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Project / Collection Harley Collection Level [36] Series

11. Harley MS 793-805

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 793-805
Title:
History and antiquities of Yorkshire
Scope & Content:
Yorkshire notes extracted from the collections of Roger Dodsworth (1585-1654), which are now in the Bodleian Library. The extracted notes are in English, including those originally transcribed by Dodsworth in other languages, and the contents are arranged by place. Mostly in the hands of two writ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
13 volumes

12. Harley MS 882-884

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

13. Harley MS 1122-1124

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1122-1124
Title:
'Practical Perspective', Volumes I-III
Scope & Content:
Three folio manuscript volumes, all in the same hand, containing a translation of the French work 'La Perspective Pratique', written by 'un Religieux de la Compagnie de Jesus', a religious person of the Society of Jesus, identified as Jean Dubreuil, published in Paris between 1647-1651. The fir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
3 volumes

14. Harley MS 1488-1497

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1488-1497
Title:
The minutes, precepts, and registers, of the Commission of the Public Accounts, 1690-1697
Scope & Content:
A collection of 10 folio manuscript volumes containing the minutes, precepts, and registers, of the Commission of the Public Accounts, 1690-1697. Harley MS 1492 and Harley MS 1493 are bound together. Harley MS 1494 and Harley MS 1495 are bound together.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1690-1697
Extent:
8 volumes (10 items)

15. Harley MS 1514-1523

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1514-1523
Title:
Copies of papers relating to the Treaty of Nijmegen
Scope & Content:
Copies of memoranda, letters and other papers relating to the Treaty of Nijmegen, in the hand of Thomas Chudleigh, Secretary to the Ambassadors and the Nijmegen Peace Conference.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1674-1679
Extent:
10 volumes

16. Harley MS 1713-1714

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1713-1714
Title:
Theological texts from the 16th century and 17th century
Scope & Content:
Two manuscripts, in folio, containing theological texts written or collected by 'F.S.', a Catholic living in Ireland at the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
2 volumes

17. Harley MS 1834-1835

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1834-1835
Title:
Notes relating to the history of the Fiennes family
Scope & Content:
2 volumes compiled by Nathanial Fiennes, containing his notes relating to the name Fiennes and the history of the Fiennes family.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
2 volumes

18. Harley MS 3605-3616

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3605-3616
Title:
John Le Neve's collection of monumental inscriptions
Scope & Content:
Twelve manuscript volumes of monumental inscriptions, dating from 1400 to 1716, collected from various churches in England, by John Le Neve. These are sorted by year, and usually written in the hand of John Le Neve. Some printed sources and letters from Le Neve's friends, informing him of vario...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:
12 volumes

19. Harley MS 3617-3624

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3617-3624
Title:
John Le Neve's list of English parishes, A-H
Scope & Content:
A series of 8 manuscript volumes, containing a list of all the parishes in England, listed by diocese, from A-H, along with their value in the King's books, and tenths: taken from Ecton's Libor Valorum by John Le Neve. Underneath each parish, space has been left to add patrons' names and any mo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1714
Extent:
8 volumes

20. Harley MS 6727-6744

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6727-6744
Title:
Diary of Mr Hodges
Scope & Content:
Diary spanning the years 1700 to 1709, written chiefly in Latin, partly in English, including accounts of dreams and mystical words related to judicial astrology. British Museum spine label attributes the diary to Mr Hodges, described in A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Mus...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1700-1709
Extent:
18 volumes