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72. Harley MS 1030
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1030
- Title:
- A historical and religious miscellany
- Scope & Content:
- This miscellany consists of four different parts. Part one (ff. 1-6) is in English and was written in the 17th century. Part two (ff. 7-72) is in English and was written in the 17th century. Part three (ff. 73-85) is in French and was written in 1598. Part four (ff. 86-92) is in English and ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1598-17th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
73. Harley MS 1043
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1043
- Title:
- Pedigrees and arms of Worcestershire and Cambridgeshire families
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-1v: A list of ‘The Justices of peace in [Worcestershire] 1601’. ff. 2r-6v: A list of the high sheriffs of Worcestershire [1 Henry II to 17 James I]. ff. 7r-7v: A list of ‘The Justices of Peace in com. Worster 1620’. f. 8r: The arms of ‘The Towne of Worcester Incorporated b...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
74. Harley MS 1055
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1055
- Title:
- Funeral poems for Sir James Weston, Baron of the Exchequer
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 1r: A title page: ‘Honors Monument: Or Faire vertues Record – In perpetuall Remembrance of the Generous worthy and Religious Sir James Weston Baron of the Eschequier etceterae’. ff. 2r-3v: A letter to the recipient of the manuscript, entitled: ‘The Epistle Dedicatory – To the Rig...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1633
- Extent:
- 1 volume
75. Harley MS 1059
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1059
- Title:
- Common law extracts
- Scope & Content:
- Collection of extracts relating to English common law. In law French and English. For a detailed description of arguments, pleadings, judgements and cases included, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), I (1808), pages 526-...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
76. Harley MS 1068
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1068
- Title:
- Lists and coats of arms of knights
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-6r: ‘Les nosmes et lez armes dz Seignieurs et nobles hommes qui estoyent aveq le Roy Edward le primer a la siege de karlaverocke en Escoece lan 1300’. ff. 6v-11r: ‘De la Tournay a la Vile de Donstable lan 2 Edward II’. ff. 11r-18r: ‘Cest le Reteinaunce del Counte de Lancast...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
77. Harley MS 1070
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1070
- Title:
- A copy of the Visitation of Cheshire of 1580 by Robert Glover and William Flower; original papers of the Visitation of Cheshire of 1613 by Richard St George and Henry St George
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-64r: A copy of the book of the Visitation of Cheshire (1580) by William Flower (b. 1497/98, d. 1588), Norroy King of Arms, and Robert Glover (b. 1543/1544, d. 1588), Herald of Somerset, 1569; probably copied in the early 17th century. According to the Catalogue of the Harleian ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
78. Harley MS 1074
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1074
- Title:
- Heraldic collection of arms and genealogies
- Scope & Content:
- This heraldic collection of arms and genealogies was compiled towards the end of the reign of Henry VIII, but contains a few 17th-century additions. Contents: f. 1r: Table of 'Dessents of noble noblemen' with folio references to this manuscript. ff. 2r-151v: Pedigrees and descents of Englis...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1540s
- Extent:
- 1 volume
79. Harley MS 1108
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1108
- Title:
- Alphabets of Arms
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-168r: An Alphabet of Arms, with the coats of arms of the English nobility and gentry blazoned in heraldic French. ff. 169r-174r: An Alphabet of Arms, with the coats of arms of the knights and gentry of Kent blazoned in heraldic French. ff. 175r-185r: An Alphabet of Arms, wi...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
80. Harley MS 1115
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1115
- Title:
- Heraldry book, with grants of arms by William Camden and others
- Scope & Content:
- Heraldry book written in several hands. Contents: f. 1*: Parchment title cut from old binding: ‘Camdens Gifts & Others with Som Frish Coats’. f. 1: Alphabetical table of surnames in the following tract. ff. 2-38: Grants or confirmations of arms or crests, varying in detail and draw...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume