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261. Harley MS 338

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 338
Title:
English historical collection, mainly written by Sampson Erdeswick and John Joscelin
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A request to John Stow for drawing the descent of Herleva by Henry Savile of Banke (b. 1568, d. 1617). ff. 1*verso-1r: Notes on the descent of Herleva [Arlette], mother of William the Conqueror; by Sampson Erdeswicke (d. 1603). ff. 2r, 3r, 4r: Notes on the charter and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1590-1611
Extent:
1 volume

262. Harley MS 357

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 357
Title:
John of Worcester, Chronicon; Eadmer, Historiae novorum in Anglia; Ordo succesionis archiepiscoporum Canutariensis ecclesiae a sancto Augustino Anglorum apostolo; Thomas Stubbes, Historia archiepiscopourm Ebarocensium ad Thomam Wolsey; John Philippson (Sleidanus), Latin abridgement of Jean Froissart’s Chronicles
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-17v, 99*recto-107v: John of Worcester, Chronicon (1057-1118); this copy may originally have been part of the same manuscript as Harley MS 96, ff. 121-180; Harley MS 397, ff. 2-8r; and Harley MS 359, ff. 9-14 (see Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D’Ewes (1966), p. 217 [X.75])....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

263. Harley MS 360

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 360
Title:
Papers on the persecution and toleration of Catholics during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-126v: A collection of original tracts and other papers relating to religious affairs, dated to 1558-1625; mostly including tracts on the persecution and toleration of recusants and clergymen during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1558-1625
Extent:
1 volume

264. Harley MS 364

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 364
Title:
Anselm of Canterbury, Epistolae; transcripts of charters from the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI; English translation of Niccolò Machiavelli, Il Principe; 'Of Predestinacion and the Providence of God'; English translation of Pierre Boitel's Défaite du faux amour par l'unique des braves de ce temps;Paul D'Ewes, theological discourses
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a large composite miscellany, consisting of historical papers and literary works that were copied separately at different periods of time from the late 16th to the early 18th century. Contents: f. 1r: A tract, entitled: 'Howe a man shal be armed at his ease when he shall fi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

265. Harley MS 367

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 367
Title:
Historical notes, documents and poems written or copied by John Stowe and others, including poems by George Ripley, John Lydgate, Humphrey Brereton, John Skelton, John Heywood, William Vallans, William Drummond of Hawthornden, Robert Herrick, John Denham, Paul D'Ewes, Tom Coryate, John Hoskyns and others
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: John Stowe's paper against Richard Grafton and his chronicle. f. 4r: Proceedings of John Stowe in surveying the measures in the Ward of Baynard's Castle, 1584. ff. 5r-5v: Declaration of the absues done to John Stowe by William Ditcher, alias Tatford, and his wife. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
mid 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

266. 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

267. Harley MS 395

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 395
Title:
Statutes of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-5v: 'Magna Carta'. ff. 5v-8r: 'Carta de Foresta'. ff. 8r-8v: 'Sententia Excommunicationis lata post confectionem Cartarum'. ff. 8v-11r: 'Provisiones de Merton'. ff. 11r-18r: 'Statuta de Marleberge'. ff. 18r-31v: 'Statutum Westmonasterii primum'. ff. 31v-35r: 'Statut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

268. Harley MS 396

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 396
Title:
Statutes and records of Hereford Cathedral
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: ‘Iniunctions geven by the most excellent Prince Edward the Sixt by the grace of God King of England ffrance and Ireland defender of the faith in earth of the Church of England ffrance and Ireland under God Supremehead, in highnes visitacion to the Deanes, Subdeanes, Chaunto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

269. Harley MS 401

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 401
Title:
Floretum evangelicum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Floretum evangelicum, a Lollard text composed in Oxford between 1384 and 1396. It contains 509 sections on theological subjects that are organised alphabetically. Contents: ff. 1r-6v: A table of contents. ff. 7r-334v: Floretum evangelicum; ending: ‘Explicit flor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1396
Extent:
1 volume

270. Harley MS 402

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 402
Title:
Twelve collections (Distinctiones) of excerpts from Church Fathers and other authorities
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains twelve collections of excerpts from, or attributed to: the Church Fathers St Ambrose (b. c. 340, d. 397), St Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), St John Chrysostom (b. c. 349, d. 407), St Augustine (b. 354, d. 430), St Gregory the Great (b. c. 540, d. 604), and St Isid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

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