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171. Harley MS 4779

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4779
Title:
Register of cases in the Court of Common Pleas, 26-32 Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 13r-389r: A register of cases tried in the Court of Common Pleas, from 26 until 32 Elizabeth I; written in Law French. The manuscript contains an addition: ff. 12r-12v, 290r-290v: Fragments of a (?) 17th-century account book listing ships in the port of Yarmouth, including: '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1590
Extent:
1 volume

172. 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

173. Harley MS 5156

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5156
Title:
Collection of law cases and notes on law lectures
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-13v: Law cases in French and English; with on f. 12v the inscription: 'The Lawe off the Lord Resete in oure hartes Amen'. f. 14r: 'Damasus papa in epistola ad Jeronimum i'. ff. 15r-23v: Notes on lectures on Law by Reginald Corbell, written in French, dated to 1552, headed: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1552-c 1555
Extent:
1 volume

174. Harley MS 6592

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6592
Title:
Copies of William Flower, Visitation of Northumberland (1575), and William Flower and Robert Glover, Visitation of Derbyshire (1569); pedigrees and arms from Cheshire, Durham, Northumberland, Staffordshire and Yorkshire
Scope & Content:
This heraldic manuscript predominantly contains pedigrees and arms of families in Durham, Derbyshire, Northumberland and Nottinghamshire. The main part (ff. 2r-67v) was written by William Wyrley (b. 1565, d. 1613) between 1590 and 1592; the additions (ff. 68r-116r) appear to have been made a few...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1590s
Extent:
1 volume

175. Harley MS 4990

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4990
Title:
Collection of historical papers, including orations to Henry VIII and decrees of the Star Chamber
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. ii recto: 'Tracts of divers Natures vide Indicem. fo: VI' f. iii recto: Table of contents. f. iv recto: A title page: 'An Oration in Commendatioun of the Lawes cheiflye of the lawes of this moste noble Realme of Englande'. ff. 1r-2r: An oration of John Hales (b. 1469/70, d. ? ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1580s-1590s
Extent:
1 volume

176. Harley MS 1697

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1697
Title:
A collection of law cases at Queen's Bench, 1593-1597
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-143r: A collection of law cases at Queen's Bench for the period 1593-1597.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1593-1597
Extent:
1 volume

177. Harley MS 1717

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1717
Title:
Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Chronique des ducs de Normandie
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Chronique des ducs de Normandie (Chronicles of the Dukes of Normany), which is believed to have been composed by Benoît de Sainte-Maure (fl. 1160-70) while he was in the service of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. The Chronique begins with Creation and ends with th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

178. Harley MS 1581

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1581
Title:
The second of two volumes with letters concerning state affairs, dated 1612-1625
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-412v: The second of two volumes with letters concerning state affairs, featuring 129 letters, mostly originals in English addressed to the Duke and Marquess of Buckingham, but also Charles, Prince of Wales, King James I, the Lord Treasurer, and others; also featuring originals ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
1612-1625
Extent:
1 volume

179. Harley MS 1329

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1329
Title:
Memoirs of Marquis Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a transcription of part of the memoirs of Marquis Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy, Secretary of State under four Kings of France. This manuscript is written in a French hand and appears to have been copied directly from the originals.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

180. Harley MS 4424

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4424
Title:
Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Chronique, with a continuation until 1471
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Enguerrand de Monstrelet (b. c. 1400, d. 1453)'s Chronique, a chronicle covering the period from 1400 to 1444 (the latter part of the Hundred Years' War), with a continuation by the 'Monstrelet continuator' until the year 1471. Contents: ff. 2r-278r: Enguerrand de Mon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1475-c 1480
Extent:
1 volume

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