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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 751
Title:: Extracts of statutes from the reigns of Henry III and Richard II; statutes of Henry IV and Henry V
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-18v: Nova Statuta, comprising extracts of statutes from the reigns of Edward III and Richard II; written in Law French with headings in Latin. ff. 20r-35r: Alphabetical subject index. ff. 36r-42v: 'Statuta de anno primo R. Henrici Quarti'. ff. 42v-51v: 'Statuta R. Henrici ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 752
Title:: Alphabet of Arms
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-362r: An alphabet of family names with blazons of their coats of arms. The manuscript contains a later addition: ff. 1*recto-1*verso: A ‘Table directing to the Alphabett of Names’; added (? by Thomas Cole) in the 17th century. Decoration: Coats of arms in black ink throu...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 753
Title:: The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (Extended Version to 1430), including John Page's poem 'The Siege of Rouen'
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-191v: The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (Extended Version to 1430), including a poem by John Page (fl. 1418–1422), 'The Siege of Rouen'. The manuscript contains several additions: f. 90r: 'Item lent to mestres Boweyarr one pell of yuarne wylliam Satyllar […] ij bollys 1 was...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle
Date Range:: 1430-c 1450
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 754
Title:: Relatione della corte di Roma, suoi Offitii e governo and related items
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-38v: Relatione della corte di Roma, suoi Offitii e governo. ff. 39r-64v: Conclave fatto per la Sede vacante di Papa Adriano VI nel quale fu creato sommo pontifice il cardinale Giulio de Medici, Fiorentino, detto Clemente VII. ff. 65r-99r: Conclave fatto per la Sede vacante di...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 755
Title:: Collection of sermons; treatise on the Ten Commandments
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-136v: Sermons for feasts of the Temporale. ff. 137r-148v: A subject index. ff. 149r-170r: Treatise on the Ten Commandments. ff. 171r-247v: Collection of Latin sermons, beginning: 'Hora est [...] cum sit brevis vita [nostra] Job 12: Breves dies hominis sunt'. Attributed to...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 756
Title:: Thomas Cole’s collections. Volume 1.
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 3-25: ‘The Kallender of names’, with counties. ff. 26-281: Notes extracted from the records. ff. 282-390: Index of place names, by county.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 756-760, 410-411
Title:: Thomas Cole’s collections from the Court of Wards and Liveries
Scope & Content:: Abstracts of inquisitions from the records of the Court of Wards and Liveries, compiled by Thomas Cole; with indexes of families and places.. Some volumes bear Cole’s armorial ink stamp, with the motto ‘Cole Deum’.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 17th century
Extent:: 7 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 757
Title:: Thomas Cole’s collections. Volume 2.
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1-17: Index of family names, with counties. ff. 17-185r: Notes extracted from the records. ff. 185v-247: Index of place names, by county.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 758
Title:: Thomas Cole’s collections. Volume 3.
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1-13: Index of family names, with counties. Titled: ‘A Table of the surnames of this Third Booke Collected out of the books and Recordes of the Court of Wardes & Liveries by Thomas Cole of the same. Court Gent. & is marked Escaetr. Lib: 5 [sic]. Cole’. ff. 14-149: Notes e...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 759
Title:: Thomas Cole’s collections. Volume 4.
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1-18: Index of family names, with counties. ff. 19-137: Notes extracted from the records. ff. 138-185: Index of place names, by county.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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