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891. Harley MS 1055

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1055
Title:
Funeral poems for Sir James Weston, Baron of the Exchequer
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title page: ‘Honors Monument: Or Faire vertues Record – In perpetuall Remembrance of the Generous worthy and Religious Sir James Weston Baron of the Eschequier etceterae’. ff. 2r-3v: A letter to the recipient of the manuscript, entitled: ‘The Epistle Dedicatory – To the Rig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1633
Extent:
1 volume

892. Harley MS 1056

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1056
Title:
Copy of Anthony Wood's additions and emendations to Sir William Dugdale's Baronage of England
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a transcript, in the hand of Moses Williams, antiquarian, of Anthony Wood's additions and emendations to Sir William Dugdale's Baronage of England. Transcribed from Anthony Wood's papers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

893. Harley MS 1057

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1057
Title:
Heraldry book of John Withie and others
Scope & Content:
Several tracts and fragments on heraldry bound together. By John Withie (1593-c1678), arms painter, and others. Contents: ff. 1-2: Indexes of names of Devonshire, Warwickshire, and Shropshire gentry, perhaps extracted by John Withie from visitations of 1620, 1619 and 1623 respectively. ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

894. Harley MS 1058

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1058
Title:
Parliamentary transactions, 1621
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-19v: Notes concerning the principle transactions of Parliament which began on 30 January 1620 [1621]. ff. 20-40v: Notes concerning the proceedings of the second sitting of the same Parliament, 20 November 1621-18 December 1621 ff. 41v-51v (starting from ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1621
Extent:
1 volume

895. Harley MS 1059

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1059
Title:
Common law extracts
Scope & Content:
Collection of extracts relating to English common law. In law French and English. For a detailed description of arguments, pleadings, judgements and cases included, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), I (1808), pages 526-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

896. Harley MS 1060

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1060
Title:
A German manual for making gunpowder, rockets and bombs
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-11v: Instructions for making rockets, pyrotechnic maces and pole weapons, beginning: ‘Wie man die Ragethen stök machen soll'. ff. 12r-15v: Instructions for making gunpowder for rockets, beginning: ‘Wie man den Zeug oder sätz Damitt man die Ragethen füllett, machen soll’ ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

897. Harley MS 1061

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1061
Title:
A record of the trial of the divorce of King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-16v: A record of the trial of the divorce of King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves; signed by ‘Ricardus Watkyns’; ‘Anthonius Huse’; and ‘Thomas Argall’ with their notarial signatures. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 2*recto: Notes about two manuscripts (including ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1550
Extent:
1 volume

898. Harley MS 1062

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1062
Title:
Law reports for 1309-1324
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-160v: Law reports for 1309-1324.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1309-1324
Extent:
1 volume

899. Harley MS 1063

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1063
Title:
Copy of the cartulary of Rufford Abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-188r: A 17th-century copy of a 15th-century cartulary of the Cistercian abbey of Rufford (Add MS 82958), entitled: ‘Liber sancte Marie de Roffordie’; beginning: ‘Hic incipit Registerium compilatum a dompno Johanne abbate [Abbot John Lilly, 1462–c. 1473] Monasterii beate Marie d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

900. Harley MS 1065

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1065
Title:
On the offices of Lord Steward, Lord High Constable, and Earl Marshall, and their jurisdictions; and a collection of extracts from records in the Tower of London 1323-1327
Scope & Content:
Composite volume of antiquarian tracts in several professional hands, belonging to John Anstis (1669-1744), Garter King of Arms. In two main parts. f. 1*: Dedication from John Anstis to Robert Harley. Latin. Part 1 (ff. 1-90). Collected extracts on the office of Lord Steward, Lord High Consta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

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