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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 881
Title:: Transcript of the proceedings in the House of Commons touching the impeachment of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, 1667
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume, titled 'A Collection of Proceedings in the House of Commons touching the impeachment of ye late Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor, together with the many Debates and Speeches in the House concerning that matter; As also severall weighty Arguments touching the nature...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: after 1674
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 882
Title:: Book of canon law, or law of the Church of England. Volume 1
Scope & Content:: First volume of a five part manuscript book of canon law, formerly owned by Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699), Bishop of Worcester. Inscription at head of f. 1r: ‘Juris canonici, seu ecclesiastici Anglicani libri quinq[ue], totidem vocib. (carmine co[m]p[re]hensis) denotantur hic subsequentib. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 882-884
Title:: Book of canon law, or law of the Church of England
Scope & Content:: Five part manuscript book of canon law, formerly owned by Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699), Bishop of Worcester. Lacks volumes 4-5. Undated, with no author.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 3 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 883
Title:: Book of canon law, or law of the Church of England. Volume 2
Scope & Content:: Second volume of a five part manuscript book of canon law, formerly owned by Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699), Bishop of Worcester. With cancellations, marginal notes, and inserted folios.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 884
Title:: Book of canon law, or law of the Church of England. Volume 3
Scope & Content:: Third volume of a five part manuscript book of canon law, formerly owned by Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699), Bishop of Worcester. With cancellations, marginal notes, and inserted folios. Inscription at head of f. 1r: ‘Juris canonici Anglicam liber tertius’.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Undetermined
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 885
Title:: Two drafts of a treatise by John Cusacke
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume, containing two drafts of a treatise on royal power and heraldry by John Cusacke. Contents: ff. 2-45v: First copy of the treatise, here titled 'A Royall Presente; By way of Apology for the Defense of a Royall Emprese intiteled Aurea Periscellis which was presented unto h...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1638
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 886
Title:: William Flower and Robert Glover, The Visitation of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (1569); The Visitation of Staffordshire (1566)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1*recto-38v; 39v-40r: Visitation of Derbyshire, made by William Flower (b. 1497/98, d. 1588), Norroy King of Arms, and Robert Glover (b. 1543/1544, d. 1588), herald of Somerset, 1569; with some additions by Ralfe Brooke (b. 1553, d. 1625), Officer of Arms. ff. 39*recto-39*verso:...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1566-1569
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 887
Title:: Arms of the nobility and gentry of Essex
Scope & Content:: Heraldic manuscript, containing descriptions of the coats and crests of the nobility and gentry of Essex, as described from a visitation to Essex undertaken in 1612 by John Raven, Richmond Herald, Deputy and Marshal to William Camden, Clarencieux. At the front of the manuscript is a table of na...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 887 and 1398
Title:: Two heraldic manuscripts concerning Essex
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume containing two heraldic manuscripts, originally bound separately, concerning Essex.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume (2 items)

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 888
Title:: William Harvey, Clarencieux King of Arms, The Visitation of Wiltshire and Dorsetshire
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1*recto: A title on a parchment pastedown: 'Wiltshire and Dorsetshire Visitacions' ff. 2*verso-3*recto: A table of contents: ‘A Kallender of the Descents and Marches with Heries mentioned in this Visitacion of Wiltshire; Anno 1570’. ff. 1r-35v: William Harvey, Clarencieux King o...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1570
Extent:: 1 volume

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