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1451. Harley MS 1168

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1168
Title:
The Visitation Book of Durham of 1615
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-2v: A ‘note of al such Parsons as ware disclamed in the time of his Visitation 1615’. ff. 4v-56r, 61r: A copy of the Visitation Book of the county of Durham in 1615 by Richard St George, Norroy King of Arms, and Henry St George, Bluemantle Pursuivant. ff. 57r-60r: The “Armes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

1 volume

1452. Harley MS 1169

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1169
Title:
Suffolk and Devon arms and pedigrees
Scope & Content:
Some arms and pedigrees of Suffolk and Devon families. Written in black ink, with red lines. ff. 2-4: Index of surnames. Suffolk pedigrees: ff. 5-125 and 147: Pedigrees of Suffolk families of various dates, and a few arms. Many copied from the Visitation book of John Raven, Richmond Herald, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1453. Harley MS 1170

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1170
Title:
Pedigrees and arms of Cheshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-105r: Pedigrees of Cheshire families copied from different Visitation Books, including those of 1566, 1580, 1612 and 1613. ff. 106r-107r: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. The manuscript contains an addition: f. 94r: A reference to a paymen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1454. Harley MS 1171

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1171
Title:
English pedigrees
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A page with nine empty shields, one intended for the arms of Thomas Robson of Westmorton granted by Richard St George, Norroy King of Arms, in 1615. ff. 2r-4v: A copy of part of the Visitation-book of Yorkshire, made by William Flower, Norroy King of arms, in 1575; other part...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1455. Harley MS 1172

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1172
Title:
Heraldic book of grants of arms or crests
Scope & Content:
Collection of grants of arms or crests to different families copied out at length, or dockets of them, in no particular order. For a selected list of contents, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. I (1808), pages 574-577. ff. 79-80: Index of surnames.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

1456. Harley MS 1173

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1173
Title:
Copies of the Visitation-books of Staffordshire by Robert Glover and Richard St George
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2*recto-5*recto: A table of surnames of families included in this manuscript. f. 6*recto: Inscribed with the title ‘Staffordshire’. ff. 1r-107v: A copy of the Visitation-book of Staffordshire as it was made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, in 1583. ff. 108r-111r: A collecti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1457. Harley MS 1174

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1174
Title:
Miscellaneous pedigrees
Scope & Content:
Volume of miscellaneous pedigrees, arms, and other heraldical papers bound together. For a detailed list of contents, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. I (1808), pages 578-581. A British Library curatorial note pasted into the front of the volume states t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1458. Harley MS 1175

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1175
Title:
Excerpts from the records in the Tower of London from the first years of the reign of King Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-7v: An index of surnames in the manuscript. ff. 8r-123r: Excerpts from the records in the Tower of London from the first years of the reign of King Edward III.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1459. Harley MS 1176

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1176
Title:
Excerpts from the records in the Tower from the last years of the reign of King Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5r: A table of surnames in this manuscript. ff. 6r-71v: Excerpts from the records in the Tower from the last years of the reign of King Edward III.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1460. Harley MS 1177

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1177
Title:
Copies of the Visitation-books of Suffolk and Norfolk by William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title-page: ‘The Visitation of Suffolke made by William Harvey Clarenceux King of Armes 1561 – Transcripta per Samuel Lennard Blew-mantle .1618.’. ff. 2r-5r: The surnames of families included in the Visitation-book of Suffolk. ff. 93v: William Harvey, Clarenceux King of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1618
Extent:
1 volume

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