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2201. Harley MS 1989

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1989
Title:
Antiquities of Chester
Scope & Content:
Composite manuscript in several hands, on the subject of the antiquities of Chester from several authors and books. Contents: f. 1: Title cut from former back cover: ‘the Antiquity’s; the Earles, the Bishops, Maiors &c of the Citty of Chester’. ff. 2-3: ‘Things of most note in this Booke....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2202. Harley MS 1990

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1990
Title:
A view of Staffordshire, by Sampson Erdeswicke
Scope & Content:
Manuscript account of Staffordshire by Sampson Erdeswick (d. 1603) of Sandon, with marginal annotations and indexes, in various hands. ff 2-8: Index of places. ff. 9-117: ‘A veiw [sic] of Staffordshire, containing the antiquities of the same countie; written by Sampson Erdeswicke of Sandon near ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2203. Harley MS 1993

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1993
Title:
Heraldic book by Thomas Barneston and others
Scope & Content:
Manuscript book of coats of arms, many painted, in several hands. The name Thomas Barneston inscribed below the large coats of arms on ff. 2 and 4. Contents: f. 1v. ‘The valuation of the bushopricks in the Queen’s Bookes, 1600’. Waste leaf lining the former cover of the manuscript, in the ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2204. Harley MS 1995

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1995
Title:
English and Welsh arms and pedigrees from the Holme family collections
Scope & Content:
Heraldic book formerly titled on the outside ‘Coates and Pedegrees’. Contents: f. 1: Part of title lettering from former binding: ‘Pedegrees’, formerly ‘Coates and Pedegrees’. f. 2-3: Alphabetical list of names occurring in the roll of arms following, compiled by Randle Holme. Title on f. 2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2205. Harley MS 1997

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1997
Title:
Historical and genealogical collections of Thomas Chaloner
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Contents page. ff. 2r-90v: ‘The Historie of William the Conqueror’ (English history to 1586), transcriptions of English royal records, copies of historical narratives, and pedigrees, dated 1591-3 (ff. 100r, 117v, 120v, 124r) and c. 1580 (ff. 125r-137v). English and Welsh. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
c 1580 – 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2206. Harley MS 2005

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2005
Title:
The accounts of John Troutbeck and Richard Tunstall, chamberlains of Chester (1439-1471)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-128r: The accounts of John Troutbeck and Richard Tunstall, chamberlains of Chester between 1439 and 1471.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1439-1471
Extent:
1 volume

2207. Harley MS 2013

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2013
Title:
The Chester Cycle
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: William Newall, Clerk of Chester, Proclamation for Whitsone Playes (1531/2); claiming that the Chester cycle was written by 'Sir Henry Frances sometyme Mooncke there'. ff. 1r-3v: The Banns (‘The Banes which are Reade Bee Fore The Beginninge of the playes of Chester 1600’...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1600
Extent:
1 volume

2208. Harley MS 2015

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2015
Title:
Statutes of Chester Cathedral; Procurations and Synodalls in the Archdeaconries of Chester and Richmond
Scope & Content:
This composite manusript consists of four separate parts. Part 1 (ff. 1*recto-2*verso) was written in England in the late 14th or early 15th century. Parts 2-4 were written in England in the early 17th century. Contents: Part 1: ff. 1*recto-2*verso: Fragment of a commentary on the Psalms,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2209. Harley MS 2019

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2019
Title:
Commentary on excerpts from the Bible
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v, 159r-162v: Account notes, 1592-1597, referring to persons located in Wales, including Beaumaris, Caernarfon, (?) Llanbadrig ('Llanbeddrey'), Wrexham ('Wrexen'). f. 5r: Notes relating to guests and a dinner on 26 November 1576; Sir John Savage of Baraver in Cheshire or hi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1580-c 1600
Extent:

1 volume

2210. Harley MS 2027

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2027
Title:
Randle Holme III, draft drawings and notes for his 'The Academy of Armory'
Scope & Content:
A volume of notes and pen and pencil drawings by Randle Holme III, executed in preparation for his book 'The Academy of Armory' (Chester, 1688). At the beginning of the volume (f. 2v) is a note by Holme introducing the volume as 'This book was my second collection and draughts for the Academy of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1650-1680
Extent:
1 volume

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