Archive Reference (shelfmark): Harley MS 1-7661 / Language: Latin - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 877
Title:: Register of the parish church of St Mary, Woolnoth
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–21r: Register, containing five deeds, 1396–1498. ff. 21r–35v: Additions of wills relating to benefactions and other matters, mostly in English. Decoration: Most new sections open with two-line initials. The opening ‘S’ (f. 1r) is unusual, shaped as a figure 8 and decorated with red do...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: Mid 15th century-Early 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 878
Title:: Praxis in Curijs Ecclesiasticis, by Francis Clarke
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume containing Praxis in Curijs Ecclesiasticis, by Francis Clarke, with annotations in the margins.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 880
Title:: Rough copy of Persecutionis Catholicorum Anglicanae et Conjuratonis Presbiterianae Hystoria by John Warner
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume containing an autograph rough copy of Persecutionis Catholicorum Anglicanae et Conjuratonis Presbiterianae Hystoria or History of the English Persecution of Catholics and of the Presbyterian Plot, by Father John Warner, S.J., Chaplain to King James II. The manuscript is ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1686-1692
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 882
Title:: Book of canon law, or law of the Church of England. Volume 1
Scope & Content:: First volume of a five part manuscript book of canon law, formerly owned by Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699), Bishop of Worcester. Inscription at head of f. 1r: ‘Juris canonici, seu ecclesiastici Anglicani libri quinq[ue], totidem vocib. (carmine co[m]p[re]hensis) denotantur hic subsequentib. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 882-884
Title:: Book of canon law, or law of the Church of England
Scope & Content:: Five part manuscript book of canon law, formerly owned by Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699), Bishop of Worcester. Lacks volumes 4-5. Undated, with no author.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 3 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 883
Title:: Book of canon law, or law of the Church of England. Volume 2
Scope & Content:: Second volume of a five part manuscript book of canon law, formerly owned by Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699), Bishop of Worcester. With cancellations, marginal notes, and inserted folios.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 885
Title:: Two drafts of a treatise by John Cusacke
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume, containing two drafts of a treatise on royal power and heraldry by John Cusacke. Contents: ff. 2-45v: First copy of the treatise, here titled 'A Royall Presente; By way of Apology for the Defense of a Royall Emprese intiteled Aurea Periscellis which was presented unto h...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1638
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 897
Title:: English pedigrees and arms
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-6r: A table of family names. ff. 6v-74r: A collection of notes on English nobility, including obits, pedigrees, coat of arms (tricked), and church notes; with some additions by Ralfe Brooke (b. 1553, d. 1625), Officer of Arms. ff. 75r-87r: Notes about the deaths of noblemen...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 898
Title:: Summary of writs issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1589-1593
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-246r: Summary of writs issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1589-1593; in Latin, but featuring some English on f. 136r. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1*recto: A title-page: ‘De Annis 36. 37. 38. 39. 40 & 41 Elizab.’; added in the 17th or 18th cen...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1589-1593
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 902
Title:: Rauf de Boun, Le Petit Bruit; compilation of historical texts
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-11v: Rauf de Boun, Le Petit Bruit. ff. 12r-12v: 'Le serment de Feaulte qe les prelatz doibvent faire au Roy'. ff. 12v-13r: 'Des pairs de France'. f. 13v: Notes relative to Peter Abelard. ff. 13v-46r: Of the posterity of Mrs Rawson. ff. 46r-212v: a compilation of various ch...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: c 1600
Extent:: 1 volume

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