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032-002045828 Language Welsh Level [40] File

1. Harley MS 1935

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1935
Title:
Welsh pedigrees
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: A reused leaf of part of a manor court record. ff. 2r-109v: Pedigrees, mostly of south-east Wales, particularly Breconshire, but also for Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire, in Welsh, on the pattern of achau’r mamau. f. 110r: Another reused leaf from a manor court record. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Welsh
Date Range:
1589-1630
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 6122

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6122
Title:
Welsh coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-52v: Coats of arms of Welsh nobility (1 per page). ff. 53r: Genealogical notes, beginning with those of ‘Owen Tudor’. Decoration: Half-page drawings of coats of arms in colours throughout.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Welsh
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 1796

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1796
Title:
Welsh law ('Latin C')
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-22r: The Laws of Hywel Dda, in Latin translation with added glosses in Latin and Welsh (imperfect due to loss of leaves after ff. 18 and 21). ff. iii recto-verso contains a note by William Nicolson relating to manuscripts in the Cotton collection containing texts in Welsh. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Welsh
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century-3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 6068

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6068
Title:
English royal records and Welsh pedigrees
Scope & Content:
A manuscript copied by George Owen of Henllys from the collections of Richard Broughton. Contents: f. 1*: Title page. f. 1r-53v: Extracts from patent rolls, plea rolls, and other English royal records, including a list of the household officials and servants of Princes Mary, 1525-26. ff. 40r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
c 1597
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 1997

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1997
Title:
Historical and genealogical collections of Thomas Chaloner
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Contents page. ff. 2r-90v: ‘The Historie of William the Conqueror’ (English history to 1586), transcriptions of English royal records, copies of historical narratives, and pedigrees, dated 1591-3 (ff. 100r, 117v, 120v, 124r) and c. 1580 (ff. 125r-137v). English and Welsh. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
c 1580 – 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 1626

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1626
Title:
Richard Lloyd: A Dictionarie in English and Brittish, commonly called the Welsh tongue
Scope & Content:
Manuscript draft English Welsh dictionary by Richard Lloyd. Incomplete, with annotations and corrections. Loose notes pasted in at front of volume. Although never apparently printed, it includes a printed title page (f. 12), followed by a manuscript title page (f. 12*).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Welsh
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 1961

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1961
Title:
Armorial pedigree of Margaret ferch Huw ap Llywelyn ap Rhys, compiled by William Cynwal
Scope & Content:
Armorial pedigree of Margaret ferch Huw ap Llywelyn ap Rhys, compiled by William Cynwal. Contents: ff. 3r-45v: Coats of arms of Welsh nobility (1 per page). f. 46r: A note on the book by William Cynwal. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1r: A fragment of a English legal text ta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Welsh
Date Range:
1580
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 1923

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1923
Title:
Dysgread Arfau, copied by Thomas Chaloner of Chester
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: a 17th-century indenture. f. 2r: a fragment of a personal accounts ledger titled 'Thursday' at the top. ff. 3r-20v: Dysgread Arfau, a treatise on the practice of heraldry in Welsh, copied by Thomas Chaloner of Chester.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Welsh
Date Range:
1594
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 6660

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6660
Title:
Commentary on the Book of Revelation, chapters 12-13
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a commentary on the Book of Revelation in English, dedicated to William Cecil (b. 1520/1521, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burghley, and perhaps given to him on his anniversary or appointment as Lord High Treasurer in 1572. Contents: ff. 1r-31r: Commentary on the Book of Revelat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Syriac, Classical, and Welsh
Date Range:
1572
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 2414

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2414
Title:
Pedigrees of Welsh families; Chronicle of England
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of two parts that were produced separately. The first part (ff. 1r-68v) mainly contains Welsh pedigrees, written in Welsh, largely copied by Llewelyn Sion in the 2nd half of the 16th century. The second part (ff. 70r-102v) contains a Chronicle of England, w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Welsh
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume