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311. 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

312. Harley MS 359

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 359
Title:
Gerald of Wales, Descriptio Cambriae; Expugnatio Hibernica; Topographia Hibernica; and Itinerarium Cambriae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8r: Gerald of Wales [Giraldus Cambrensis], Descriptio Cambriae. ff. 9r-14r: Gerald of Wales [Giraldus Cambrensis], Descriptio Cambriae; excerpts; including references to an exemplar on f. 11r: ‘Ex libro quodam veteri in quo continentur aliqua scripta Gyraldi Cambrensis et nun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

313. 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

314. Harley MS 361

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 361
Title:
The queries of Sir Edmund Plowden, lawyer, and other legal texts
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-67v: 'Les Quæres dle Monseiur Edmond Plowden, Apprentice dle Melieu Temple'. The queries of Sir Edmund Plowden, lawyer and legal theorist, of Middle Temple. ff. 68-74v: A judges charge to the jury, on the arraignment of some authors of the Martin Marprel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

315. Harley MS 363

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 363
Title:
Cases tried at the Court of Common Pleas
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume, containing reports of cases tried at the Court of Common Pleas, 1624-1625, transcribed by Sir Simonds D'Ewes. Some of the cases are incomplete.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

316. 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

317. Harley MS 365

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 365
Title:
Papers concerning the levying of ship-money in Suffolk, 1639-40, with other earlier papers
Scope & Content:
Manuscript papers concerning the levying of ship-money in Suffolk 1639/40, after the appointment of Simonds D’Ewes to the office of High Sheriff of Suffolk. Preceded by other papers relating to levies by King Charles I, 1626-1629, and legal arguments. Separate papers, mounted and bound together....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1626-1640
Extent:
1 volume

318. 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

319. Harley MS 368

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 368
Title:
Collection of documents on Nottinghamshire, Wales, Clun, and regulating English ports; [Edward Stradling], The Winning of the Lordship of Glamorgan and Morgannok
Scope & Content:
A composite manuscript of 16th century transcripts and original documents on England and Wales. Contents: ff. [i-ii]: Modern list of old and new foliation. ff. 1r-3v: Transcripts and original documents of 16th century relating to the commons of Enfield. ff. 5r-20v: Transcripts and original d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century - 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

320. 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

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