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21. Harley MS 21

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 21
Title:
Abstract of Parliament Rolls from the reigns of Edward III and Henry V
Scope & Content:
Abstract of Parliament rolls from the 4th year of the reign of Edward III to the 9th year of the reign of Henry V, compiled by Sir Simonds d'Ewes. Abridgment attributed by D'Ewes to William Bowyer and his son Robert Bowyer, and the transcript to Ralph Starkey. Simonds d'Ewes has added a title pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

22. Harley MS 22

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 22
Title:
An abstract in English of all the Parliament Rolls in the Tower of London from the 1st year of Henry VI to the 22nd year of Edward IV, and abstracts from the 1st year of Richard III to the 31st year of Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Copies of transcripts from Parliament Rolls, 1422-1483 and 1484-1589, compiled by Simonds d’Ewes. D’Ewes has add a title-page and ‘Prolegomena’, and foliated the manuscript. In the prolegomena D’Ewes explains that ff. 1-115 are copied from transcripts by William Bowyer and his son Robert Bowyer....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

23. Harley MS 23

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 23
Title:
Richard of Saint-Victor, Liber exceptionum
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–55v: Richard of Saint-Victor, Liber Exceptionum, Part II (‘Allegorie hystoriarum Magistri petri. In precedentibus premissa descriptione originis’); ff. 55v–56v: Sermo de offendiculis mundi, ‘Quoniam sub nostra conuiuiendi modernitate inter cetera animi exercicia inter creba mundi incommo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century-Early 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

24. Harley MS 24

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 24
Title:
Prose Brut
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r–218v: Prose Brut (Chronicle of England; extended version to 1419, in the reign of Henry V (r. 1413–22)). For an edition of the work see The Brut or the Chronicles of England, 2 vols, ed. Friedrich W.D. Brie, Early English Text Society, 131 and 136 (Oxford: 1906–8); contains tex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

25. Harley MS 25

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 25
Title:
Collection of law reports
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains a collection of Common Bench reports including cases from the years between c. 1279 and 1312, copies of plea-roll enrolments, and notes probably assembled by the Dublin Bench attorney Roger de Sancta Brigida during his sejourn in London in 1309-1312 for educational purpos...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

26. Harley MS 26

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 26
Title:
Speculum humanae salvationis
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–60v: Speculum humanae salvationis (in verse), ‘Incipit prohemium. cuiusdam noue compilacionis’. ff. 60v–61v: Added sermon on 2 Corinthians 6:2, in English, ‘Ecce nunc tempus acceptabile’. Decoration: Large initials in red. Capitals marked in red. Marginal annotations in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

27. Harley MS 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 27
Title:
‘Croftis’ Register
Scope & Content:
ff. 1v–2r: 16th-century notes, including a list of English kings to Henry VIII and pittancer’s ‘contribuciones’. ff. 2v–3v: Pittancer’s ‘contribuciones’ (1471/2-1496/7); 16th-century additions. ff. 4r–4v: Documents concerning the celebration of ‘duplici sonitus’ at Bury for benefactors. ff. 5...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

28. Harley MS 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 28
Title:
Indenture between King Henry VII, John Islip, abbot of Westminster, the abbot of St Albans, and the mayor and commonalty of London
Scope & Content:
Quadripartite indenture made between King Henry VII, John Islip, abbot of Westminster, the abbot of St Albans and the mayor and commonalty of London in 20 Henry VII (r. 1485–1509), for an anniversary to be observed there. Decoration: Attributed to the 'Flamboyant artist' (see Scott, 'Manuscrip...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1504-1505
Extent:

1 volume

29. Harley MS 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 29
Title:
Nicholas Trevet, Annales sex regum Angliae
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–58r: Nicholas Trevet, Annales sex regum Angliae, up to the end of the reign of King Henry III in 1272. Referred to in the edition by Thomas Hog. f. 59v: Pen-trials. Decoration: Space left for three-line capitals, not executed. Rubrics and paraphs in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

30. Harley MS 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 30
Title:
Transcripts of Exchequer Rolls from the reign of Henry III, partly written by Simonds D'Ewes
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*r: a title page. ff. 1r-241v: Transcripts of Exchequer Rolls from the reign of Henry III, followed by an index of names (ff. 242r-256r), partly written by Simonds D'Ewes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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