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7022. Harley MS 7364
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7364
- Title:
- Book of military tactics
- Scope & Content:
- A book of tactics, very fairly transcribed, apparently in the time of Charles I. Divided into six chapters, with many large diagrams. Chapter 1: ‘Of the ordering of a file of a Bodie of Men or Company. And of the Duties of the Souldiers in their files’. Chapter 2: ‘Of Distances’. Chapter 3...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
7023. Harley MS 7365
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7365
- Title:
- General survey of the Post Office 1685, by T. Gardiner
- Scope & Content:
- T. Gardiner’s general survey of the Post Office, 1685, presented by the author to James, Duke of York. Includes route diagrams. Inscribed by Lord Oxford: ‘This Book did belong to King James, I had it from Coll. Grahame’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1685
- Extent:
- 1 volume
7024. Harley MS 7367
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7367
- Title:
- 'The Humorous Lovers, A Comedy' by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle
- Scope & Content:
- Fair copy manuscript of the play 'The Humorous Lovers, A Comedy' by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle. This play was first performed in 1667 by the Duke of York's company, and the text was first printed in 1677. In the lower right corner of folio 1 is inscribed 'Humores, Mores, Res, jud...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1667
- Extent:
- 1 volume
7025. Harley MS 7368
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7368
- Title:
- The Booke of Sir Thomas Moore, by Anthony Munday and others, possibly including William Shakespeare
- Scope & Content:
- A collaborative manuscript play concerning the life of Sir Thomas More (1478–1535), Lord Chancellor, humanist and martyr. Likely to have been written in the 1590s, primarily by Anthony Munday (bap. 1560, d. 1633), playwright and translator, possibly aided by Henry Chettle (d. 1603-07), printer a...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1590-1604
- Extent:
- 1 volume
7026. Harley MS 7371
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7371
- Title:
- Miscellany of English historical papers
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript is a miscellany of historical papers in English, French and Latin, written in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. They were part of two separate manuscripts (ff. 1-77; and ff. 80r-184v) that were joined together at a later point. The volume also contains fragments of a 13th-c...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
7027. Harley MS 7376
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7376
- Title:
- An inventory of the jewels of Queen Mary I; accounts on the hundreds of Sussex and Kent
- Scope & Content:
- This composite manuscript contains three parts: an inventory of jewels delivered to Queen Mary I (ff. 1r-42v); an early 14th-century description of the hundreds in Sussex and Kent (ff. 44r-58v); and a 16th-century inventory of tax payments from the hundreds in Kent (ff. 63r-220v). The three part...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1312-c 1553
- Extent:
- 1 volume
7028. Harley MS 7382
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7382
- Title:
- Robert Cooke, A Baronage of England from the Conquest
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 8r-44r: Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms (1567-1592/3), A Baronage of England from the Conquest; up to the 14th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1572 [English]. ff. 44v-46r: A continuation of the Baronage of England for King James VI and I [Latin]. The manuscript ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
7029. Harley MS 7389
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7389
- Title:
- Monastic lands donated and exchanged, 1545-1549
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-51v: An account of ‘Monastery lands given and exchanged to and with sundry persons by the king Henry 8 and Edward 6 - vidilicet a 16 Novembris Anno 37 Henrici 8 usque 27 Junij Anno 2. Edwardi 6’. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 52r: A note and the coats of arms o...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1550
- Extent:
- 1 volume
7030. Harley MS 7390
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7390
- Title:
- Account book of the Steward of William Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 2r-124v: The account of the Steward of William Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath, of weekly expenses for several years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1 February 1566/7-2 October 1580). The manuscript contains an addition: ff. 125r-125v: A medieval end-leaf, traken from a 15th-cen...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume