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441. Harley MS 287

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 287
Title:
Letters and papers from the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I and VI, and Charles I
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters and papers from the reign of Elizabeth I (largely related to events in the Low Countries), James I and VI, and Charles I, mostly original with some authentic copies. ff. 1r–2v: Original letter from Philip Sidney to Francis Walsingham, 24 March 1586, Utrecht, complaining ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-mid 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

442. Harley MS 288

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 288
Title:
A collection of letters and papers relating to France, and matters between France and England from the time of Edward III to Charles I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-289r: A large collection of letters and papers relating to France, and matters between France and England from the time of Edward III to Charles I. The letters are mostly original, dating from 1505-1639. The collection features several letters that have been partially written i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1505-1639
Extent:
1 volume

443. Harley MS 289

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 289
Title:
Sixteenth-century letters and papers relating to Scotland and England
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–211v: A collection of letters and papers, originals and contemporary copies, including information about Scotland; relations between Scotland and England, and diplomacy during the reigns of Tudor monarchs. f. 1r: A genealogy of the Hamiltons. f. 1v: Unfinished note beginning 'Of this ho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

444. Harley MS 290

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 290
Title:
Papers relating to Mary Queen of Scots
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–283v: A collection of papers, some original, relating to Mary Queen of Scots and William Davison. ff. 1r–5v: Tract in Latin on the marriage between Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VI), and Mary Queen of Scots (undated, but must date from around the time of the Treaty of Greenwich i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 16th century-mid 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

445. Harley MS 291

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 291
Title:
Letters and papers, reign of King James VI of Scotland
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–212v: A collection of papers, many of which are original, related to Scottish affairs, or to the transactions between England and Scotland, during the early part of James VI's reign. ff. 1r–v: James VI's orders for pacifying the nobility, 13 August 1587, Stirling Castle. ff. 2r–v: Artic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

446. Harley MS 292

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 292
Title:
Collection of English papers concerning Scotland and Ireland from the reign of King Henry VIII to Charles I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-188r: A large collection of English papers (mostly originals) concerning Scotland and Ireland, from the reign of Henry VIII to Charles I. The collection features original letters to Sir Francis Walsingham, one of which is written by King James VI. Another by David Lindsay, min...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1536-c 1650
Extent:
1 volume

447. Harley MS 293

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 293
Title:
An English miscellany of historical texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*recto-18v: Francis Thynne, The names and armes of the Earles Marshall of England, here entitled 'This book as Mr Robert Hare informed me was made in the tyme of Edward the ffourth', beginning 'Domus regis magni est Domus Coelestes dapiferi’ [not listed in Carlson, Francis Thynne...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

448. Harley MS 295

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 295
Title:
An English collection of letters concerning Spain and the Spanish Netherlands
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-261v: A large collection of papers relating to Spain, Portugal, the Spanish Netherlands, and England’s affairs and trade with these regions; originals and transcripts in English, French, Italian and Latin dated to 1518-1623, including letters to Sir Thomas Walsingham, Cardinal ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1518-1623
Extent:
1 volume

449. Harley MS 296

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 296
Title:
A collection of original letters and transcripts, concerning Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Russia and Morocco
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A discourse in French, concerning the enterprise that could be arranged for Don Antonio (b. 1531, d. 1595), a claimant for the Portuguese throne, for the recovery of his kingdom, and the effect and usefulness of this for the Netherlands and England. ff. 3r-4v: An origina...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

450. Harley MS 297

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 297
Title:
Transcripts of letters and papers concerning state and foreign affairs, mostly during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains transcripts of letters and other documents originally written during the reigns of Henry VII (r. 1485-1509), Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547), and Edward VI (r. 1547-1553). Many of the items are written in the hand of the archivist and merchant Ralph Starkey (d. 1628) and the v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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