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1. Harley MS 1-7661

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1-7661
Title:
Harley Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Robert Harley (d 1724) and Edward Harley (d 1741), 1st and 2nd Earls of Oxford. c 1300-c 1700. 7661 manuscripts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Dutch, English, English, Middle, English, Old, French, French, Old, Georgian, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Irish, Irish, Old, Italian, Latin, Slavic languages, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1700
Extent:
7689 items

2. Harley MS 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3
Title:
John Mirfield, Breviarium Bartholomei, with glosses and recipes by John Dee
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the medical work of John Mirfield [Johannes de Mirfeld] (d. 1407), an ecclesiastic and medical writer, and chaplain of the hospital of St Bartholomew, Smithfield, in London. Towards the end of his life he wrote two encyclopedic works in Latin, the so-called Florarium Bar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1400
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 38

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 38
Title:
A miscellany of political papers and letters and tracts on coinage, transcribed largely by Ralph Starkey; original letters addressed to Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, and Sir Simonds D'Ewes, 1642-1648; A Licence to travayle for Francis Davison and Edward Smith granted by Queen Elizabeth I, 1595
Scope & Content:
This manuscript mostly contains 17th-century English letters and transcripts of 16th-century documents. It also features an original licence on parchment to travel outside of England for three years granted to a ‘Francis Davison’ and ‘Edward Smith’, signed by Queen Elizabeth I and with her wax s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1595-1648
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 89

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 89
Title:
Rotuli Parliamenti Ordinationum in Arce Londinensi, for the years 1311-1312, 1314-1315, and 1315-1316
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-234v: Rotuli Parliamenti Ordinationum in Arce Londinensi; for the 5th, 8th and 9th years of the reign of Edward II (1311-1312; 1314-1315; 1315-1316). f. 235r: Negotia tangentia Thomam de Multone.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 135

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 135
Title:
Sir John Smythe, An aunswer to contrarie opynions militarie
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: The ‘Epistle to the Reader’. ff. 7r-110r: Sir John Smythe, An aunswer to contrarie opynions militarie.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 141

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 141
Title:
Description of and treatises related to Wales
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title-page, ‘Discription of the Dominion of Wales & 2 other treatises of it’. f. 1r: Pen-trialling, added in the 16th century. ff. 1r-21v: ‘Description of the Dominion of Wales’. ff. 25r-27r: A treatise entitled ‘Cornwalls Case’ [French]. ff. 28r-85r: ‘Dialo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 147

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 147
Title:
Copies of letters concerning the Treaty of the Hague 1614-1615
Scope & Content:
Includes: f. 1: Copy of the King’s Commission to treat, granted to Sir Henry Wooton, Ambassador Extraordinary to the States of the United Provinces, Clement Edmonds Esq., clerk of his Privy Council, Robert Midleton and Morris Abbott, City of London merchants. Dated 29 November 1614. Heading: ‘Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1614-1615
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 183

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 183
Title:
Law notes
Scope & Content:
Small manuscript book of notes in Law French on legal matters, with contents arranged under various headings. Simonds D’Ewes' name appears on the final folio, and his hand occurs at places in the manuscript. An earlier foliation has many gaps, suggesting that the manuscript was formerly part of a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 184

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 184
Title:
Law commonplace book
Scope & Content:
Manuscript book of legal notes, in Law French, arranged in alphabetical sections, in the hand of Simonds D’Ewes. Entries arranged alphabetically: only sections from A to E present in the volume. Table of legal books of authority on folio 1v. The Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the Brit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 187

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 187
Title:
Law commonplace book
Scope & Content:
Manuscript book of legal notes, in Law French, arranged in alphabetical sections, in the hand of Simonds D’Ewes. Entries are arranged in two alphabetical sequences (ff. 1-13 and ff. 14-29). Entries are sparse and most pages are blank. The printed Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the Bri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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