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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1128
Title:: 'A discourse of the Privilidge and Practize of the Highe Courte of Parleament in England, collected out of the Comon Lawes of this Land, etc'
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-24v: 'A discourse of the Privilidge and Practize of the Highe Courte of Parleament in England, collected out of the Comon Lawes of this Land, etc'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1129
Title:: An etymological glossary of Anglo-Saxon, Latin and English terms by William Dugdale
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1v-105r: An etymological glossary of Anglo-Saxon, Latin and English terms, mostly pertaining to law and property, organised according to alphabetical order; copied by William Dugdale (not dated). The manuscript has a few later additions, added in the 17th century: f. 52r: A let...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 17th century-4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1130
Title:: Thomas Smithe, 'The manner of government or pollicie of the Realme of England'; 'A Communication or Discourse of the Queenes Majestie her Marriage, debated by foure Gentlemen of the Court at Mount Hall in Essex, and reported by Sir Thomas Smith, knight to his neighbour Frauncis Wiat, Gentlemann, 1567, April 1'
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-40v: Thomas Smithe, 'The manner of government or pollicie of the Realme of England'; in 3 books. ff. 41r-73r: 'A Communication or Discourse of the Queenes Majestie her Marriage, debated by foure Gentlemen of the Court at Mount Hall in Essex, and reported by Sir Thomas Smith,...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1134
Title:: An Alphabet of Arms
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-2*r: Sketches of heraldic elements (including a griffon statant regardant, and a lion rampant in brown ink and highlighted in red); a pedigree of the ‘Rosseter’ family going up to 1637. ff. 3r-262v: An Alphabet of Arms, with the coats of arms of English nobility and gentry t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1135
Title:: A copy of the Visitation-book of Sussex of 1633-1634
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 3r-4r: An alphabetical index of the names of families included in this manuscript. f. 4r: ‘Memorandum that the booke that this was transcribed by was part of Northamptsh. ad ffoll. […]’. ff. 7r-: Pedigrees and coats of arms of the nobility and gentry of Sussex, copied from the...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1650
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1136
Title:: A copy of the Visitation-book of Suffolk of 1561
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-68v: Pedigrees and arms of Suffolk families, copied from the Visitation-book of Suffolk of 1561 by William Harvey (b. 1510, d. 1567), Clarenceux King of Arms; with misbound leaves from of a copy of the Visitation-book of Buckinghamshire of 1634 by John Philipot (b. 1588, d. 164...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2nd quarter or 3rd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1137
Title:: A copy of William Harvey’s Visitation-book of the county of Essex with additions by Jacob Chaloner and John Gough
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-2v: An alphabetical table of the surnames of families whose pedigrees are described in this manuscript. ff. 3r-5r: An incomplete table of the arms of families represented in this manuscript. ff. 6r-6v: Pedigrees of Parker, Bugg, Ap Walter, and Hevingham. ff. 7r-10r: Sherif...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1615-1638
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1157
Title:: Pedigrees and coats of arms of Shropshire families
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: A list of the order for a funeral procession (‘Order for funeralls’). ff. 2r-78r: Pedigrees of Shropshire families, with coats of arms; the latest date in the manuscript is 1612 (ff. 45r, 58v). f. 79: An unidentified coat of arms. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked, drawn...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1158
Title:: Copies from the Yearbooks of Edward II and Edward III
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-5r: A list of the names of sheriffs of Lancashire (Henry II-17th year of the reign of James I). ff. 6r-22r: Coats of arms (16 to page) of Lancashire families, organised alphabetically. ff. 22*verso-160v: Pedigrees of Lancashire families copied from the Visitation of Lancash...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1168
Title:: The Visitation Book of Durham of 1615
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-2v: A ‘note of al such Parsons as ware disclamed in the time of his Visitation 1615’. ff. 4v-56r, 61r: A copy of the Visitation Book of the county of Durham in 1615 by Richard St George, Norroy King of Arms, and Henry St George, Bluemantle Pursuivant. ff. 57r-60r: The “Armes...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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