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762. Harley MS 1855
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1855
- Title:
- A register of the Spanish Company (Society of Merchants of England trading in Spain and Portugal), 1605
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-36v: A register of the Spanish Company (Society of Merchants of England trading in Spain and Portugal) including lists of members admitted to the company (ff. 1r-14r), a copy of the charter granted by King James I to the Company (31 May 1605) (ff. 15r-34v), and an index of topi...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1605
- Extent:
- 1 volume
763. Harley MS 1856
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1856
- Title:
- Collection of writs and legal precedents from the reign of Henry VIII
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-174r: Collection of writs and legal precedents from the reign of King Henry VIII, written in Latin and English and organised alphabetically by 'Rouland Shakelady'. For example, including a licence to Bartholomew Hesketh to wear his bonnet at his own liberty for head infirmities...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1540
- Extent:
-
1 volume
764. Harley MS 1859
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1859
- Title:
- Registrum brevium
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 2r-217r: Registrum brevium. The manuscript contains several additions: f. 1*verso: 'Sacramentum Servientis ad legem', beginning: 'Ye shall swere that well and truly ye shall serve the kynges People as one of the Sergeantes at the Lawe'; added in the 16th century. f. 1r: Lati...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
765. Harley MS 1862
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1862
- Title:
- Oon of Foure; a treatise on the Ten Commandments, virtues and sins
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 7r-77v: Oon of Foure; a Middle English translation of Clement of Llanthony's Gospel Harmony Unum ex Quattuor, beginning: 'heer bigynneþ a prolog in to o booc maad of þe foure gospelis: Clement a preest of þe chirche of lantony gaderde alle þe sentences of þe foure gospeleris in t...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
766. Harley MS 1864
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1864
- Title:
- Armorial of Knights of the Order of the Garter
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 1v: Dedication of the manuscript by Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612) to Queen Elizabeth I, dated 1588, beginning: 'Serenissima, Augustissima, et ubiuis longe Potentissima Regina'. f. 2r: The achievement of King Henry V, with above: 'Elizabetha potens, iam regnans pace Bryt...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1587
- Extent:
- 1 volume
767. Harley MS 1866
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1866
- Title:
- Excerpts from Textus Roffensis, in a modern facsimile by Elizabeth Elstob
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-9v: Excerpts from Textus Roffensis, including a copy of King Æthelberht's charter of the foundation or endowment of the church of Rochester (bearing the date ‘4 kal. Maias, indictione 7’), a facsimile on parchment made by Elizabeth Elstob. Decoration: 1 large historiated in...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1700-1719
- Extent:
-
1 volume
768. Harley MS 1879
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1879
- Title:
- Catalogues of the books of Henry Savile of Banke, Robert Bruce Cotton, and John Dee
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-10r: Catalogue of the library of Henry Savile of Banke (d. 1617) in English and Latin, written in the hand of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. f. 10v: List of books wanted by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, headed: 'Books I want', fr...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1583-c 1612
- Extent:
- 1 volume
769. Harley MS 1880
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1880
- Title:
- Indenture between King Henry VIII and Sir Andrew Windsor, keeper of the wardrobe, for the sale of the manor of Stanwell (Middlesex) and other estates
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains an indenture, or deed of sale, between King Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) and Sir Andrew Windsor (b. 1467, d. 1543), an English MP, keeper of the wardrobe, and knight banneret. Dated 14th March 1542, the indenture records Windsor's sale of his ancestral manor house of Stanwe...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1542-1543
- Extent:
- 1 volume
770. Harley MS 1882
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1882
- Title:
- How to perfume gloves, to make perfumes and swete waters with divers other sundrie preservatives as they be made in Spanie and Portugall translated forthe of a written Spannishe booke of the Duches of Ferias
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-22r: A collection of 87 recipes, entitled: 'Howe to perfume gloves, to make perfumes and swete waters with divers other sundrie preservatives as they be made in Spanie and Portugall translated forthe of a written Spannishe booke of the Duches of Ferias'; Jane Dormer (b. 1536, ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 17th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume