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2141. Harley MS 1954

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1954
Title:
Laws relating to Wales
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4r: Tracts on making a testament in Latin; with examples dated to 1420-1426. f. 4v: A draft indenture by Nicholas Bolnehyll, Eschaetor of Caernaerfon, concerning Jevan ap Gruffyth ap Hoelle, dated 1443/4. f. 6r: 'Compositio monete et mensurarum'. ff. 6r-7r: 'Assisa Panis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-2rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2142. Harley MS 1960

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1960
Title:
A collection of riddles
Scope & Content:
A manuscript volume of about 144 riddles, with some repeated and crossed out, collected by the Holme family of Chester. This volume is written in three different hands, one of which has been identified as Randle Holme III. There is an index found at the back of the volume, also written by Randl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2143. Harley MS 1961

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1961
Title:
Armorial pedigree of Margaret ferch Huw ap Llywelyn ap Rhys, compiled by William Cynwal
Scope & Content:
Armorial pedigree of Margaret ferch Huw ap Llywelyn ap Rhys, compiled by William Cynwal. Contents: ff. 3r-45v: Coats of arms of Welsh nobility (1 per page). f. 46r: A note on the book by William Cynwal. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1r: A fragment of a English legal text ta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Welsh
Date Range:
1580
Extent:
1 volume

2144. Harley MS 1963

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1963
Title:
Collection of family crests
Scope & Content:
Manuscript volume containing crests of various families, some in pen, some painted, done in alphabetical order. This manuscript has previously been described as containing crests of families in Cheshire, but in fact contains families from many different counties.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2145. Harley MS 1964

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1964
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Rennes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2v-6r: Unidentified devotional text in French about the teaching of five salutations to Christ, faded at the beginning. ff. 7r-18v: Calendar, including the following saints in red ink: Agnes, Juliane, Agatha, Ambrosius, Eutrope, Yvo (Tréguier, Brittany), Gervasus and Prothasus,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2146. Harley MS 1965

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1965
Title:
Cartulary of St Werburgh’s Abbey, Chester
Scope & Content:
f. 1v: Fragment of a 16th-century indenture in English, reused as a flyleaf. ff. 2r–3r: Contemporary table, arranged by pressmarks (distinctiones). ff. 2v–44v: Cartulary, containing abstracts of charters, arranged partly topographically and partly according to subject matter. Includes charters...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

2147. Harley MS 1966

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1966
Title:
An English Baronage by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing the baronage of Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms. The volume also contains 17th century additions, including tables of arms and an alphabetical index, by Thomas Chaloner, Jacob Chaloner, Randle Holme II and others. On folio 25 is inscribed 'Randle Holme j...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2148. Harley MS 1976

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1976
Title:
English and Welsh pedigrees
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Title page. f. 2r: Pastedown from a pedigree of Ferdinando Stanley (1559-94), Lord Strange, later earl of Derby. ff. 3r-11r: Index of pedigrees in the hand of Randle Holme II, 1632. ff. 12r-13v: Lists of Welsh and English nobles and their heraldry. f. 14r: Index of families...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2149. Harley MS 1982

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1982
Title:
Shropshire pedigrees
Scope & Content:
Heraldic manuscript volume in several hands, showing arms and pedigrees of old Shropshire families. Re-foliated. The letter from Richard Mundy to Randle Holme, 22 June 1638 (before original folio 78), referred to in the printed Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum (1808-12...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2150. Harley MS 1983

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1983
Title:
Shropshire pedigrees with painted arms
Scope & Content:
Heraldic manuscript volume showing painted arm and pedigrees of Shropshire families, with some church notes and extracts from family deeds. Appears to have been taken from a visitation book, pre-dating the visitation of 1623. Continuations and fresh pedigrees added in the hand of Richard Mundy o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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