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101. Harley MS 1383

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1383
Title:
Designs for ensigns for both parties in the English Civil War
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-57r: Unfinished designs for ensigns with mottoes in French and Latin for the English Civil War (1642-1651), for those fighting for and against the English monarch; featuring on f. 55v: Two wax impressions of the seal of ‘Captain Blount’ and an excerpt of Seneca, Epistles, book ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1651
Extent:
1 volume

102. Harley MS 1384

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1384
Title:
Achievements and coats of arms of the English, Scottish and Irish nobility
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title inscription by John Withie: ‘Auncient English & Scottish Nobility’. ff. 1r-32r: Achievements (with mottos in French and Latin) of the English nobility since the time of King Henry VIII; the last one is dated to 1610. f. 33r: A title inscription by John Withie: ‘...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

103. Harley MS 1394

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1394
Title:
Robert Glover, The Visitation of Yorkshire and Church Notes from Yorkshire, 1584-1585; with additions by Nicholas Charles
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: A drawing of William the Conqueror giving a patent to Alan Rufus, 1st Earl of Richmond, who kneels before him [reproduced in Christopher Clarkson, The History of Richmond, in the County of York (Richmond: Bowman, 1814), plate between p. 14 and p. 15]; with a copy of the patent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

104. Harley MS 1403

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1403
Title:
Coats of arms of the Irish nobility
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: ‘A Booke of the Armes, Creasts, & Suporters, with the severall Quarterings of all the Nobility of Ireland in their sevrall ranks Collected together by me John Withie’. ff. 2r-4r: A list of peerages included in this manuscript and the dates of their creations, going up to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1630-c 1655
Extent:
1 volume

105. Harley MS 1426

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1426
Title:
Achievements of English families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-32v, 35r-111r: The achievements of the English nobility from the time of James I or Charles I, with mottoes in Latin and French. f. 33v: The arms, and descents of noble persons written and painted circularly, and concentring on William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. f. 34r: Thr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1625-c 1629
Extent:
1 volume

106. Harley MS 1428

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1428
Title:
English coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-16v: Coats of arms and crests of English families (4 per page or full-page drawings), some with mottoes (in French and Latin); also featuring accounts of their descents and epitaphs. The latest date attached to these arms is 1654. f. 17r: A list of the Lords created by King Ch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1641-1654
Extent:

1 volume

107. Harley MS 1479

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1479
Title:
Coats of arms of Knights of the Garter and the English peerage
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: An unfinished ink sketch of the arms of Charles II. ff. 1r-24r: Full-page drawings of coats of arms of Knights of the Garter, including those of King Charles II, all circumscribed by the Garter; also featuring supporters, crowns, crests and mottoes. f. 25v: A note on t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

108. Harley MS 1499

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1499
Title:
English heraldic collection, including royal coats of arms; genealogies of English noble families; Thomas Tonge, Visitation of the Northern Counties, 1530; tracts on heraldic matters; a transcript of Domesday Book relating to Yorkshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff 1r-1v: 'A Table of the Hole Contentes of the boke Both of the Petygrees and also the Geanologees And of wych lefe every oon doth stand'. ff. 2r-4r: Arms of kings, beginning with the 'arma Christi', and the attributed arms of the Three Magi and Prester John. ff. 4v-5r: Table of co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1530
Extent:
1 volume

109. Harley MS 1503

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1503
Title:
Collection of coats of arms of English kings, earls, nobility and gentry, and kings of the world
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-92v: Collection of coats of arms (16 per page) of English kings, earls, nobility and gentry; and kings of the world, among whom are many attributed arms such as those of Prester John. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: Coats of arms and ownership inscriptions o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

110. Harley MS 1514

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1514
Title:
Copies of papers relating to the Treaty of Nijmegen, Volume 1
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing copies of memoranda, letters and other papers relating to the Treaty of Nijmegen, in the hand of Thomas Chudleigh, Secretary to the Ambassadors and the Nijmegen Peace Conference. Correspondents include: Charles II, King of England Louis XIV, King of France Cou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1674-1676
Extent:
1 volume

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