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1141. Harley MS 677

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 677
Title:
Collection of letters, speech, prose and poetry
Scope & Content:
Manuscript volume written in a number of different hands. Contents: ff. 1-31: Collections out of Plutarch’s Lives. ff. 31-32: Extracts from a letter to Sir Edward Coke in the time of his trouble. Header ‘Witty Speeches collected out of a Letter sente to Sir Edward Cooke after he was Lord ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1142. Harley MS 767

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 767
Title:
Journal of the House of Lords, 1603-1687
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing journals of the House of Lords for different parliaments of the 17th century. Contents: ff. 1-151: Journal of the House of Lords for the first Parliament of James I, known as the Blessed Parliament, 19 March 1604-16 October 1610. ff. 152-166v: Journal of the H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1143. Harley MS 936

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 936
Title:
A collection of statutes, with a calendar
Scope & Content:
A collection of statutes, including a calendar, dating from after 1311 (see f. 231r). Contents: ff. 1r-6v: A calendar. ff. 7r-8r: A table of contents. ff. 8r-14v: A table of the Magna Carta clauses. ff. 15r-25v: Edward I's 1297 Magna Carta. ff. 25v-30v: Edward I's Charter of the Fore...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1311-c 1350
Extent:
1 volume

1144. Harley MS 1141

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1141
Title:
Pedigrees from the Visitation of Somerset 1623
Scope & Content:
Original book of the Visitation of Somerset taken 1623, by Henry St George, Richmond Herald; and Sampson Lennard, Blew-Mantle, Marshalls and Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux. More pedigrees than arms. A red chalk cross and sometimes the word 'Entered' at the top of the pedigrees suggest ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1623
Extent:
1 volume

1145. Harley MS 1167

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1167
Title:
Copy of the Visitation of Warwickshire 1619
Scope & Content:
Visitation of the County of Warwick 1619, by Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle, and Augustine Vincent, Rouge-Rose, Marshalls and Deputies for William Camden, Clarenceux. Almost entirely in the hand of Sampson Lennard, and first bound by him. With some additions by Henry Parker. This copy does not have...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1146. Harley MS 1592

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1592
Title:
A commentary on Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-82r: A commentary on Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1147. Harley MS 1609

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1609
Title:
Extracts from rolls of the Common Pleas
Scope & Content:
Extracts from late 13th century plea rolls. With some accounts relating to service in Cromwell’s army. Contents: ff. 1-2: Records of movements of horses. f. 4r: Accounts of money received for service in a regiment. f. 3v: Note dated December 1659 explaining source of following folios (ff. 4-4...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1650s
Extent:
1 volume

1148. Harley MS 1820

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1820
Title:
Arms and descents of Suffolk families etc.
Scope & Content:
Heraldry book relating mainly to Suffolk, in mixed order, with some bills for painters’ goods. Contents: ff. 1*-7*: Alphabetical table of family names. ff. 7*(i.e., 7**), 5v, 6r, 7v: Bills for painters’ good and services, including, food, travel, materials. Headed on f. 7v ‘Layde oute for the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1149. Harley MS 1940

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1940
Title:
Heraldic book of Cheshire and Lancashire families
Scope & Content:
Lists of Earls of Chester, Cheshire and Lancashire families and their arms, with additions in another hand. f.1: Flyleaf with arms of one John Coventrey. f. 2: Epitaph of Tomson, died 7 May 1579. Ownership inscription of Randle Holme on verso. f. 3: ‘Earles of Chester’. List of the Earls, wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1150. Harley MS 1950

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1950
Title:
‘A Character of the Queene of Great-Brittaine’
Scope & Content:
Manuscript account of Henrietta-Maria, wife of Charles I, Queen of Great Britain. Formerly wrapped in an old parchment fragment of a pageant or play, now lost. Note by Frederic Madden in the Keeper’s copy of the catalogue: ‘This cover or parchment fragment was carelessly lost when the tract was ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630s-1640s
Extent:
1 volume

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