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1. Harley MS 38

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 38
Title:
A miscellany of political papers and letters and tracts on coinage, transcribed largely by Ralph Starkey; original letters addressed to Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, and Sir Simonds D'Ewes, 1642-1648; A Licence to travayle for Francis Davison and Edward Smith granted by Queen Elizabeth I, 1595
Scope & Content:
This manuscript mostly contains 17th-century English letters and transcripts of 16th-century documents. It also features an original licence on parchment to travel outside of England for three years granted to a ‘Francis Davison’ and ‘Edward Smith’, signed by Queen Elizabeth I and with her wax s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1595-1648
Extent:
1 volume

2. 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

3. Harley MS 424

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 424
Title:
John Foxe's papers, Volume 9
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–169v: The ninth volume of John Foxe’s papers, bought from John Strype; ff. 116r–169v clearly date from after Foxe’s death. f. 1r: If a man have stolen any thyng of thyne. A charm written on parchment. f. 2r: If any maner of womane haue done the thefte. Another charm written on parchment...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 1582

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1582
Title:
State papers, 1553-1596
Scope & Content:
This volume is entitled on the spine, 'Original Letters and Papers on State Affairs'. It contains a wide range of materials on English relations with, and intelligence on, France, the Low Countries and Germany in the late 16th century. It has also been termed, not entirely happily but with a g...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1553-1596
Extent:

1 volume.

5. Harley MS 4943

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4943
Title:
Orders of the Privy Council, 1570-1580
Scope & Content:
Copies of orders of the Privy Council, principally between 1570 and 1580. Mainly letters from Elizabeth I (1533–1603), queen of England and Ireland. f. 1*r: Flyleaf containing pen-trials, notes in Latin and English, and two names: ‘Xtopher Troughton Julij 1624’; ‘Edw: Pynchon’. ff. 1r-14v: Two...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1570-1580
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 5087

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5087
Title:
Edward VI's letters and declamations
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–30v: ‘Epistolae Edouardi principis illustrissimi quas suopte marte composuit & scripsit anno aetatis sue nono.’ Forty-three letters written by Edward to Henry VIII, Katherine Parr, his sisters Mary and Elizabeth, his tutor Richard Cox, Edward Seymour, and the King of Poland’s envoy. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1546-1553
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 5110

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5110
Title:
Composite volume of miscellaneous verse, drama and orations
Scope & Content:
A composite volume of miscellaneous verse, drama, orations and other texts in various hands. Cited in the Index of English Literary Manuscripts as the 'Harley Satires MS'. ff. 1r–3v: A Latin oration given at Merton College, Oxford, entitled ‘In collegio Merton Oxon. […], 16 October 1725. ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 6986

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6986
Title:
Letters and state papers of English sovereigns, from King Henry VI to King James I
Scope & Content:
Letters and state papers of English sovereigns, from the reign of King Henry VI to the reign of King James I. ff. 1r-2r Letters patent, sent from King Henry VI to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. Containing a list of demands, and the King's answer to each article. Kennington, 11 May [1437]. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1485-c 1625
Extent:

1 volume

9. Harley MS 6990

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6990
Title:
Letters and state warrants, 1560-1570
Scope & Content:
Letters and state warrants, from the years 1560-1570. ff. 1r-4v: Copy of a letter from Sir William Cecil, later 1st Baron Burghley, to Francis Russell, Earl of Bedford and Captain of Berwick. On the favour of Queen Elizabeth I, and his honour. No date. ff. 5r-6v: Copy of a letter to Robert Dud...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1560-1570
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 7002

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7002
Title:
State papers, 1584-1619
Scope & Content:
Letters and state papers from the years 1584 to 1619. ff. 1r-2v: Letter from Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 4 June 1584. f. 3r-3v: Letter from Mary Vaughan to Mr Lyons, a servant to Sir John Puckering. 7 September 1586. ff. 4r-5v: Letter from Walter V...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
1584-1619
Extent:

1 volume

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