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541. Harley MS 442

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 442
Title:
A collection of royal proclamations by Kings Edward IV, Henry VII and Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–182v: A collection of royal proclamations by Kings Edward IV, Henry VII and Henry VIII, followed by an index (ff. 182r–v). f. 1r: notes by Peter le Neve. ff. 2r–v: A proclamation for the raising of the price of silver bullion, from 29 s the pound weight to 33 s the pound weight, 13 Augu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

542. Harley MS 443

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 443
Title:
English law treatises
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-9v: A report of Shelley’s Case by Edward Coke, with a letter to Sir Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, dated 2 January 1581. ff. 10r-81v: A law commonplace book. ff. 82r-86v: A law treatise concerning copyhold cases. ff. 87r-85v: An index of subjects for the preceding...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

543. Harley MS 445

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 445
Title:
Liber gersumarum of Ramsey Abbey
Scope & Content:
Register of gersumae (payments, premiums or fines), recording land transfers, marriage licences and exodus fines from the manorial villages of Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire. Formerly known as the ‘Ramsey Abbey Court Book’. Calen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

544. Harley MS 446

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 446
Title:
Cartulary of Haughmond Abbey
Scope & Content:
f. 1v: Ownership inscriptions and notes by Peter Le Neve. ff. 2r–38v: Fragments of a cartulary, including copies of royal and episcopal charters, arranged geographically. Labelled in a contemporary hand as gatherings ‘x’–‘xiii’ of a volume. ff. 37v–39v: Miscellaneous additions from the late 14...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1332-1350s
Extent:

1 volume

545. Harley MS 447

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 447
Title:
William of Malmesbury, Gesta regum Anglorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r–102r: William of Malmesbury, Gesta regum Anglorum, ending imperfectly (the B version). ff. 103r–133v: Annals of Bury St Edmunds to 1212 (printed by Liebermann 1879). Decoration: Large puzzle initial in red and blue with penwork decoration (f. 1r). Initials in red with blue...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

546. Harley MS 448

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 448
Title:
Adam Murimuth, Continuatio Chronicarum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-85v: Adam Murimuth, Continuatio Chronicarum.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

547. Harley MS 449

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 449
Title:
An account of the crimes and the trial of Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume, in the hand of Colonel Thomas Colepeper. Translated from French into English. Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers, her lover Captain Godin de Sainte-Croix, La Chausée, and other accomplices, were accused of poisoning her father Antoine Dreux d'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1676
Extent:
1 volume

548. Harley MS 450

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 450
Title:
A collection of legal texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-80v: An 'Abridgment of olde statutes'. ff. 81r-85v: A tract entitled 'Ad Parliamentum tent. 29 die April. anno iijo E.’ ff. 86r-86v: The ‘Bylle of Granez, Whete, Rye and Barley’. ff. 86v-87r: The ‘Bylle of [Artyficers]' [replaced with: ‘Wares or thyngs that shall not be bro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

549. Harley MS 451

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 451
Title:
'Of the Nobilety in Generall' by Sir John Doddridge
Scope & Content:
Fair copy manuscript of a discourse on the nobility, their creation, privileges, and trials. The manuscript is titled 'Of the Nobilety in Generall', and is believed to have been written by Sir John Doddridge, lawyer and antiquarian.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

550. Harley MS 452

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 452
Title:
Year book of King Henry VI for the first 11 years of his reign
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-234v: The Year Book of King Henry VI for the first 11 years of his reign; the 5th, 6th and 8th years have been removed. The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. 1r-1v, 236r-236v: St Augustine of Hippo, De Civitate Dei; fragments from a 14th-century manuscript. f. 2v: A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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