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6341. Harley MS 5862

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5862
Title:
Kentish pedigrees and coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4r: Coats of arms of Keniths nobility and gentry (6 per page). ff. 9r-40r: Collection of genealogies of Kentish families, with the signature of Robert Cook (d. 1593), Clarenceux King of Arms on f. 28r; but clearly a copy [see the date 1615 on f. 37r]. ff. 40-42r. An alpha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6342. Harley MS 5863

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5863
Title:
A transcript from a heraldic roll by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*verso: A testimony about the transcript by Robert Glover (b. 1543/1544, d. 1588), Somerset Herald of Arms: 'Hoc transcriptum sive exemplar rarissimi cujusdam Rotuli antiqui de re Armorum, fideliter cum prototypo concordare testatur Robertus Glover, aliter dictus Somersett heraldu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1579
Extent:
1 volume

6343. Harley MS 5864

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5864
Title:
English coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title inscription: ‘Single Coats and Crests and some Irish Armes’; a fragmentary list of surnames with page references. ff. 2r-89v: A collection of English coats of arms (16 per page), some with crests and Latin and French mottoes, beginning with the arms of St George, ‘The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

6344. Harley MS 5865

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5865
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Hampshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: Inscriptions of the names 'Cufeild' and 'Cufaulde', perhaps referring to a location in Bramley, Hampshire. ff. 2*recto-3*recto: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. ff. 1r-6v: Coats of arms of Hampshire families (20 per page), some with cre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1623
Extent:
1 volume

6345. Harley MS 5866

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5866
Title:
Coats of arms of Irish nobility and gentry
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A list of ‘The names of the governors, Lieutenants, Lord iustices and Deputies of Ireland, since the conquest thereof by King Henrie the second’; ending in 1541. f. 2r: A list of ‘The names of all the Lords Deputies and Justices in Ireland, since the deathe of King Henrie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6346. Harley MS 5868

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5868
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Buckinghamshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-63r: Pedigrees and coats of arms of Buckinghamshire families; featuring notes in English and Latin; partially based on the Visitation of that county in 1566; the latest date to feature in the manuscript is 1618. ff. 64v-65r: An alphabetical index of family names included in t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1618
Extent:
1 volume

6347. Harley MS 5871

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5871
Title:
Pedigrees and arms of Devon, Wiltshire, Dorset, Worcestershire and Somerset, 1565-1579
Scope & Content:
This heraldic manuscript mainly includes pedigrees and arms for the period 1565-1579, but includes additions, in the same hand as the rest of the manuscript, that are dated up to 1616 (f. 94v). Contents: ff. 3r-42v: The pedigrees of families in Devon from the Visitation of William Harvey, Cl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6348. Harley MS 5873

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5873
Title:
English coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-15r: Coats of arms (30 page), of English nobility and gentry; featuring the dates the date 1675 (f. 5r), 1676 (f. 8r), 1676 (f. 14r); and sections headed: ‘Coates done att the Publique worke house 1687-1690’ (ff. 15r-22r); and ‘Coates don since I breake off from the worke house...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1676-1690
Extent:
1 volume

6349. Harley MS 5874

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5874
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Lincolnshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: A collection of coats of arms and crests of Lincolnshire families (6-10 per page) with (?) page references. ff. 4r-7v, 9r-29v: Coats of arms with crests of Lincolnshire families (4 per page), some or all drawn from architecture, such as Theobalds House [demolished in 1649...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6350. Harley MS 5875

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5875
Title:
Coats of arms of English families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-121v: Coats of arms (6 per page) of English families, some with mottos in French or Latin; many escutcheons have been left blank. ff. 122r-127r: An alphabetical index of surnames included in this manuscript. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked, drawn in black ink throughout ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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