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1. Harley MS 88

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 88
Title:
Transcripts from public records from the reign of King John to King Edward III
Scope & Content:
Manuscript volume of transcripts from public records. The first part consists of extracts from the patent rolls in the hand of Ralph Starkey. The second part comprises a number of extracts, in the hand of Simonds D’Ewes and others, some fragmentary. Contents: ff. 1-110: Extracts from the paten...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 250

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 250
Title:
Transcripts of historical tracts and papers
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-94: Life of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, during the reign of Henry VIII. Imperfect. It begins on folio 8v, line 20 of the Arundel MS 152. ff. 95-142: Account of the levying and collecting of the aid for King James I for knighting his son Henry, Prince of Wales. Dated at Whithall, Feb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 253

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 253
Title:
Volume of historical papers, mostly relating to naval matters, collected by Ralph Starkey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-9r: 'Certaine reasons to approove the menes that fostered and contynued all the abuses Comitted in the office of the Shippes' ff. 9r-10r: 'The forme of a Privy Seale, for tounage of a Nue Shippes at 5s the tonne, to incourage others to builde Shippes of great Burthen'. f. 10...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 260

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 260
Title:
Letter-Book of Francis Walsingham as Ambassador to France, 26 Jan 1571-1 April 1573, with the reply to the French Ambassador, 20 Aug 1573
Scope & Content:
This is a scribal copy of the letter-book of Francis Walsingham covering most of his period as English Resident in Paris between early 1571 and spring 1573. The period covers the marriage negotiations of Queen Elizabeth I with two of the brothers of the King of France: Henri, Duke of Anjou (late...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1619-1628
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 280

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 280
Title:
A collection of miscellaneous tracts, including accounts of the naval expeditions of Sir Francis Drake and Sir George Clifford
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*r: Added pen-trials. f. 1*v: A note by Sir Simonds D'Ewes (b. 1602, d. 1650) concerning the first item in the manuscript (ff. 1r-30v); dated 1637. ff. 1r-30v: A collection of notes made by Mr Paul D'Ewes on sermons preached by a certain Mr Chatterton, living in Cambridge. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

6. Harley MS 296

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 296
Title:
A collection of original letters and transcripts, concerning Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Russia and Morocco
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A discourse in French, concerning the enterprise that could be arranged for Don Antonio (b. 1531, d. 1595), a claimant for the Portuguese throne, for the recovery of his kingdom, and the effect and usefulness of this for the Netherlands and England. ff. 3r-4v: An origina...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 297

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 297
Title:
Transcripts of letters and papers concerning state and foreign affairs, mostly during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains transcripts of letters and other documents originally written during the reigns of Henry VII (r. 1485-1509), Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547), and Edward VI (r. 1547-1553). Many of the items are written in the hand of the archivist and merchant Ralph Starkey (d. 1628) and the v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 352

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 352
Title:
An abridgment of the Acts of the Privy Council of King Edward IV
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume, containing an abridgement of the book of the Acts of the Privy Council of King Edward IV, transcribed by Mr Ralph Starkey, and signed and dated, August 1620, by him on f. 256v. ff. 257-266 contains an index to this volume created by Sir Simonds D’Ewes, which follows the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 369

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 369
Title:
The Liber Niger of Edward IV; collection of texts relating to the reigns of various English kings; French glossary
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Liber Niger (Black Book) of Edward IV (r. 1461-1470, 1471-1483). The text is a management manual, containing a detailed outline of the workings of the the royal household. The volume also contains a number of additional texts that relate to the reigns of ot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-Mid 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 852

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 852
Title:
Various papers, many of which relate to Sir Thomas Bodley or Sir Walter Raleigh
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-2: A speech to Queen Elizabeth I, given when the citizens of London presented Mr Cuthbert Buckle, their Mayor-elect, to her majesty for her approbation. ff. 2-4: A speech from when Mr John Spencer, Lord Mayor-elect of London, was brought to be sworn and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume