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1461. Harley MS 1178

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1178
Title:
Collection of noble pedigrees, etc.
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous heraldic book in the hand of Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle, officer of arms. ff. 1-17r: Various documents relating to the Fenis, or Fienes family and the barons of Gillesland and Dacres, including: Claim and title of Margaret Fenis, wife of Sampson Lennard, to the Barony of Dacres...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1462. Harley MS 1179

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1179
Title:
Copy of the Visitation book of Huntingdonshire 1613
Scope & Content:
Fair copy of the Visitation book of Huntingdonshire as taken and made 1613 by Nicholas Charles, Lancaster Herald, Marshall and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux. Includes: f. 1*: Title ‘The Visitacon of Huntindon’ ff. 2*-3*: Name index of surnames of families who descents are registered at ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1463. Harley MS 1180

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1180
Title:
Visitation book of Leicestershire 1619
Scope & Content:
Visitation book of Leicestershire taken 1619 by Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle, and Augustine Vincent, Rouge-Rose, Pursuivants of Arms, Marshalls and Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux. The volume does not consist of the original signed entries, but is a written up copy, largely in the hand of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1464. Harley MS 1181

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1181
Title:
William Harvey, The Visitation of Wiltshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: A table of surnames. f. 3r: A title-page: ‘The Visitation of Wiltshire made in Anno Domini 1565 per William Harvey Clarenceux’. ff. 4r-66v: William Harvey, The Visitation of Wiltshire; with some additions.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1465. Harley MS 1182

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1182
Title:
Robert Glover, The Visitation of Yorkshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*verso-83r: Robert Glover (b. 1543/1544, d. 1588), herald of Somerset, A.D. 1569, The Visitation of Yorkshire, as Marshall and Deputy to William Flower Clarenceux; with some additions and continuations by Henry Parker and others. ff. 84v-88v: Tables of surnames, one of which doe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1466. Harley MS 1183

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1183
Title:
Robert Cooke, A Baronage of England from the Conquest
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-73r: Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms (1567-1592/3), A Baronage of England from the Conquest; with additions to 1607. The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 2*recto-3*recto: An index of surnames; added in the 17th century. f. 3*v: The attributed arms for ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1467. Harley MS 1184

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1184
Title:
Visitation book of Northamptonshire 1618-1619
Scope & Content:
Copy of the Visitation book of Northamptonshire as it was taken 1618 and 1619 by Augustine Vincent, Rouge-Rose, Pursuivant of Arms, Marshall and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux. Chiefly descents and arms of Northamptonshire families. With some additions by Henry Parker and others. Written a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1468. Harley MS 1185

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1185
Title:
Collection of law precedents, with miscellaneous household recipes and a commission of James I
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume. Contents: f. 1v: Recipe for a medicine for toothache. f. 3: Recipe to make metheglin (1609) and a recipe for a water for sore eyes. f 4: Translation of the commission of James I in which he gives full power to Sir John Digby to treat of and conclude a marriage between P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1469. Harley MS 1186

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1186
Title:
Robert Cooke, The Visitation of Southampton (1575-1576)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6r: An index of surnames in the manuscript. ff. 7r-61r: Robert Cooke, Clarencieux King of Heralds, The Visitation of Southampton, 1575-1576 [copy]; with additions and notes. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked, in brown ink throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1470. Harley MS 1187

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1187
Title:
Copies of Visitations of Northamptonshire 1618-1619 and Leicestershire 1619
Scope & Content:
Two Visitation copies in different hands. ff. i, 1-96: Copy of Visitation book of Norfolk, as made and taken 1618 and 1619 by Augustine Vincent, Rouge-Rose, Marsall and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux. A fuller copy than Harley MS 1184, with additional worked pedigrees, church notes, and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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