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Container Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661

1251. Harley MS 1413

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1413
Title:
Albrecht of Prussia, Kriegsordnung (chapters 7-10)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the second half of a two-volume set of the Kriegsordnung (chapters 7-10), a treatise on managing large military campaigns composed by Albrecht of Prussia (b. 1490, d. 1568), first Duke of Prussia and grand master of the Teutonic Order. It is considered to be one of the m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1555
Extent:
1 volume

1252. Harley MS 1414

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1414
Title:
An Alphabet of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*verso: A title inscription: ‘The Greate Alphabett in trick’. ff. 1r-286r: An Alphabet of Arms, with coats of arms in colour and tricked in brown ink. Decoration: Coats of arms in colour or tricked in brown ink, organized in grids with 20 escutcheons per page.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1253. Harley MS 1415

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1415
Title:
Robert Glover, Visitation Book of Yorkshire (1584-85), and Visitation Book of Staffordshire (1583)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-96v: Robert Glover (b. 1543/4, d. 1588), Visitation Book of Yorkshire (1584), entitled: ‘The Booke of Entrances, made in the tyme of thevisitation of Yorkeshier, begone 1584, and continued, Anno Domini 1585 by Robert Glover, alias Somersett herald at Armes: Mareshall, and deput...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1254. Harley MS 1416

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1416
Title:
The Progenie of the monarchs of the English men
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-59v: Anonymous, ‘The Progenie of the monarchs of the English men – Conteyning: The titles and reignes of them ; the coronations and parentage of them and their wyves : the names, armes, nativities, mariages, deceasses, burialles, and issue, of them, theire wyves, and theire chi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1595
Extent:
1 volume

1255. Harley MS 1417

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1417
Title:
Descents and pedigrees of English families
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Added ownership inscriptions. f. 2r: A list of nobleman during the reign of King Henry VIII, perhaps those who formed part of his Privy Council. ff. 3r-11r: A partial index to two collection of arms, one signified by a maltese cross (possibly identified as London, College ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1525-1534
Extent:
1 volume

1256. Harley MS 1419/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1419/1
Title:
Inventory of King Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
Along with Harley MS 1419/2, this manuscript forms the second part of King Henry VIII's inventory; the first part is Society of Antiquaries MS 129 A and B. From the absence of signatures, it is clear that both volumes are fair copies. Instructions were given to draw up an inventory of Henry's mo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1547-1548
Extent:
1 volume

1257. Harley MS 1419/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1419/2
Title:
Inventory of King Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
Along with Harley MS 1419/2, this manuscript forms the second part of King Henry VIII's inventory; the first part is Society of Antiquaries MS 129 A and B. From the absence of signatures, it is clear that both volumes are fair copies. Instructions were given to draw up an inventory of Henry's mo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1547-1548
Extent:
1 volume

1258. Harley MS 1426

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1426
Title:
Achievements of English families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-32v, 35r-111r: The achievements of the English nobility from the time of James I or Charles I, with mottoes in Latin and French. f. 33v: The arms, and descents of noble persons written and painted circularly, and concentring on William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. f. 34r: Thr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1625-c 1629
Extent:
1 volume

1259. Harley MS 1428

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1428
Title:
English coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-16v: Coats of arms and crests of English families (4 per page or full-page drawings), some with mottoes (in French and Latin); also featuring accounts of their descents and epitaphs. The latest date attached to these arms is 1654. f. 17r: A list of the Lords created by King Ch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1641-1654
Extent:

1 volume

1260. Harley MS 1455

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1455
Title:
Arms and crests, tricked by John Withie
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing arms and crests of different families which bear the same name. Mostly tricked by John Withie, painter-stainer, into printed escutcheons. At the front of the volume is an imperfect table of names found within the volume.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1626
Extent:
1 volume

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