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101. Harley MS 5838

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5838
Title:
The second part of a dialogic treatise on heraldry
Scope & Content:
Contents: pp. 1-101: A dialogic treatise on heraldry, entitled: ‘The Probationers seconde dayes Discourse, of the dignitie of the shielde, & of Creastes; Collected, repeated, and conferred upon by thre wandering knights: Sir Bezaro, Sir Challamor & Sir Persides’ [the second part to the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

102. Harley MS 5849

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5849
Title:
English coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-69v: Coats of English families arms (mostly 9 per page), many with crests and mottoes (in French). ff. 70r-72v: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 73r: A note (crossed out): ‘The remaining part of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

103. Harley MS 5850

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5850
Title:
Alphabets of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: Frontispiece decoration, left empty. ff. 1r-43r: An Alphabet of Arms (incomplete), featuring drawings of coats of arms of English families (56 per pages) in alphabetical order, covering the letters ‘A’-‘H’. ff. 43v-92v. An Alphabet of Arms, with the arms blazoned in Eng...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

104. Harley MS 5864

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5864
Title:
English coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title inscription: ‘Single Coats and Crests and some Irish Armes’; a fragmentary list of surnames with page references. ff. 2r-89v: A collection of English coats of arms (16 per page), some with crests and Latin and French mottoes, beginning with the arms of St George, ‘The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

105. Harley MS 5866

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5866
Title:
Coats of arms of Irish nobility and gentry
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A list of ‘The names of the governors, Lieutenants, Lord iustices and Deputies of Ireland, since the conquest thereof by King Henrie the second’; ending in 1541. f. 2r: A list of ‘The names of all the Lords Deputies and Justices in Ireland, since the deathe of King Henrie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

106. Harley MS 5883

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5883
Title:
English pedigrees and coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-173v: Collections of pedigrees of English families, some featuring coats of arms; with excerpts from charters and inscriptions of tombstones; one of the latest dates featuring in this manuscript is 1615 (f. 46v). ff. 174r-174v: Copies of indentures in French and Latin. The m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

107. Harley MS 5891

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5891
Title:
Alphabets of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: The arms of the archbishops and bishops, blazoned in French heraldic terminology. ff. 2r-143r: An Alphabet of arms of English families, with their arms blazoned in French heraldic terminology. ff. 144r-150r: An Alphabet of arms of cities and towns, with their arms blazoned ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

108. Harley MS 6066

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6066
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Northamptonshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A note by Sir John Cutts of Cambridge: ‘Mr Allen I pray bring to Ms Lady Cutts Ms Lady wilds house on the back side of the Drury Lane right agaynst the Cockpitt Sir Sir John Cutts Coate of Armes with all quart[er]ings [...] if you have them, the day [...] the Clocke, one M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1618-1629
Extent:
1 volume

109. Harley MS 6087

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6087
Title:
The Statutes of the Order of the Garter
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title-page: ‘The Statutes ordinances and decrees, with other the rites, ceremonies and observations of the most honorable Order of the Garter – Collected in the yere of Christ: 1580’. ff. 1v-2r: A table of contents, entitled: ‘The principall matters conteyned in this booke...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1580
Extent:
1 volume

110. Harley MS 6112

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6112
Title:
An Alphabet of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-235v: An Alphabet of Arms, with blazons and heraldic devices; a note with the date 1674 on f. 121v. The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. [iv]verso-2r: Sketches of heraldic devices and arms in ink and pencil, including a roundel featuring a deer drinking water f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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