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1631. Harley MS 1359

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1359
Title:
Grants of coats and crests
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous grants by various officers of arms, mixed together. For list of officers, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), p. 14. Arms drawn by John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter; writing is in another h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620
Extent:
1 volume

1632. Harley MS 1360

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1360
Title:
Arms and crests of Baronets, by John Withie
Scope & Content:
Quarto manuscript volume containing the arms and crests of several Baronets, in order of creation, written and painted by John Withie, arms painter, who in 1657 became Master of the Painter Stainers Company. At the end of the volume there is a table of surnames.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 volume

1633. Harley MS 1361

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1361
Title:
Achievements, coats of arms and badges of the Earls of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-55r: The achievements of most of the earls of England, the last being Hay Earl of Carlisle (with mottos in French and Latin), intersected with tables containing coats of arms belonging to them, and their heraldic badges. Decoration: Full-page achievements, coats of arms of a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1634. Harley MS 1362

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1362
Title:
Arms of the nobility of Ireland
Scope & Content:
Quarto manuscript volume containing the arms of the nobility of Ireland, with notes concerning their creations, written and painted by Jacob Chaloner, arms painter. The volume starts with the Earls of Ireland, followed by the Barons, and finishes with the Viscounts. Inscribed on f. 1: 'The Crea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1632
Extent:

1 volume

1635. Harley MS 1363

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1363
Title:
Heraldic manuscript including Norfolk arms and descents
Scope & Content:
Collection of arms, pedigrees, and family notes. Includes extracts possibly from a Visitation of Norfolk 1563 by William Hervey, Clarenceux. Contents: ff. 3-4r: Part of a pedigree for Cavendish family (lacks first three leaves). ff. 4v-7r: Notes on the Ogle, Carnaby, Bassett and Aldithley...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1636. Harley MS 1364

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1364
Title:
Grants of Christopher Barker, with a collection of descents, pedigrees and family notes
Scope & Content:
Heraldical book in different hands. Folios 69-124 were originally at the other end of the volume, and have been re-located to follow on from the rest of the contents. f. 1: Marshals of England from the Conquest to 1577. ff. 2-64: Arms given by Christopher Barker (d. 1550), Garter, copied out o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1637. Harley MS 1365

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1365
Title:
A collection of Alphabets of Arms in blazon
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A blazon of the arms of 'Laurence Breterghe of Bretegheholt' in French heraldic terminology. ff. 1r-21v: An Alphabet of Arms in blazon (French heraldic terminology), including English families and attributed arms such as those of of King Arthur, Godfrey of Bouillon, and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1638. Harley MS 1366

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1366
Title:
Richard Scarlet, Coats of arms in Canterbury and notes from old manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*verso: The arms of Canterbury: 'The Armes of the Cyttie of Canterberys compounded of parcel of the Kinges Coate and the Armes of St Thomas Becket together'. ff. 1r-35r: Collection of arms found by Richard Scarlet in Canterbury Cathedral and other sites in Canterbury in the year...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1599
Extent:

1 volume

1639. Harley MS 1367

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1367
Title:
Arms of inhabitants of various counties drawn by Nicholas Charles, Lancaster Herald
Scope & Content:
Collections of arms for Devon, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Kent and Yorkshire, tricked by Nicholas Charles (d. 1613), Lancaster Herald, with later indexes by John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter. f. 1: Contents in the hand of John Withie. ff. 2-4: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1640. Harley MS 1368

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1368
Title:
Heraldical collection of funeral proceedings by Sir Henry St George
Scope & Content:
Heraldry book of Sir Henry St George (1581–1644), herald, intended to contain his collections. Many blank folios remaining. Contents: f. 1*v: Notes of the birth dates of King Charles I and his sister Elizabeth, later Queen of Bohemia. ff. 1-2: Proceeding of the funeral of Mrs Allington, who ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1611-1616
Extent:
1 volume

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