Folio manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-19v: Notes concerning the principle transactions of Parliament which began on 30 January 1620 [1621]. ff. 20-40v: Notes concerning the proceedings of the second sitting of the same Parliament, 20 November 1621-18 December 1621 ff. 41v-51v (starting from ...
Collection of extracts relating to English common law. In law French and English. For a detailed description of arguments, pleadings, judgements and cases included, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), I (1808), pages 526-...
Heraldic book bought by John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter, from John Guillim (c 1551-1621), Pursuivant of Arms, 14 May 1612. Contents: f. 1*v: Arms of John Guillim from former parchment cover cut out and pasted on verso of f. 1*. f. 1: Front leaf with shelfmarks, provenance inscriptio...
Contents: f. [iii]recto: A title inscription: ‘Baronets Discents’. f. 1*recto: A list of payments, entitled: ‘A bill of fees due to the Kings Servants from all persons that receive the Honour of Knighthood’. f. 1*verso: A list of payments, entitled: ‘The ffees of the Severall Offices for a ...
Proceedings in the 3rd Parliament of King Charles I, Westminster, 1628-1629. Items dated 17 March-26 June 1628. With a table of contents at the end of the volume. For a detailed list of contents, see printed Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. 2 (1808), pp. 185-187.
Manuscript constitution, in the form of an address to a new member of the Freemasons, starting with a history of masonry, the Articles to be observed, the New Articles and oath.
Contents: Ritual, Ambrosian (i.e. Milan) Use, including a prayer for the duke of Milan and count of Pavia (ff. 42r-v, 48v) and one for the congregation of St Innocent (f. 48v), imperfect. Additional texts (ff. 1r-4v, 50-52v, 122v-124v) and prayers (in the margins) added by 15th- and 16th-cent...