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6311. Harley MS 5821

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5821
Title:
An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-23r: Pedigrees and arms with crests of English familie; below the entry for 'Wilkinson' (f. 23r) is an inscription: 'Entred in the Visitation of yorkshire at york the 13 of August Anno 1666 by William Dugdale Norroy King of Armes'. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked, drawn i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1663-1678
Extent:
1 volume

6312. Harley MS 5822

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5822
Title:
Copy of the Visitation of Berkshire in 1566
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-49r: A copy of the Visitation of Berkshire in 1566 by William Harvey (d. 1567), Clarenceux King of Arms. The manuscript contains several additions: f. 50v: A note: ‘Fry of Abingdon at the George in Friday streete for St George Stonehouse at Radley Thursday, Seven’; added in t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6313. Harley MS 5823

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5823
Title:
An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-55v: Arms granted by Gilbert Dethick (b. 1499/1500, d. 1584), herald and diplomat, with additions on ff. 1 and 4r, the latter referring to arms with the date ‘1631’. ff. 56r-57v: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. f. 58r: A title-page: ‘The v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1613-1631
Extent:
1 volume

6314. Harley MS 5824

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5824
Title:
Coats of arms of English families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-140r: Coats of arms of English families, some with dates: ‘1628’ added in black ink on f. 68v; and ‘1661’ added in pencil on f. 93v. f. 145r: Drawings and sketches of coats of arms in brown ink on a paper pastedown; perhaps from a former flyleaf of the original manuscript. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1628-c 1661
Extent:
1 volume

6315. Harley MS 5825

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5825
Title:
Pedigrees and arms for families in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: The ‘Seale of the Towne of Huntingdon taken the 28 of August Anno Domini 1613’. ff. 2v, 8r, 11v-13r, 19r, 20v, 34r, 44r: Drawings of coats of arms (‘church notes’) with the following headings: ‘All these ware taken out of Kimbalton Castell in the hall and a Gallery’ (f. 2v); ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1613-1622
Extent:
1 volume

6316. Harley MS 5828

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5828
Title:
An English heraldic miscellany
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-60r: Full-page coats of arms, some with crests, of families of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Rutland and Bedfordshire (late 16th or early 17th century). ff. 61r-63r, 64r-68r: Full-page escutcheons in pencil, but left unfinished. f. 63v: The spurious ‘Epistle of St ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6317. Harley MS 5829

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5829
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Sussex families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*verso-2*verso: An alphabetical index of families included in this manuscript. ff. 1r-165r: Pedigrees and coats of arms of Sussex families, the latest is dated to 1636; featuring patents and confirmations of arms by officers of arms such as William Segar and William Camden; Chu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1635
Extent:
1 volume

6318. Harley MS 5830

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5830
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Surrey families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-10r: Printed shields (20 per page), with the arms of Surrey families tricked in pencil or ink; the latest date in the accompanying inscriptions is 1623. ff. 11r-155v, 157r-254v: Pedigrees of Surrey families with coats of arms throughout; also featuring copies of charters, con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1623
Extent:
1 volume

6319. Harley MS 5831

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5831
Title:
Arms of the Knights of the Order of the Garter
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title-page in French: ‘Les noms, surnoms, qualitez, armes et leurs blasonnement, de tous les rois, Empereurs, princes, ducs, marquis, comtes, vicomtes, barons, seigneurs comandeurs et officieurs de l’ordre et milice de la Iartiere d’Angleterre, depuis l’institutio d’icelui pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6320. Harley MS 5832

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5832
Title:
Pedigrees of Buckinghamshire from the Visitation Book of William Harvey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-76r: Pedigrees of Buckinghamshire with arms, tricked, deeds and grants; transcribed out of the Book of Visitation of William Harvey (b. 1510, d. 1567), Clarenceux King of Arms, 1566, by John Philipot (b. 1588, d. 1645), Rouge Dragon; with additions up to 1656. ff. 77r-77v: A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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