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121. Egerton MS 2709

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2709
Title:
Pierre Boutier and Jehan le Verrier, Le Canarien or Conquête et les conquérants des Iles Canaries
Scope & Content:
Contents: Pierre Boutier and Jehan le Verrier Le Canarien, or Conquête et les conquérants des Iles Canaries, a History of the Conquest of the Canary Islands by Gadifer de la Sale and Jehan de Bethencourt in 1402-1404. The authors are described in the text as 'Frere Pierre Boutier of Saint Jou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1405 - 1420
Extent:

Parchment codex

122. Harley MS 69

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 69
Title:
The booke of certaine triumphes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-63v: A large collection of tracts, letters, and notes in English and French concerning court affairs and entertainment, jousting and the bearing of coats of arms, known as ‘The booke of certaine triumphes’. Decoration: Full-, half-, and quarter-page drawings of knights joust...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

123. Harley MS 78

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 78
Title:
Collection of English texts, including letters, historical and heraldic works, and poems by Geoffrey Chaucer and John Lydgate
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a composite miscellany of various 15th- and 16th-century English texts, predominantly letters, historical and heraldic texts and poems. Contents: f. 1r-v: Opinions of Lords on the question 'how goodd myght be had for the settinge forthe of the armes in to Normandye and Guye...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and French
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 volume

124. Harley MS 167

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 167
Title:
An English miscellany containing texts relating to naval matters
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-202v: A large collection of tracts and letters, primarily concerning naval matters. The manuscript contains documents on the victualling of ships, navigating, shipments, prices of goods, the custom system (taxes for good exported and imported through ports). The manuscript feat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

125. 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

126. 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

127. 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

128. Harley MS 295

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 295
Title:
An English collection of letters concerning Spain and the Spanish Netherlands
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-261v: A large collection of papers relating to Spain, Portugal, the Spanish Netherlands, and England’s affairs and trade with these regions; originals and transcripts in English, French, Italian and Latin dated to 1518-1623, including letters to Sir Thomas Walsingham, Cardinal ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1518-1623
Extent:
1 volume

129. Harley MS 417

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 417
Title:
The second of two volumes of works and letters belonging to the martyrologist John Foxe
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-220v: The second of two volumes [the first volume is Harley MS 416] with collections of works and correspondence belonging to the martyrologist John Foxe (b. 1516/17, d. 1587). It includes an account of the life and death of Thomas Cranmer, featuring a printed leaf (ff. 92r-92v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1547-1575
Extent:
1 volume

130. Harley MS 607

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 607
Title:
The second of two volumes from the Court of Augmentations and the Augmentation Office, containing certificates concerning the value of lands sold by Mary and Philip during the 3rd and 4th years of their reign
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A parchment strip with the title: ‘Liber secundus de lez Rates’; a second parchment strip with a Latin inscription: ‘[...] lave p[ar]cell[e] de de [sic] Scyton’] f. 2v: An alphabetical index of counties included in this manuscript. ff. 3r-191r: The second of two volumes from...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1555-1557
Extent:
1 volume

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