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2171. Harley MS 2089

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2089
Title:
Thomas Chaloner, An Alphabet of Arms of English, Irish and Welsh families
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2*recto: An index for the Alphabet of Arms using alphabetically organised two-letter (‘Aa’, ‘Ab’, ‘Ac’, etc.); probably added at the British Museum [Humfrey Wanley, Keeper of the Harleian Library, only catalogued Harley MSS 1-2407] and the draft or copy of the same index printed in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1588-1700
Extent:
1 volume

2172. Harley MS 2098

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2098
Title:
Notes relating to a Mize on the lands of the Prince of Wales in Denbighshire; the Original Mize-book of the Assessment for Cheshire
Scope & Content:
ff. 1v-2v: Fragmentary notes relating to a Mize on the lands held by the Prince of Wales in Denbighshire. ff. 3r-9v: The Original Mize-book of the Assessment for Cheshire. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 10r: An inscription: 'A mize of Cheshire and the Hundreds and other notes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1518-c 1519
Extent:
1 volume

2173. Harley MS 2110

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2110
Title:
Cartulary of Castle Acre Priory
Scope & Content:
ff. 4*r–5*v: Fragment of Ælfric, Homilies, first series, for St John and St Stephen (1st half of the 11th century, Old English, written in insular minuscule); with a large initial and title in display capitals in red (f. 4*r); 220 × 150 mm. One bifolium, missing four lines of text in the upper p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

2174. Harley MS 2124

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2124
Title:
The Chester mysteries, copied by James Miller, 1607
Scope & Content:
The Chester Mysteries, divided into 24 pageants, with directions for their acting by the guilds of that city, copied by James Miller, in July and August, 1607. The 7th pageant, ‘De pastoribus gregem pascentibus,’ assigned to the Painters and Glaziers, contains a few notes of music to the ‘Gloria ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1607
Extent:
1 volume (144 folios)

2175. Harley MS 2148

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2148
Title:
Cartulary of St Werburgh’s Abbey, Chester
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–3r: ‘Index virorum’, added by Randle Holme (1627–1700). ff. 4r–69v: Register of pleas concerning the property of St Werburgh’s Abbey during the reigns of Henry III, Edward I, and Edward II, with insertions from the late 14th and early 15th centuries. ff. 70r–71v: ‘Index Locorum’, added ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

2176. Harley MS 2160

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2160
Title:
Arraignment and execution of Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex
Scope & Content:
A collection of material relating to the arraignment and execution of Robert Devereux, second earl of Essex, soldier and politician (1565–1601). f. 1*, f. 13: Flyleaves: a 16th-century legal document concerning the lease of the manor of Poulton, and other lands, in Chester. ff. 1r-10v: Accoun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2177. Harley MS 2169

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2169
Title:
Heraldic collection
Scope & Content:
This heraldic manuscript contains a collection of arms compiled in the time of Henry VI or Edward IV. The collection focuses on English arms, as is indicated by its opening pages which feature verses on and drawings of William of Normandy (f. 1r), King Henry V (f. 2r), and King Henry VI (f. 3r)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and French, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2178. Harley MS 2178

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2178
Title:
Collection of philosophical tracts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-7r: Fragment of a treatise on motion, perhaps by Johannes Chilmarchus [Chilmarcus], according to A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, II (1808), p. 547. ff. 7r-10r: 'Universalia Mylleverley'. ff. 10v-21v: 'Universalia Magistri W. P. cum expotione super librum Prophirii'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2179. Harley MS 2179

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2179
Title:
Ecclesiastical formulary
Scope & Content:
A formulary probably created for Philip Repyngdon, bishop of Lincoln (d. 1424). Formularies are collections of original or copied documents to use as a model. Most of the volume’s documents are originals relating to Derbyshire, Cheshire, and Shropshire. Contents: f. 1v: A reused trimmed leaf w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century – 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2180. Harley MS 2181

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2181
Title:
Medulla grammaticae and other texts
Scope & Content:
The manuscript comprises the Medulla grammaticae (ff. 9r-94r) with additional texts and notes (ff. 3r-8v, 94v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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