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961. Harley MS 1097

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1097
Title:
Copies of Visitation books of Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire and Lincolnshire, with additions
Scope & Content:
Heraldical book written and tricked by different hands. Contents: ff. 1*-10: Copy of the arms and pedigrees entered at the Visitation of Oxfordshire 1566 by William Hervey, Clarenceux. Includes drawings of the seal of Oxford, the arms of the borough of Woodstock and the seal of Banbury (f. 1v)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

962. Harley MS 1098

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1098
Title:
Achievements of London Companies
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: The achievement of Chaloner. ff. 1v-83r: The achievement of Westminster (with two added drawings of the arms of Westminster in brown ink), followed by the achievements of the Livery Companies and other companies of London; with historical notes, banners and pennons; dated to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1640
Extent:
1 volume

963. Harley MS 1099

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1099
Title:
Heraldic miscellany with papers on the work and conduct of the Painter-Stainers Company
Scope & Content:
Heraldry book written by several hands, including pedigrees and details of funeral work With extensive papers on the relations of painter-stainers with the Office of Arms, agreements between members of the Painter-Stainers Company, regulations, etc. Contents: ff. 1-29: Alphabet of arms, in bl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

964. Harley MS 1100

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1100
Title:
Copy of the Visitation book of Warwickshire 1619
Scope & Content:
Copy of the Visitation book of Warwickshire, 1619, made by John Saunders (d. c. 1687), arms painter. With a number of pen and ink studies of the human form, possibly by John Saunders. Includes: f. 1*. Title: ‘The visitation of the County of Warwickshire taken by Sampson Lennard, Blewmantle [...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

965. Harley MS 1101

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1101
Title:
Coats of arms of Norfolk nobility and gentry
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*verso-15v: Coats of arms (12 per page) of Norfolk nobility and gentry; with later additions, including the arms of Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth. ff. 16r-19r: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. ff. 20r-27r: An alphabetical index of fami...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

966. Harley MS 1102

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1102
Title:
Copy of the Visitation-book of Buckinghamshire of 1634
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. ff. 2r-114r: Pedigrees and coats of arms, principally from the Visitation-book of Buckinghamshire of 1634 by John Philipot (b. 1588, d. 1645), Rouge Dragon; also includes the tricked seal of Chepping Wyco...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

967. Harley MS 1103

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1103
Title:
Copy of the Visitation book of Suffolk with additional heraldic material
Scope & Content:
Copy of the 1561 Visitation book of Suffolk, made 1597, with additional pedigrees, arms and other evidence about Suffolk families. Written and drawn by different hands. Contents: f. 1*: Inserted at the beginning of the volume a declaration by Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, disclaiming those w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1597-1672
Extent:
1 volume

968. Harley MS 1104

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1104
Title:
English pedigrees and heraldry
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A description of the manuscript’s contents, beginning: ‘The allphebett for kente for diveres Petigres’. ff. 2*recto-4*recto: An alphabetical table of the surnames of families referring to the pedigrees in the manuscript. ff. 1v-57v: Pedigrees of Kentish gentry. f. 58r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

969. Harley MS 1105

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1105
Title:
Grants of heraldic arms and crests passed by several Kings of Arms
Scope & Content:
Heraldic book written and tricked by John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter. f. 1*: Title written by John Withie, ‘Coats & Crests passed by severall King of Armes’ (f. 1*). On the same folio is the inscription, ‘No. 52. Guifts’. ff. 1-14: Arms and crests of many families, some granted...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

970. Harley MS 1106

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1106
Title:
The Visitation of Kent of 1619
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A wisdom in Latin: 'Modica alteratio in membro principali magnam alterationem facit'; probably excerpted from John Guillim's A Display of Heraldrie (London: 1610). ff. 1v-223r: A copy of the Visitation-Book of Kent by John Philipot (b. 1588, d. 1645), Rouge Dragon Pursuivant,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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