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731. Harley MS 854

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 854
Title:
William Stamford, Exposition of the King's Prerogative
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title-page: ‘Stamfordes boke of the prerogatyffe’. ff. 2r-72v: William Stamford (fl. 16th century), Exposition of the King's Prerogative (1567); here entitled ‘Prerogative of the kynge and Crowne of England’; introduced as ‘An exposicion of the kyngs prerogative collected o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1574-1575
Extent:
1 volume

732. Harley MS 855

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 855
Title:
Pierre Jeannin, Lettre de Monsieur Le Duc du Mayne Au Roy d’Espagne touchant Les guerres dernieres faute; A la Memoire perpetuelle de Henry quatriesme surnomme le Grand, Roy tres Chrestien de France et de Navarre
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-39v: ‘Lettre de Monsieur Le Duc du Mayne [‘Charles de Loraine’] Au Roy d’Espagne touchant Les guerres dernieres faute; Par Monsieur le President Jeannin [Pierre Jeannin (b. 1542, d. 1623)]’; dated to 31 December 1594. ff. 40r: ‘A la Memoire perpetuelle de Henry quatriesme su...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1594
Extent:
1 volume

733. Harley MS 856

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 856
Title:
A treatise on common law in England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-52r: A treatise of grounds and rules, maxims of the common law of England; dedicated to Elizabeth I, A. D. 1596.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1596
Extent:
1 volume

734. Harley MS 857

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 857
Title:
List of Acts of Parliament
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a list of the titles of Acts of Parliament from 1 Richard III [1483] to 21 James I [1623/1624], either enrolled, or removed by writs of certiorari.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1624
Extent:
1 volume

735. Harley MS 858

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 858
Title:
Vetera Statuta, Registrum Brevium
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes the statutes of the English kings from Magna Cartato the end of the reign of Edward II, known as the Vetera Statuta (ff. 1r-73v), followed by two copies of the Registrum Brevium (ff. 74r-119v and 120r-191v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

736. Harley MS 859

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 859
Title:
Legal, theological and political tracts
Scope & Content:
Ten English tracts bound together. Contents: ff. 1-28: Part of ‘A Treatise of the High Court of Star Chamber’, by William Hudson. ff. 29-38: Argument Concerning Ship Money, by Sir Humphrey Davenport. 28 May 1638. ff. 39-43: On the Suppression of Jesuits, by Sir Robert Cotton. Header (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

737. Harley MS 860

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 860
Title:
Alphabet of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-197r: An Alphabet of Arms; with the arms of English gentry and aristocracy, blazoned.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

738. Harley MS 861

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 861
Title:
Compilation of texts relating to English claims to the French throne
Scope & Content:
A compilation of texts detailing English claims to the French throne and Anglo-French treaties during the Hundred Years War, compiled by Thomas Beckington (c. 1390-1465), bishop of Bath and Wells. The manuscript dates to sometime after 1443, when Beckington became bishop. The focus on the claims...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1443-1461
Extent:
1 volume

739. Harley MS 862

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 862
Title:
Collection of libella, positiones, instrumenta, appellationes, inquisitiones, litterae, licentiae, formulae and other ecclesiastical texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-317v: A collection of libella, positiones, instrumenta, appellationes, inquisitiones, litterae, licentiae, formulae and other ecclesiastical texts, some pertaining to English dioceses.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

740. Harley MS 863

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 863
Title:
Psalter ('The Leofric Psalter') with partial gloss in Old English
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a Psalter (ff. 8r-123v) that was written by scribes who also produced manuscripts made for Leofric, bishop of Exeter (from 1046 to 1072 (see Lapidge, Anglo-Saxon Litanies of the Saints (1991) no. 23). The manuscript also includes a 12th-century Kalendar with many later a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century-12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

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