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582. Harley MS 1922
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1922
- Title:
- English coats of arms
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-4v, 6r-14v, 16r-18v, 20r-26v, 29r-35v, 37r-42v, 45r-50v, 52r-57v, 62r-62v, 64r-65v: Coats of arms of English nobility and gentry, with names written in French, many of which seem to originate from Kent and Lancashire (as indicated by the cropped rubricated Latin headers in the ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 15th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
583. Harley MS 1924
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1924
- Title:
- Bede, Life of Cuthbert; Miracles of St Cuthbert
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-48v: Bede, Vita Sancti Cuthberti (Life of St Cuthbert), preceded by a prologue (ff. 1r-2v) and capitula (ff. 2v-3v), ending at chapter 42: 'et involutum novo amictu corpus levique in theca reconditum supra pavimentum sanctuarii composuerunt' (f. 48v). Chapters 41 and 44-46 are ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
- A parchment codex
584. Harley MS 1927
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1927
- Title:
- Poems by the Chester arms-painters Thomas Chaloner and Randle Holme
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-53v: A collection of English poems and Latin sayings by Thomas Chaloner (d. 1598), dated to 1575-1577. ff. 54r-120v: A collection of English poems and notes by Randle Holme I (b. 1570/71, d. 1655), dated to 1616-1638. One poem on ff. 60v-61r (‘The Songe called the Buttned smo...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1575-1638
- Extent:
- 1 volume
585. Harley MS 1937
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1937
- Title:
- Ceremonies of the Catholic Church; collection of George Bellin, ironmonger and clerk of Chester; Guido de Monte Rochen, Manipulus Curatorum; sermons by Thomas Watson
- Scope & Content:
- A composite manuscript consisting of three separate parts. The first part (ff. 1r-116r) contains texts on the ceremonies of the Catholic Church, and was written down around 1600. The second part (ff. 102r-116r) contains a collection of thanksgivings, prayers, letters and medical recipes by Ge...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1554-c 1617
- Extent:
- 1 volume
586. Harley MS 1954
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1954
- Title:
- Laws relating to Wales
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-4r: Tracts on making a testament in Latin; with examples dated to 1420-1426. f. 4v: A draft indenture by Nicholas Bolnehyll, Eschaetor of Caernaerfon, concerning Jevan ap Gruffyth ap Hoelle, dated 1443/4. f. 6r: 'Compositio monete et mensurarum'. ff. 6r-7r: 'Assisa Panis...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 15th century-2rd quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
587. Harley MS 2015
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2015
- Title:
- Statutes of Chester Cathedral; Procurations and Synodalls in the Archdeaconries of Chester and Richmond
- Scope & Content:
- This composite manusript consists of four separate parts. Part 1 (ff. 1*recto-2*verso) was written in England in the late 14th or early 15th century. Parts 2-4 were written in England in the early 17th century. Contents: Part 1: ff. 1*recto-2*verso: Fragment of a commentary on the Psalms,...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
588. Harley MS 2019
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2019
- Title:
- Commentary on excerpts from the Bible
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-4v, 159r-162v: Account notes, 1592-1597, referring to persons located in Wales, including Beaumaris, Caernarfon, (?) Llanbadrig ('Llanbeddrey'), Wrexham ('Wrexen'). f. 5r: Notes relating to guests and a dinner on 26 November 1576; Sir John Savage of Baraver in Cheshire or hi...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1580-c 1600
- Extent:
-
1 volume
589. Harley MS 2036
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2036
- Title:
- Collection of law cases argued in Westminster Hall or extracted from the Plea Rolls from the reign of Elizabeth I
- Scope & Content:
- ff. 1r-157r: Collection of law cases argued in Westminster Hall or extracted from the Plea Rolls from the reign of Elizabeth I (up to 33 Elizabeth I [1590-1591]); written in Law French. The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. [iv]recto-[iv]verso: Fragment of a (?) Latin legal document, w...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1590s-1600s
- Extent:
- 1 volume
590. Harley MS 2087
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2087
- Title:
- Inquisitions post mortem for tentants-in-chief from Henry III to Edward IV
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 1r: The title for an index planned on ff. 1r-[1i]verso but never finished: ‘Index Locorum’. f. 1r: On a parchment pastedown: ‘Decl[ar]ed and delivered in the presence of: Richard [...]hull, Richard Henshawe, William Haughton – 1624’. f. 2v: A title-page: ‘Nomina eorum qui de Re...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume