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391. Harley MS 369

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 369
Title:
The Liber Niger of Edward IV; collection of texts relating to the reigns of various English kings; French glossary
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Liber Niger (Black Book) of Edward IV (r. 1461-1470, 1471-1483). The text is a management manual, containing a detailed outline of the workings of the the royal household. The volume also contains a number of additional texts that relate to the reigns of ot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-Mid 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

392. Harley MS 370

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 370
Title:
Account book of Suffolk
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-25r: Account book of knight’s fees during the reign of Edward III (1346-1347) and Henry VIII (1539-1540). ff. 25r-40r: Fiefs of Huntingfield, Suffolk. ff. 40v-44v: Rental of knight’s fees of Bury St Edmunds in possession of Henry VIII, dated 1541. f. 45r: A list of ‘Nomin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

393. Harley MS 372

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 372
Title:
John Lydgate, The Life of St Edmund and St Fremund; Advice to an old gentleman who wished for a young wife; John Lydgate, The Kings of England; John Lydgate, Complaint þat Crist maketh of his Passioun; Geoffrey Chaucer, Anelida and Arcite; Sir Richard Roos, La Belle Dame sans Mercy; John Lydgate, Prayer on the Five Joys of the Virgin Mary; Thomas Hoccleve, Regiment of Princes; anonymous prayers and poems
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-44v: John Lydgate, The Life of St Edmund and St Fremund. ff. 45r-51r: Advice to an old gentleman who wished for a young wife, ‘A philisophre a good clerk seculer’. ff. 51r-53v: John Lydgate, The Kings of England (revised edition). ff. 54r-55r: John Lydgate, Complaint þat ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

394. Harley MS 375

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 375
Title:
Letters from Albertus Joachim to Simonds D’Ewes
Scope & Content:
Letters in Latin from Albertus Joachim, ambassador of the United Provinces, to Sir Simonds D’Ewes on English and continental affairs. Chiefly written from London, Chester and other places in England, with some from abroad, 1627-1641. Arranged chronologically. Interspersed with copies and extract...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1625-1641
Extent:
1 volume

395. Harley MS 376

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 376
Title:
Letters to Simonds D'Ewes
Scope & Content:
Collection of original letters from political leaders, nobles and scholars written to Simonds D’Ewes from England and the Continent, 1620-1649. Chiefly in Latin, and a few in English, French, and German. With a small number of other documents at the beginning of the volume, dated 1585-1642. Ta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1585-1649
Extent:
1 volume

396. Harley MS 377

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 377
Title:
Letters from Simonds D’Ewes
Scope & Content:
Collected letters written by Sir Simonds D’Ewes to recipients in England and the Continent, 1620-1650. In his own hand or the hand of his secretaries. The first part of the volume (ff. 1-193) consists of fair copies, and the second part (ff. 194-313) consists of drafts, some marked for copying. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1620-1650
Extent:
1 volume

397. Harley MS 378

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 378
Title:
Simonds D’Ewes’ correspondence drafts, papers relating to the Long Parliament, and loan records
Scope & Content:
Collection of separate papers of Simonds D’Ewes, now bound together in a folio volume. Chiefly 1640s. Includes papers relating to the Long Parliament during the reign of Charles I, drafts of letters from Simonds D’Ewes, in Latin unless otherwise stated (ff. 25-111), and some documents relating t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

398. Harley MS 391

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 391
Title:
Cartulary of Waltham Abbey
Scope & Content:
General cartulary of Waltham Abbey, arranged in sections by grantors, with extensive miscellaneous additions. Gatherings 1–3, 10, 16, and 21–23 were compiled during the reign of Henry III (r. 1216–1272); 4, 9, 8, 24 during that of Edward I (1272–1307), and 13 was not completed until 1523. Arran...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1220-1523
Extent:

1 volume

399. Harley MS 392

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 392
Title:
Cartulary of the Gainsford family of Crowhurst, Surrey
Scope & Content:
Cartulary of deeds of the Gainsford family, from the time of Edward III–Henry VI, relating to Surrey, Sussex and Kent, arranged under the following headings: f. 1r–v: ‘Rentale Iohannis Gaynesforde manerii sui de Crowherst facto duodecimo die Ianuarii anno regni Regis Henrici sextius post conque...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

1 volume

400. Harley MS 395

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 395
Title:
Statutes of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-5v: 'Magna Carta'. ff. 5v-8r: 'Carta de Foresta'. ff. 8r-8v: 'Sententia Excommunicationis lata post confectionem Cartarum'. ff. 8v-11r: 'Provisiones de Merton'. ff. 11r-18r: 'Statuta de Marleberge'. ff. 18r-31v: 'Statutum Westmonasterii primum'. ff. 31v-35r: 'Statut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

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