Anno 1609 And devyen [sic] By Roger Kemys’. ff. 1r-268r: English coats of arms (16 per page), organised according to their Ordinaries and charges, organised alphabe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1609
Extent:
1 volume

96. Harley MS 5809

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5809
Title:
Pedigrees and arms of Derbyshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3r: A list of the names of gentry with their arms blazoned, entitled :‘A note of the Armes of Certaine gents in Com. Derby and Nottingham anno 1569’. ff. 4r-87v: The seals of Derby and Chesterfield (dated 1611), pedigrees of families in Derbyshire with coats of arms and seal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

97. Harley MS 5815

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5815
Title:
An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-114v: Coats of arms with crests of English nobility and gentry, with grants of arms. ff. 115r-120v: An alphabetical index of family names. Decoration: Coats of arms with crests, tricked, drawn in brown ink throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

98. Harley MS 5833

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5833
Title:
An Alphabet of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-142r: An Alphabet of Arms in English, featuring French heraldic terminology. Decoration: Occasional drawings of heraldic elements in brown ink throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

99. Harley MS 5836

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5836
Title:
The firste Probationer, shewenge his progression in the mystery of Armorye
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title-page: ‘The Probationer hys fyrste assaye, in the Mysteryes of Armorye, cowched in a very playne and famylliar discourse, of the trewe placinge, of the ordinary discendinge difference of yonger brothers, and famylyes, Incidente to any Coate armour – And so briefelye...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

100. Harley MS 5837

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5837
Title:
The firste Probationer, shewenge his progression in the mystery of Armorye
Scope & Content:
Contents: pp. 1-53: A dialogic treatise on heraldry, entitled: ‘The firste Probationer, shewenge his progression in the mystery of Armorye, And conteyninge the true placinge of the Discendent Difference, Incidente to any coate armour; And so briefelye, towchinge the Coniugall partition of the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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