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Container Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661

771. Harley MS 896

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 896
Title:
The Fyve Conquestes of this Land with the Names and Armes of the Conquerers; The Names and Armes of all the noble men since the Conqueste of Englande and by whome they weare created
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A memorandum ‘that Thirde of March 1597 I Edward Stanhope Esquire have receyved backe againe of John Manwood the booke called Secretum domini which I lente him as appreth by a note of [unidentified signature]’. f. 1v: A tract on ‘The Fyve Conquestes of this Land with the Name...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

772. Harley MS 897

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 897
Title:
English pedigrees and arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6r: A table of family names. ff. 6v-74r: A collection of notes on English nobility, including obits, pedigrees, coat of arms (tricked), and church notes; with some additions by Ralfe Brooke (b. 1553, d. 1625), Officer of Arms. ff. 75r-87r: Notes about the deaths of noblemen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

773. Harley MS 898

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 898
Title:
Summary of writs issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1589-1593
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-246r: Summary of writs issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1589-1593; in Latin, but featuring some English on f. 136r. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1*recto: A title-page: ‘De Annis 36. 37. 38. 39. 40 & 41 Elizab.’; added in the 17th or 18th cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1589-1593
Extent:
1 volume

774. Harley MS 899

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 899
Title:
An Alphabet of Arms of English nobility and gentry
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-34r: An Alphabet of Arms of English nobility and gentry, blazoned.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

775. Harley MS 900

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 900
Title:
Legal commentaries compiled by William Hughes of Grays Inn
Scope & Content:
Two apparently unpublished text books for law students and others compiled by William Hughes of Grays Inn. ff. 1-65: Legal writings, commentaries on Anthony Fitzherbert’s treatise on English law, New Natura Brevium (1534). Title page: ‘The first parte of the Commentaries upon Mr FitzHarbert h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1647
Extent:

1 volume

776. Harley MS 902

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 902
Title:
Rauf de Boun, Le Petit Bruit; compilation of historical texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-11v: Rauf de Boun, Le Petit Bruit. ff. 12r-12v: 'Le serment de Feaulte qe les prelatz doibvent faire au Roy'. ff. 12v-13r: 'Des pairs de France'. f. 13v: Notes relative to Peter Abelard. ff. 13v-46r: Of the posterity of Mrs Rawson. ff. 46r-212v: a compilation of various ch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

777. Harley MS 903

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 903
Title:
Cartulary of St Martin Vintry, London
Scope & Content:
f. 1r: Pen trials. f. 2r–v: Fragment of a roll (?), probably added on the creation of the volume, with an inscription dated 25 March 1430. ff. 1r–18r: Cartulary of miscellaneous deeds from the time of Edward I to Henry VI, headed ‘De cartis munimentis at aliis euidenciis spectantibus terris et...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

778. Harley MS 904

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 904
Title:
An English translation of Tommaso Fazello's De Rebus Siculis Decades Duae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-396v: An English translation of Tommaso Fazello's De Rebus Siculis Decades Duae (History of Sicily).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

779. Harley MS 905

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 905
Title:
Arms of the Viscounts and Barons of England in the time of James I [1603-1625]
Scope & Content:
Duodecimo manuscript volume, written and tricked by Mr John Withie. Contents: ff. 1-4: Arms of the Viscounts of England in the time of James I [1603-1625]. ff. 5-44, 46: Arms of the Barons of England, for the most part, in the time of James I [1603-1625]. ff. 44v-45v: A few medicinal recipes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1625
Extent:
1 volume

780. Harley MS 906-907

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 906-907
Title:
Two manuscripts, chiefly concerning heraldry, by John Withie
Scope & Content:
These two manuscripts by John Withie, were bound together at a later date.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1631-1633
Extent:
1 volume (2 items)

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