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1091. Harley MS 1234

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1234
Title:
Extracts from heraldic Visitation books of various counties
Scope & Content:
Heraldic tracts copied from various county Visitations of Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Sussex, Westmorland and Cumberland, by John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter, and others. Including arms tricked and in blazon. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1092. Harley MS 1235

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1235
Title:
Statutes of Magdalen College, Oxford
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a copy of the statutes of Magdalen College, Oxford, copied by Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey. Inscribed on f. 1: 'The statures of Magdalen College I copied out of one lent me by my son Richard Annesley. August & Sept 1677'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1677
Extent:
1 volume

1093. Harley MS 1236

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1236
Title:
Journal of the transactions in the House of Commons, November 1685
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a journal of all the transactions in the House of Commons from 9 November 1685 to 20 November 1685, when the Parliament was prorogued. In this volume you can find the Kings Speech, the address of the House to His Majesty, with his answer, along with several de...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1685
Extent:
1 volume

1094. Harley MS 1237

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1237
Title:
Drafts of a Bill of Comprehension
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume, consisting of various drafts of a Bill of Comprehension, to reconcile some non-conformist protestants with the Church of England. Contents: ff. 1-3v: 'An Act for the Uniting their Majesties Protestant Subjects', also referred to as the Bill of Comprehension, 1689. ff. 4...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1689?
Extent:
1 volume

1095. Harley MS 1239

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1239
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde; a selection from The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of works by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340-1400): Troilus and Criseyde, and a selection from The Canterbury Tales. The latter includes The Knight's Tale, The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Clerk's Tale, and The Franklin's Tale. Con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

1096. Harley MS 1240

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1240
Title:
Black Book of Wigmore
Scope & Content:
Deeds and evidence relating to the estate of the lords of the Mortimers. ff. 1r–7v: Indexes. ff. 8r–34v: Table of contents, similar to the inventories in Add MS 6041. ff. 35r–125r: Cartulary of deeds, 13th–14th century, relating to lands in England, Wales and Ireland, written after 1379. Ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1380s
Extent:

1 volume

1097. Harley MS 1241

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1241
Title:
Richard Lee, The Visitation of Shropshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-172v: A copy of the Visitation of Shropshire by Richard Lee, Richmond Herald, and marshall to Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, 1574; with additional notes by Lewis Dunne and Jacob Chaloner until the year 1620. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked, in brown ink throughout...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1661
Extent:
1 volume

1098. Harley MS 1242

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1242
Title:
Henry Bracton, De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5v: A table of contents. ff. 6r-224v: Henry Bracton (d. 1268), De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1099. Harley MS 1243

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1243
Title:
State papers and parliamentary journals
Scope & Content:
Various state papers and parliamentary journals bound together. ff. 1-107: Journal of the House of Lords, 26 November 1696 to 23 January 1697, with reference to the attainder of Sir John Fenwick. Also includes the following business: Charles Mordaunt, then Earl of Monmouth, later of Peterbor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1661-1708
Extent:
1 volume

1100. Harley MS 1244

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1244
Title:
Relations between France and Scotland
Scope & Content:
Collection of treaties between France and Scotland 791-1587, privileges accorded to the Scots by French kings, and Scotland’s renunciation of the alliance with France in 1292 and 1296. Chiefly in French with some Latin. Written in a single italic hand. Contents: f. 1*: Title: ‘Traittez entre l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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