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701. Harley MS 844

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 844
Title:
Copies of charters and exemplifications of orders concerning Congleton (Cheshire), 1518-1595
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title-page: ‘Charters & Exemplificacions of Orders concerning Congleton. W: S:’. ff. 1r-29v: Collection of copies of charters and exemplifications of orders concerning Congleton in Cheshire, dated 1518-1595.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 volume

702. Harley MS 850

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 850
Title:
John Hoskyns, Directions for Speech and Style (first part); Thomas Carew, Lips and Eyes; Peter Heylin, A Summers Journey into France and Observations on it
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-10v: John Hoskyns, Directions for Speech and Style; first part of the work, imperfect at the end. f. 10v: Thomas Carew, Lips and Eyes. ff. 11r-83r: Peter Heylin, A Summers Journey into France and Observations on it; imperfect. The manuscript contains several additions: f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

703. Harley MS 854

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 854
Title:
William Stamford, Exposition of the King's Prerogative
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title-page: ‘Stamfordes boke of the prerogatyffe’. ff. 2r-72v: William Stamford (fl. 16th century), Exposition of the King's Prerogative (1567); here entitled ‘Prerogative of the kynge and Crowne of England’; introduced as ‘An exposicion of the kyngs prerogative collected o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1574-1575
Extent:
1 volume

704. Harley MS 856

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 856
Title:
A treatise on common law in England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-52r: A treatise of grounds and rules, maxims of the common law of England; dedicated to Elizabeth I, A. D. 1596.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1596
Extent:
1 volume

705. Harley MS 857

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 857
Title:
List of Acts of Parliament
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a list of the titles of Acts of Parliament from 1 Richard III [1483] to 21 James I [1623/1624], either enrolled, or removed by writs of certiorari.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1624
Extent:
1 volume

706. Harley MS 858

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 858
Title:
Vetera Statuta, Registrum Brevium
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes the statutes of the English kings from Magna Cartato the end of the reign of Edward II, known as the Vetera Statuta (ff. 1r-73v), followed by two copies of the Registrum Brevium (ff. 74r-119v and 120r-191v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

707. Harley MS 858, ff 1r-73v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 858, ff 1r-73v
Title:
Vetera Statuta
Scope & Content:
1. Carta de libertatibus Angliae, known as the Magna Carta, confirmed by Edward on 28 March 1999 (29th year of his reign) (ff. 1r-2r). 2. Carta de libertatibus foreste (Carta de Foresta) (ff. 2r-4r). 3. Sentencia lata super cartas (of 1293) (f. 4v). 4. Statute of Merton (ff. 4v-7r). 5. Statu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
73 folios.

708. Harley MS 858, ff 74r-119v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 858, ff 74r-119v
Title:
Registrum brevium
Scope & Content:
Registrum brevium with an added copy of the privileges granted by Edward II to the Knights of Rhodes in England (ff. 100r-101v). Decoration: Large initial in colours and gold with red ivy leaves with pen-flourishing in red and blue extending in the margins (f. 74r). Initials in blue or red wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
46 folios.

709. Harley MS 858, ff 120r-191v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 858, ff 120r-191v
Title:
Registrum Brevium
Scope & Content:
Registrum brevium, imperfect at the end. Decoration: Large puzzle initial in blue and red enclosing ivy patterns in green and pink, combined with pen-flourishing in red and blue extending in the margins to form a full border (f. 120r). Initials in blue or red with pen-flourishing in the other...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
72 folios.

710. Harley MS 861

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 861
Title:
Compilation of texts relating to English claims to the French throne
Scope & Content:
A compilation of texts detailing English claims to the French throne and Anglo-French treaties during the Hundred Years War, compiled by Thomas Beckington (c. 1390-1465), bishop of Bath and Wells. The manuscript dates to sometime after 1443, when Beckington became bishop. The focus on the claims...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1443-1461
Extent:
1 volume

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