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11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Harley MS 219

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 219
Title:
Odo of Cheriton, Fabulae; a selection of tales from the Gesta Romanorum; Libre du gouvernement des roys et des princes, an anonymous French translation of the Secretum Secretorum; Christine de Pizan, Épistre de Othéa a Hector; glossary of terms in French, Latin, and Middle English
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a composite miscellany, made up of three parts (ff. 1-79; ff. 80-105 plus blanks; and ff. 106-153). It contains copies of the Fabulae (Fables) of the English preacher Odo of Cheriton (b. 1180/90, d. 1256/7), a selection of tales from the Gesta Romanorum (Deeds of the Romans), ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

15. Harley MS 244

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 244
Title:
A collection of legal texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-50r: A report concerning laws that are repealed or expired. ff. 51r-56r: A table of laws that are repealed or expired. ff. 57r-57v: An English treatise entitled ‘Le preamble del Edw. Cooke sur les former lectures sur le Statute de Finibus Anno 27 E. 1’. ff. 58r-60r: A Fren...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

16. Harley MS 252

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 252
Title:
A collection of English historical, political and legal papers
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: A fragment concerning the issuing of subpoenas from the Court of Chancery, without Bills of Complaint; imperfect. f. 3r: A crossed-out 17th-century text. ff. 3v-4v: ‘Heare followeth the Coppy of the Assignatyon of suche Landes and Revenewes as weare appoynted for the Su...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1555-1645
Extent:
1 volume

17. Harley MS 260

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 260
Title:
Letter-Book of Francis Walsingham as Ambassador to France, 26 Jan 1571-1 April 1573, with the reply to the French Ambassador, 20 Aug 1573
Scope & Content:
This is a scribal copy of the letter-book of Francis Walsingham covering most of his period as English Resident in Paris between early 1571 and spring 1573. The period covers the marriage negotiations of Queen Elizabeth I with two of the brothers of the King of France: Henri, Duke of Anjou (late...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1619-1628
Extent:
1 volume

18. Harley MS 283

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 283
Title:
An English collection of letters, mostly from the time of Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-375r: A large collection of more than two hundred letters and papers in English, French, and Latin relating to state affairs, mostly from the reign of King Henry VIII (originals and transcripts). Includes letters by Henry VIII (with his signature), Mary Tudor, Jane Seymour, an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1524-1546
Extent:
1 volume

19. Harley MS 285

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 285
Title:
A collection of letters and papers relating to the Low Countries and its relations with England from the time of King Edward VI and Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-298v: A collection of letters and papers relating to the Low Countries and its relations with England from the time of King Edward VI and Elizabeth I. Originals and copies in Dutch, English and French from 1549-1586, including an account of the death of William of Orange tran...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and French
Date Range:
1549-1586
Extent:
1 volume

20. Harley MS 288

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 288
Title:
A collection of letters and papers relating to France, and matters between France and England from the time of Edward III to Charles I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-289r: A large collection of letters and papers relating to France, and matters between France and England from the time of Edward III to Charles I. The letters are mostly original, dating from 1505-1639. The collection features several letters that have been partially written i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1505-1639
Extent:
1 volume

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