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41. Harley MS 291

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 291
Title:
Letters and papers, reign of King James VI of Scotland
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–212v: A collection of papers, many of which are original, related to Scottish affairs, or to the transactions between England and Scotland, during the early part of James VI's reign. ff. 1r–v: James VI's orders for pacifying the nobility, 13 August 1587, Stirling Castle. ff. 2r–v: Artic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

42. Harley MS 292

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 292
Title:
Collection of English papers concerning Scotland and Ireland from the reign of King Henry VIII to Charles I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-188r: A large collection of English papers (mostly originals) concerning Scotland and Ireland, from the reign of Henry VIII to Charles I. The collection features original letters to Sir Francis Walsingham, one of which is written by King James VI. Another by David Lindsay, min...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1536-c 1650
Extent:
1 volume

43. Harley MS 295

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 295
Title:
An English collection of letters concerning Spain and the Spanish Netherlands
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-261v: A large collection of papers relating to Spain, Portugal, the Spanish Netherlands, and England’s affairs and trade with these regions; originals and transcripts in English, French, Italian and Latin dated to 1518-1623, including letters to Sir Thomas Walsingham, Cardinal ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1518-1623
Extent:
1 volume

44. Harley MS 360

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 360
Title:
Papers on the persecution and toleration of Catholics during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-126v: A collection of original tracts and other papers relating to religious affairs, dated to 1558-1625; mostly including tracts on the persecution and toleration of recusants and clergymen during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1558-1625
Extent:
1 volume

45. Harley MS 371

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 371
Title:
Thomas Smith's dialogue on Elizabeth I's marriage and a Life of Mary Queen of Scots
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–58v: Sir Thomas Smith's dialogue concerning Elizabeth I's marriage, c. 1560, without the preamble, beginning 'As I was walking in my garden alone'. The first six leaves were removed from Harley MS 252 (numbered ff. 27–32). Printed in John Strype, The Life of the Learned Sir Thomas Smith (1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

46. Harley MS 372

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 372
Title:
John Lydgate, The Life of St Edmund and St Fremund; Advice to an old gentleman who wished for a young wife; John Lydgate, The Kings of England; John Lydgate, Complaint þat Crist maketh of his Passioun; Geoffrey Chaucer, Anelida and Arcite; Sir Richard Roos, La Belle Dame sans Mercy; John Lydgate, Prayer on the Five Joys of the Virgin Mary; Thomas Hoccleve, Regiment of Princes; anonymous prayers and poems
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-44v: John Lydgate, The Life of St Edmund and St Fremund. ff. 45r-51r: Advice to an old gentleman who wished for a young wife, ‘A philisophre a good clerk seculer’. ff. 51r-53v: John Lydgate, The Kings of England (revised edition). ff. 54r-55r: John Lydgate, Complaint þat ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

47. Harley MS 398

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 398
Title:
Orations and speeches made by the Lord Keeper, Nicholas Bacon, 1558–1579
Scope & Content:
A volume of speeches and orations made by Sir Nicholas Bacon, once owned by Sir Christopher Hatton. f. 2r: Autograph note by Peter Le Neve, Rouge Croix herald, 20 July 1692, who identifies the volume as being written in Hatton's hand. ff. 3r–4r: A note of the 'matters & discourses' contain...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

48. Harley MS 416

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 416
Title:
Works and correspondence belonging to John Foxe, the martyrologist, vol. 1
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-220v: The first of a set of volumes with collections of works and correspondence belonging to the martyrologist John Foxe (b. 1516/17, d. 1587), including a letter of the German Protestant reformer Urbanus Rhegius (b. 1489, d. 1541) to a 'German Lady' translated into English; o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1529-c 1641
Extent:
1 volume

49. Harley MS 417

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 417
Title:
The second of two volumes of works and letters belonging to the martyrologist John Foxe
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-220v: The second of two volumes [the first volume is Harley MS 416] with collections of works and correspondence belonging to the martyrologist John Foxe (b. 1516/17, d. 1587). It includes an account of the life and death of Thomas Cranmer, featuring a printed leaf (ff. 92r-92v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1547-1575
Extent:
1 volume

50. Harley MS 418

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 418
Title:
John Foxe, De tota sacramenti eucharistiae causa
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-206v: John Foxe, De tota sacramenti eucharistiae causa (autograph translation into Latin of Thomas Cranmer's Answer unto a Crafty and Sophistical Cavillation).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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