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3971. Harley MS 5850

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5850
Title:
Alphabets of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: Frontispiece decoration, left empty. ff. 1r-43r: An Alphabet of Arms (incomplete), featuring drawings of coats of arms of English families (56 per pages) in alphabetical order, covering the letters ‘A’-‘H’. ff. 43v-92v. An Alphabet of Arms, with the arms blazoned in Eng...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3972. Harley MS 5856

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5856
Title:
An alphabet of names, from the reign of King Henry III to that of King Edward IV
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-138v: An alphabet of names (? English nobility), organised according to the reigns of English kings, from Henry III to Edward IV.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3973. Harley MS 5859

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5859
Title:
Alphabets of Arms for English families, emperors, kings, saints and the Knights of the Round Table
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title inscription: ‘Alphabett in Blazon’; followed by the note: ‘att the Later end Armes of Emperour Kings Duckes and Saintes etcaetera’. ff. 1r-198r:An Alphabet of Arms, with the coats of arms of English families, blazoned in French heraldic terminology; and some illu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3974. Harley MS 5860

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5860
Title:
An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*verso-2*recto: Unfinished drawings or sketches of coats of arms in pencil and ink. ff. 1r-1v: An abstract of a patent in Latin from King Charles of Sweden, granting to John Jackson of Stockport, Cheshire, the honour of nobility, and a coat of arms with the title of Johannes Pe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3975. Harley MS 5862

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5862
Title:
Kentish pedigrees and coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4r: Coats of arms of Keniths nobility and gentry (6 per page). ff. 9r-40r: Collection of genealogies of Kentish families, with the signature of Robert Cook (d. 1593), Clarenceux King of Arms on f. 28r; but clearly a copy [see the date 1615 on f. 37r]. ff. 40-42r. An alpha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3976. Harley MS 5863

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5863
Title:
A transcript from a heraldic roll by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*verso: A testimony about the transcript by Robert Glover (b. 1543/1544, d. 1588), Somerset Herald of Arms: 'Hoc transcriptum sive exemplar rarissimi cujusdam Rotuli antiqui de re Armorum, fideliter cum prototypo concordare testatur Robertus Glover, aliter dictus Somersett heraldu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1579
Extent:
1 volume

3977. Harley MS 5864

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5864
Title:
English coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title inscription: ‘Single Coats and Crests and some Irish Armes’; a fragmentary list of surnames with page references. ff. 2r-89v: A collection of English coats of arms (16 per page), some with crests and Latin and French mottoes, beginning with the arms of St George, ‘The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

3978. Harley MS 5865

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5865
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Hampshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: Inscriptions of the names 'Cufeild' and 'Cufaulde', perhaps referring to a location in Bramley, Hampshire. ff. 2*recto-3*recto: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. ff. 1r-6v: Coats of arms of Hampshire families (20 per page), some with cre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1623
Extent:
1 volume

3979. Harley MS 5866

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5866
Title:
Coats of arms of Irish nobility and gentry
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A list of ‘The names of the governors, Lieutenants, Lord iustices and Deputies of Ireland, since the conquest thereof by King Henrie the second’; ending in 1541. f. 2r: A list of ‘The names of all the Lords Deputies and Justices in Ireland, since the deathe of King Henrie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3980. Harley MS 5868

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5868
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Buckinghamshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-63r: Pedigrees and coats of arms of Buckinghamshire families; featuring notes in English and Latin; partially based on the Visitation of that county in 1566; the latest date to feature in the manuscript is 1618. ff. 64v-65r: An alphabetical index of family names included in t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1618
Extent:
1 volume

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