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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

391. Harley MS 289

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 289
Title:
Sixteenth-century letters and papers relating to Scotland and England
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–211v: A collection of letters and papers, originals and contemporary copies, including information about Scotland; relations between Scotland and England, and diplomacy during the reigns of Tudor monarchs. f. 1r: A genealogy of the Hamiltons. f. 1v: Unfinished note beginning 'Of this ho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

392. Harley MS 290

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 290
Title:
Papers relating to Mary Queen of Scots
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–283v: A collection of papers, some original, relating to Mary Queen of Scots and William Davison. ff. 1r–5v: Tract in Latin on the marriage between Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VI), and Mary Queen of Scots (undated, but must date from around the time of the Treaty of Greenwich i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 16th century-mid 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

393. Harley MS 291

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 291
Title:
Letters and papers, reign of King James VI of Scotland
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–212v: A collection of papers, many of which are original, related to Scottish affairs, or to the transactions between England and Scotland, during the early part of James VI's reign. ff. 1r–v: James VI's orders for pacifying the nobility, 13 August 1587, Stirling Castle. ff. 2r–v: Artic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

394. Harley MS 292

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 292
Title:
Collection of English papers concerning Scotland and Ireland from the reign of King Henry VIII to Charles I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-188r: A large collection of English papers (mostly originals) concerning Scotland and Ireland, from the reign of Henry VIII to Charles I. The collection features original letters to Sir Francis Walsingham, one of which is written by King James VI. Another by David Lindsay, min...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1536-c 1650
Extent:
1 volume

395. Harley MS 293

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 293
Title:
An English miscellany of historical texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*recto-18v: Francis Thynne, The names and armes of the Earles Marshall of England, here entitled 'This book as Mr Robert Hare informed me was made in the tyme of Edward the ffourth', beginning 'Domus regis magni est Domus Coelestes dapiferi’ [not listed in Carlson, Francis Thynne...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

396. Harley MS 295

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 295
Title:
An English collection of letters concerning Spain and the Spanish Netherlands
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-261v: A large collection of papers relating to Spain, Portugal, the Spanish Netherlands, and England’s affairs and trade with these regions; originals and transcripts in English, French, Italian and Latin dated to 1518-1623, including letters to Sir Thomas Walsingham, Cardinal ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1518-1623
Extent:
1 volume

397. Harley MS 296

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 296
Title:
A collection of original letters and transcripts, concerning Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Russia and Morocco
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A discourse in French, concerning the enterprise that could be arranged for Don Antonio (b. 1531, d. 1595), a claimant for the Portuguese throne, for the recovery of his kingdom, and the effect and usefulness of this for the Netherlands and England. ff. 3r-4v: An origina...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

398. Harley MS 297

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 297
Title:
Transcripts of letters and papers concerning state and foreign affairs, mostly during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains transcripts of letters and other documents originally written during the reigns of Henry VII (r. 1485-1509), Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547), and Edward VI (r. 1547-1553). Many of the items are written in the hand of the archivist and merchant Ralph Starkey (d. 1628) and the v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

399. Harley MS 297/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 297/1
Title:
Detached former binding of Harley MS 297
Scope & Content:
Detached brown half-leather binding, with marbled paper, tooled in gold, and the Harleian armorial bookplate gold-stamped on the upper and lower covers, and two unfoliated paper flyleaves. The binding was previously attached to Harley MS 297 and is now stored separately.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
Former binding of Harley MS 297

400. Harley MS 300

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 300
Title:
Answer by John Bowdiche to a Bill of Complaint of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, with a catalogue of historical manuscripts in the collection of Sir Simonds D'Ewes
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume. On the rectos is the answer of John Bowdiche [Bowditch?] the younger, gentleman, to the Bill of Complaint of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, Knight, Complainant. Starting from the back of the volume, on the versos, is a selected index of historical manuscripts found within the col...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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