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941. Harley MS 1077

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1077
Title:
Copy of Visitation of Staffordshire 1583, by John Withie, with some further pedigrees
Scope & Content:
Copy of the Visitation book of Staffordshire made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, Marshall and Deputy to William Flower, Norroy, 1583, written and drawn 1621 by John Withie (1593-1678), arms painter. With many additions. The Visitation includes: f. 1r: Names of the Hundreds in Staffordshire...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1621-1678
Extent:
1 volume

942. Harley MS 1078

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1078
Title:
English coats of arms organised by Ordinary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-54r: Coats of English families (20 per page), organised according to their Ordinaries. ff. 55r-62r: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. The manuscript contains an addition: f. 1*recto: A fragment of a charter written by a certain Robert Davis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

943. Harley MS 1079

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1079
Title:
Copy of the Visitation-books of Cornwall of 1573 and 1620
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*recto: A title-page: ‘The Visitation of the Countie of Cornewall made and taken by Henry St-George Esquire Richmond, and Sampson Lennard Blew-mantle, Officers of Armes, Marshalls and Deputies to William Camden Esquire Clarenceux King of Armes of all the South, East, and west par...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620
Extent:
1 volume

944. Harley MS 1080

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1080
Title:
The Visitation of Devonshire of 1565 and 1620
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-440v: John Withie [Withy], copy of the Visitation of Devonshire of 1565, and 1620 by Henry St George, with additions; here entitled: ‘Visitation of Devonsheire made and taken by Henry St george Esquire Richmond Herauld, and Sampson Lennard Blew-mantle, Marshalls and Deputies t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

1 volume

945. Harley MS 1081

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1081
Title:
Visitation of Berkshire, 1566
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title page, ‘The Visitation of Barkshier Anno 1566 – Made by William Harvy Esquier alias Clarencieux King of Armes, Collected and Augmented by William Smith alias Rougdragon officer of Armes 1602’; signed by ‘John Withy Anno 1628’. ff. 2r-65v: A heraldic collection with th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1566
Extent:
1 volume

946. Harley MS 1082

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1082
Title:
Mixed heraldry book, with extracts from visitation books for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, and accounts of painter-stainers’ work
Scope & Content:
Book in various hands containing several kinds of heraldical matter, including arms painters’ work for funerals, extracts from Visitations, and accounts of funeral work supplied by the arms painter John Saunders, 1677-1680. Contents: ff. 1-7: Alphabetical table of surnames of families in the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

947. Harley MS 1083

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1083
Title:
A copy of the Visitation-book of Essex of 1634
Scope & Content:
Contents; ff. 1*verso-2*recto: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. ff. 1r-82r: Pedigrees and arms copied from the Visitation-book of Essex of 1634 by George Owen (b. c. 1598, d. 1665) and Henry Lilly (b. 1588/89, d. 1638). Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

948. Harley MS 1084

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1084
Title:
Mixed heraldry book including extracts from Visitations of Northamptonshire, Sussex, and Yorkshire
Scope & Content:
Heraldical book written and tricked by different hands. Includes: f. 1: Arms of Guyen, Normandy, of the Earl of March, Kent, and Cornwall; of England; with some fabulous arms interspersed. ff. 2-13: Collection of arms of gentry of various counties, some specified as granted by Thomas Hawley...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

1 volume

949. Harley MS 1085

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1085
Title:
Coats of arms of English families for Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. [iv]recto: A title-page: ‘Essex 1664’. ff. 1r-10v: Coats of arms with crests (12-16 per page) of Essex families; from the Visitation of Edward Bysshe (b. c. 1610, d. 1679), Clarenceux King of Arms, in 1664. ff. 11r-13v: An alphabetical index of family names, entitled ‘Essex 16...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1664
Extent:
1 volume

950. Harley MS 1086

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1086
Title:
Arms of various Gentlemen of London
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing the arms of the gentlemen of London, recorded 1664-1665 by Sir Edward Bysshe Clarenceux, drawn by John Withie. At the end of the volume is an alphabetical index of names. Inserted into this volume at f. 27 is a folio containing arms of some older citizens of L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1665
Extent:
1 volume

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