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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1649 A
Title:: Naval Accounts of Sir William Russell, Treasurer of the Navy, 1628-1630
Scope & Content:: Part of a manuscript office book, in folio, containing the accounts of money received and disbursed by Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Chippenham, Treasurer of the Navy. Contents: ff. 1-10v: Ordinary and extraordinary expenditures for Chatham (Michaelmas and Christmas Quarters 1629). ff. 1...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1628-1630
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1649 B
Title:: Naval Accounts of Sir William Russell, Treasurer of the Navy, 1629-1631
Scope & Content:: Part of a manuscript office book, in folio, containing the accounts of money received and disbursed by Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Chippenham, Treasurer of the Navy. Contents: ff. 1-3v: Particulars of the charges of Sir William Russell (1630-1631). (the charges on folios 2-3 have been ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1629-1631
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1650
Title:: Inventory of Queen Elizabeth I's jewels and plate, 1573-1574
Scope & Content:: Inventory of Queen Elizabeth I’s jewels and plate in the custody of John Astley, courtier (c. 1507-1596), and the Treasurers of her Majesty’s jewels. 13 March, 1574. Each page signed by John Astley. f. 1*r Title-page. ff. 1r-6v ‘Juelles of golde’: list of jewels. ff. 7r-21r ‘Cuppes and Bolles...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1573-1574
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1651
Title:: Thomas Busshe, ledger book for expenses made for the construction of Sandgate Castle by Henry VIII (Volume 2)
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: A Latin inscription on a strip of parchment: ‘thes vi bookes be truly examined’. f. 1r: A Latin inscription: ‘Castrum domini Regis de Sandegate’. f. 1r: A title inscription on a parchment fragment: ‘The .xth. the .xith. xiith. xiiith. xiiiith. xvth. xvith. xviith. xviiith. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1540-1541
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1652
Title:: Port of London Customs officers and servants
Scope & Content:: List of officers and servants in the Port of London Customs, with their salaries for the quarter to midsummer 1685. Approved and signed by Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, Lord High Treasurer.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1685
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1653
Title:: Board of Works accounts
Scope & Content:: Board of Works accounts 1614. Money received and disbursed by Andrew Kerwin, Paymaster, for six months 1 April - 30 September 1614. Formerly a single volume, now rebound in two parts.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1614
Extent:: 1 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1653/1
Title:: Board of Works accounts. Vol. 1 of 2.
Scope & Content:: Board of Works accounts 1614. Money received and disbursed by Andrew Kerwin, Paymaster, for six months from 1 April to 30 September 1614. Formerly a single volume, now split in two. Folios 1-149. Parchment titles cut from old covers pasted on f. 1.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1614
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1653/2
Title:: Board of Works accounts. Vol. 2 of 2
Scope & Content:: Board of Works accounts 1614. Money received and disbursed by Andrew Kerwin, Paymaster, for six months from 1 April to 30 September 1614. Formerly a single volume, now split in two. Folios 150-291.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1614
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1654
Title:: Account book for the wages of artificers and labourers paid by the Board of Ordnance, January 1572-December 1573
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1*recto: A title inscription: ‘The Booke of wages of Artificers Woorkmen and Laborers in theoffice of thordinaunce anno xvito’. ff. 1r-53v: Accounts for wages paid to artificers and labourers by the Board of Ordnance, Tower of London, for the months of January-March 1572, and Ap...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1572-1573
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1655
Title:: Accounts of Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, Treasurer of the Navy
Scope & Content:: Manuscript volume, containing the accounts for 1632 of Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, Treasurer of His Majesties Navy. Payments include the ordinary charge of all His Majesties Ships and Vessels in Harbour, as well as 8 gunners serving in His Majesties Castle of Upnor. Also included is the ent...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1632
Extent:: 1 volume

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