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1421. Harley MS 1139

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1139
Title:
Pedigrees and arms from the Visitation books of Berkshire, Hampshire and Buckinghamshire
Scope & Content:
Pedigrees and arms of three counties copied from the following Visitation books, with additions or continuations to them all. 1. Visitation of Berkshire 1566 by William Hervey, Clarenceux, enlarged by William Smith, Rouge-dragon, 1602. 2. Visitation of Hampshire 1576 by Robert Cooke, Clarence...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1422. Harley MS 1140

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1140
Title:
Herefordshire heraldry compiled by William Penson
Scope & Content:
Collection of Herefordshire heraldic material written and tricked by William Penson, Lancaster Herald. Contents: ff. 1*r-2*v: Notes relating to eminent persons of Herefordshire, collected from Holinshead’s Chronicle. f. 2*v: Arms of the City and See of Hereford, in blazon. ff. 1-108: Pedi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1423. Harley MS 1141

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1141
Title:
Pedigrees from the Visitation of Somerset 1623
Scope & Content:
Original book of the Visitation of Somerset taken 1623, by Henry St George, Richmond Herald; and Sampson Lennard, Blew-Mantle, Marshalls and Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux. More pedigrees than arms. A red chalk cross and sometimes the word 'Entered' at the top of the pedigrees suggest ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1623
Extent:
1 volume

1424. Harley MS 1142

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1142
Title:
Copy of the Visitation book of Cornwall 1620
Scope & Content:
Copy of the Visitation of Cornwall 1620, by Henry St George, Richmond Herald, and Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle, Marshalls and Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux, King of Arms. Chiefly pedigrees, with the names of the subscribers to the pedigrees entered. Arms omitted, apart from some in bla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1425. Harley MS 1143

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1143
Title:
Welsh armorial of Robert Glover
Scope & Content:
One of the many copies of the Welsh armorial of Robert Glover, containing 197 arms of Welsh families, in colour. On folio 1* is inscribed 'A Booke of Single Coates of Wal...', the rest being obscured by damage. Beneath this is inscribed 'AB'. The full title, inscribed on folio 1, is also partl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1426. Harley MS 1144

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1144
Title:
Collection of descents and arms
Scope & Content:
Heraldry collection of descents, and some arms. At the beginning of the volume is the start of a collection of gifts and confirmations of arms, limited to those of Wheeler of London, goldsmith, descended out of Worcestershire, and Peers of Westdowne, Kent. Manuscript consists of miscellaneou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

1427. Harley MS 1144 and 1172

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1144 and 1172
Title:
Harley MS 1144 and Harley MS 1172
Scope & Content:
Two heraldic manuscripts bound together.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1428. Harley MS 1145

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1145
Title:
Lists of gentry from the Visitation of Somerset 1623
Scope & Content:
Lists of gentry from the Somerset Visitation, 1623 by Henry St George, Richmond, and Sampson Lennard, Blue-Mantle, for William Camden, Clarenceux. Listed according to their place of residence. With short notes on whose descents were entered, who were rejected, excuses sent by those who did not a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1623
Extent:
1 volume

1429. Harley MS 1146

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1146
Title:
Pedigrees and arms of Essex families
Scope & Content:
Essex pedigrees and arms from the Visitation of 1634 by George Owen, York Herald, and Henry Lilly, Rouge Rose, with pedigrees and arms registered at earlier visitations. f. 1**: Strip of paper inscribed ‘This visitation taken in the year 1634 by George Owyn Yorke Herald and Henry lilley Ruoge ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1634
Extent:
1 volume

1430. Harley MS 1147

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1147
Title:
Copy of the Visitation book of Surrey 1623
Scope & Content:
Copy of the Visitation book of Surrey, taken 1623 by Samuel Thompson, Windsor, and Augustine Vincent, Rouge-Croix, Deputies and Marshalls to William Camden, Clarenceux Kings of Arms, with some additions. f. 132: Tricks of the arms and seals of the Borough of Guildford. f. 164: Tricks of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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