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4172. Harley MS 6134
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6134
- Title:
- Collection of texts relating to the de Vere family, Earls of Oxford
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-4r: A Latin chronicle of the Lord Chamberlains of England (‘Camerarij Angliae’), from William the Conqueror until Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (4th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I [1561/2]). ff. 5v-12v, 15r-21v: 17th-century collections relating to the de Vere f...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 16th century-2nd half of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
4173. Harley MS 6135
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6135
- Title:
- Genealogy of the earls Despenser and Spencer
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-12r: ‘The Genallogie of the Ancientt Noble Family of the Le despencers and Spencers Earles of Winchester Glocester and Sunderland, Barons Spencers of Wormleighton and the Rest of the Branches of that Signall Faamily gathered out of Inquissions and other Records and Authenticke ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1660-1679
- Extent:
- 1 volume
4174. Harley MS 6136
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6136
- Title:
- Pedigrees of English families
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-46r: Various pedigrees of English families, including ‘A Genealogicall History of the very Ancient and Worshipfull Family of Hereford of Hereford’ (ff. 14r-19r); ‘A Coppy of the Register of the Parish of Mordiford in the County of Hereford’ (ff. 40r-40v); ‘A Coppy of the Regis...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
4175. Harley MS 6137
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6137
- Title:
- Collection of Richard Kimbey's copies of English rolls of arms
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains copies of medieval armorial rolls made by 'Richard Kimbey', possibly the arms painter Richard Kimbe. Among his transcripts is a copy of the 'Camden Roll', a 13th-century English roll with the coats of arms of English and European monarchs, lords, and knights, now Cotton ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1604-c 1618
- Extent:
- 1 volume
4176. Harley MS 6138
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6138
- Title:
- The Visitation of Kent of 1619
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 1r: A wisdom in Latin: 'Modica alteratio in membro principali magnam alterationem facit’; probably excerpted from John Guillim's A Display of Heraldrie (London, 1610); followed by a note 'This visitation Taken 1619 & some part since'. ff. 1r-225v: The Visitation of Kent of 16...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1619
- Extent:
- 1 volume
4177. Harley MS 6139
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6139
- Title:
- Pedigrees and coats of arms of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire families, some taken in the years 1633-1634
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-10v: Coats of arms with crests (20 per page), most are empty escutcheons. ff. 11r- 35v: Pedigrees and coats of arms of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire families, some taken in the years 1633-1634. f. 36r: Blazons of arms. f. 37r-39v: Pedigrees and coats of...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
4178. Harley MS 6140
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6140
- Title:
- A miscellany of arms and grants of arms
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. i verso: A printed poem, entitled: ‘The affection of a Friend – In memory of the right Worshipfull his deceased friend’. The letters of the first lines are an acrostic for the name of ‘Sir William Stone Knight’. f. ii recto: A title inscription in pencil: ‘Pedegrees quartering Cr...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
4179. Harley MS 6144
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6144
- Title:
- An Alphabet of Arms
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-22v: An Alphabet of Arms, blazoned.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
4180. Harley MS 6145
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6145
- Title:
- Pedigrees of English nobility
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-39v: Pedigrees of English nobility. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 1*recto: A title for the manuscript: 'The original pedigree of armes of the englishe nobility'; added in the 16th or 17th century. f. 1*recto: Notes about payments in French; added in the...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume