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731. Harley MS 884

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 884
Title:
Book of canon law, or law of the Church of England. Volume 3
Scope & Content:
Third volume of a five part manuscript book of canon law, formerly owned by Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699), Bishop of Worcester. With cancellations, marginal notes, and inserted folios. Inscription at head of f. 1r: ‘Juris canonici Anglicam liber tertius’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

732. Harley MS 885

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 885
Title:
Two drafts of a treatise by John Cusacke
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume, containing two drafts of a treatise on royal power and heraldry by John Cusacke. Contents: ff. 2-45v: First copy of the treatise, here titled 'A Royall Presente; By way of Apology for the Defense of a Royall Emprese intiteled Aurea Periscellis which was presented unto h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1638
Extent:
1 volume

733. Harley MS 886

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 886
Title:
William Flower and Robert Glover, The Visitation of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (1569); The Visitation of Staffordshire (1566)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*recto-38v; 39v-40r: Visitation of Derbyshire, made by William Flower (b. 1497/98, d. 1588), Norroy King of Arms, and Robert Glover (b. 1543/1544, d. 1588), herald of Somerset, 1569; with some additions by Ralfe Brooke (b. 1553, d. 1625), Officer of Arms. ff. 39*recto-39*verso:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1566-1569
Extent:
1 volume

734. Harley MS 887

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 887
Title:
Arms of the nobility and gentry of Essex
Scope & Content:
Heraldic manuscript, containing descriptions of the coats and crests of the nobility and gentry of Essex, as described from a visitation to Essex undertaken in 1612 by John Raven, Richmond Herald, Deputy and Marshal to William Camden, Clarencieux. At the front of the manuscript is a table of na...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

735. Harley MS 887 and 1398

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 887 and 1398
Title:
Two heraldic manuscripts concerning Essex
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing two heraldic manuscripts, originally bound separately, concerning Essex.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (2 items)

736. Harley MS 888

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 888
Title:
William Harvey, Clarencieux King of Arms, The Visitation of Wiltshire and Dorsetshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title on a parchment pastedown: 'Wiltshire and Dorsetshire Visitacions' ff. 2*verso-3*recto: A table of contents: ‘A Kallender of the Descents and Marches with Heries mentioned in this Visitacion of Wiltshire; Anno 1570’. ff. 1r-35v: William Harvey, Clarencieux King o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1570
Extent:
1 volume

737. Harley MS 889

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 889
Title:
Arms of the Gentlemen of Devon
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume. Inscribed on f. 1 is the title 'The Arms of the Gentilmen of Devonshire, as they were set downe in the Survey of William Harvey alias Calrentius Kinge of Armes [Clarenceux King of Arms] in the yeare of out Lord God 1565: 7 El: R: with their Pedegrees. Copied out of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1628
Extent:
1 volume

738. Harley MS 890

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 890
Title:
Visitations of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-37r: A Visitation of Northamptonshire by ‘Richmond Herald’. ff. 38r-48v: A Visitation of Huntingdonshire by ‘Richmond Herald’. ff. 49r-50r: ‘Kallender of the contents of these Visitations of the Counties of Northampton and Huntington, taken in the yeare 1566 by Richmond Heral...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1566
Extent:
1 volume

739. Harley MS 891

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 891
Title:
Visitations of Suffolk and Lancashire, with other heraldry tracts
Scope & Content:
Collection of heraldry papers in different hands, including visitations of Suffolk and of Lancashire. ff. 1-5: Alphabetical list of Cornish families with arms emblazoned. Not all completed. Headed ‘Certayne Cornishe Arms’. f. 6: Table of names mentioned in the visitation of Suffolk on ff. 7-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

740. Harley MS 892

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 892
Title:
Thomas Cole, The Visitation of Sussex; An Alphabet of Arms of Sussex and Surrey
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title page: ‘Pettigrees and Armes taken out of an old visitation of Sussex etcaetera with some new additions’. ff. 1r-37r: The Visitation of Sussex, ‘Oute of Mr Pensons booke’. ff. 38r-40r: Notes taken ‘In the parishe Church of Glyn’; Glyn, Stopham, West Sussex, with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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