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1061. Harley MS 1231

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1231
Title:
A copy of the testament of John Rudston, Lord Mayor of London, with an inventory of his goods, funeral expenses, and other arrangements made following his death
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6r: A copy of the testament of John Rudston (b. 1480, d. 1531), Lord Mayor of London in 1528-1529, dated 1530. ff. 7v-13v: The ‘bying of pewkes and blakes Clothes for gownes whiche were gevyn And bequethede be Sir John Rudstone late knyght And Alderman of London whiche discea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1530s
Extent:
1 volume

1062. Harley MS 1232

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1232
Title:
Suffolk escheat records
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-205r: Suffolk escheat records.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1063. Harley MS 1233

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1233
Title:
Heraldic miscellany
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous collection of pedigrees and descents, with some anecdotes and other material, in various hands. Contents: f. 1v: A Jest of the Duke de Joyeuse on King Henri IV of France himself, and other Lords present. Account of a great treasure revealed to Christian Duke of Brunswick by th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1064. Harley MS 1234

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1234
Title:
Extracts from heraldic Visitation books of various counties
Scope & Content:
Heraldic tracts copied from various county Visitations of Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Sussex, Westmorland and Cumberland, by John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter, and others. Including arms tricked and in blazon. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1065. Harley MS 1235

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1235
Title:
Statutes of Magdalen College, Oxford
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a copy of the statutes of Magdalen College, Oxford, copied by Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey. Inscribed on f. 1: 'The statures of Magdalen College I copied out of one lent me by my son Richard Annesley. August & Sept 1677'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1677
Extent:
1 volume

1066. Harley MS 1236

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1236
Title:
Journal of the transactions in the House of Commons, November 1685
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a journal of all the transactions in the House of Commons from 9 November 1685 to 20 November 1685, when the Parliament was prorogued. In this volume you can find the Kings Speech, the address of the House to His Majesty, with his answer, along with several de...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1685
Extent:
1 volume

1067. Harley MS 1237

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1237
Title:
Drafts of a Bill of Comprehension
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume, consisting of various drafts of a Bill of Comprehension, to reconcile some non-conformist protestants with the Church of England. Contents: ff. 1-3v: 'An Act for the Uniting their Majesties Protestant Subjects', also referred to as the Bill of Comprehension, 1689. ff. 4...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1689?
Extent:
1 volume

1068. Harley MS 1240

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1240
Title:
Black Book of Wigmore
Scope & Content:
Deeds and evidence relating to the estate of the lords of the Mortimers. ff. 1r–7v: Indexes. ff. 8r–34v: Table of contents, similar to the inventories in Add MS 6041. ff. 35r–125r: Cartulary of deeds, 13th–14th century, relating to lands in England, Wales and Ireland, written after 1379. Ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1380s
Extent:

1 volume

1069. Harley MS 1241

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1241
Title:
Richard Lee, The Visitation of Shropshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-172v: A copy of the Visitation of Shropshire by Richard Lee, Richmond Herald, and marshall to Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, 1574; with additional notes by Lewis Dunne and Jacob Chaloner until the year 1620. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked, in brown ink throughout...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1661
Extent:
1 volume

1070. Harley MS 1242

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1242
Title:
Henry Bracton, De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5v: A table of contents. ff. 6r-224v: Henry Bracton (d. 1268), De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

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