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1781. Harley MS 1616

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1616
Title:
‘Liber primus’, Register of the Hospital of St Cross, Winchester
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: List of the kings of England from William the Conqueror to Richard I. ff. 2r–4v: Brief register of charters relating to land holdings. f. 5r: List of bishops of Winchester, from Walkelin to Stephen Gardiner. ff. 5v–6r: Memoranda on the dates of the bishops of Winchester. ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

1782. Harley MS 1617

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1617
Title:
Freedoms and privileges of Guernsey, Jersey, Sark and Alderney
Scope & Content:
Copies of records concerning the freedoms and privileges of Jersey, Guernsey, Sark and Alderney. f. 1r: Brief of King Henry III appointing Drogo de Barantine guardian of Jersey and Guernsey. Latin. ff. 1r-2r: Inquisition of the services, customs and freedoms of the isle of Guernsey, and laws ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1783. Harley MS 1618

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1618
Title:
Accounts of works and repairs on royal buildings June-November 1664
Scope & Content:
Accounts for works and repairs on royal buildings in London, Greenwich and Hampton Court, June-November 1664. Subscribed by Sir John Dinham, Royal Surveyor, and other officers, Bound together, but originally separate. f. 1* Note of receipt from Bernard Dickenson, February 1665. ff. 1-2: Char...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1664-Nov 1664
Extent:
1 volume

1784. Harley MS 1619

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1619
Title:
Collection of theological and historical treatises, including an English translation of Aristotle's Politics
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Notes in English, concerning the price of a hide of land, and the foundations of colleges in Oxford, Cambridge and Westminster. f. 2r: Definition of 'Abacus'. ff. 2r-2v: 'Twelfe steppes that a Christian may stride towards heaven, and being in the first may think him self a g...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1572-c 1585
Extent:
1 volume

1785. Harley MS 1620

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1620
Title:
Matthew Paris, Chronica Majora
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-189v: Matthew Paris, Chronica Majora (from the beginning to the reign of Richard I). The manuscript contains an addition: ff. 1*r-2*v, 190r-191v: Fragments from a 14th-century liturgical book with musical notation on 4-line red staves, used as flyleaves. Decoration: Large in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

1786. Harley MS 1621

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1621
Title:
Commentary on the Tenures of Judge Littleton
Scope & Content:
Commentary on the Tenures of Judge Littleton by an unidentified writer living in the reign of James I.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1787. Harley MS 1622

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1622
Title:
A list of Justices of the Peace, 1625
Scope & Content:
Manuscript volume, containing a list of Justices of the Peace, arranged by county. Also shown is which Justices were put out of commission, and who was put in their places. This appears to be an office book, or the book which remained with the Lord-Keeper. On f. 1*, you can find the title, tak...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1625
Extent:
1 volume

1788. Harley MS 1623

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1623
Title:
Cartulary of the Darell family
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v–38v: Cartulary of deeds and rentals of the Darell family, relating to lands in London, Wiltshire, Dorset, Hertfordshire, Berkshire and elsewhere, from the time of Edward I to Henry VI. Decoration: New documents begin with two-line initials, some with black penwork decoration ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

1789. Harley MS 1624

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1624
Title:
Report of trials held in Westminster Hall
Scope & Content:
Separate items bound together, chiefly reports in Law French of trials held in Westminster Hall. ff. 1-33r: Reports from the 4th to last year of Henry VII. ff. 33v-55r: Reports from the 1, 6, 9, 11, and 7 year of Henry VIII. ff. 55v-81r: Reports from the 4 and 5 year of Philip & Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1790. Harley MS 1625

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1625
Title:
Miscellaneous historical papers
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-13v: Character of Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, Vice-Admiral of England, who died at the Battle of Solebay, 1672. Written in French at Bourg-Charente, 10 October 1684. ff. 14-44: Account of the Papal Conclave held 1655 after the death of Pope Innocen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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