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2541. Harley MS 5888

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5888
Title:
Knights made by King James I and King Charles I, 1603 to 1636
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title inscription: ‘Knights made by King James and King Charles, From 1603, to 1636: With an Alphabetical Table by Sir Richard St George’. ff. 2r-38r: A ‘List of such Knights as have bene made by King James in the times of his Most happy Reigne – Rolle of all the Knights ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1603-1636
Extent:
1 volume

2542. Harley MS 6062

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6062
Title:
Knights made by King James I and King Charles I (1603 to 1636)
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title inscription: ‘Knights made by King James and King Charles, From 1603, to 1636: With an Alphabetical Table by Sir Richard St George’. ff. 2r-38r: A ‘List of such Knights as have bene made by King James in the times of his Most happy Reigne – Rolle of all the Knights ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1636
Extent:
1 volume

2543. Harley MS 6347

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6347
Title:
An unidentified Latin work on the reigns of biblical kings and Roman emperors
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-55v: An unidentified Latin work on the reigns of biblical kings and Roman emperors, in 4 books; imperfect at the beginning (the entire first book and part of the second book are missing) and end (part of the fourth book is missing); from Enoch to Caracalla. Decoration: Large...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2544. Harley MS 6363

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6363
Title:
A description of London; with a list of mayors and sheriffs from 1190-1588
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-52r: A ‘Breeff Description of the Famous Cittie of London Capitall Cittie of this Realme of England et caetera Anno 1588’. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 53r: Notes about London, beginning: ‘Shoreditch Place otherwise called Inglerowe’; added in the 17th centur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1588
Extent:
1 volume

2545. Harley MS 167

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 167
Title:
An English miscellany containing texts relating to naval matters
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-202v: A large collection of tracts and letters, primarily concerning naval matters. The manuscript contains documents on the victualling of ships, navigating, shipments, prices of goods, the custom system (taxes for good exported and imported through ports). The manuscript feat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2546. Harley MS 289

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 289
Title:
Sixteenth-century letters and papers relating to Scotland and England
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–211v: A collection of letters and papers, originals and contemporary copies, including information about Scotland; relations between Scotland and England, and diplomacy during the reigns of Tudor monarchs. f. 1r: A genealogy of the Hamiltons. f. 1v: Unfinished note beginning 'Of this ho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

2547. Harley MS 1397

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1397
Title:
Copies of Visitation books of Cornwall, Surrey and Durham
Scope & Content:
Heraldry book almost wholly tricked and written in the hand of John Saunders (died c. 1687), arms painter. Contents: ff. 3*-21*: Alphabetical index of surnames up to f. 263 ff. 1-37: Arms of the Cornish gentry from the Visitation book of 1620, with arms of families from other counties mixed i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2548. Harley MS 2520

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2520
Title:
Sallust, The War with Catiline; The War with Jugurtha
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-79v: Sallust, The War with Catiline; The War with Jugurtha. Decoration: 2 large interlace initials in yellow or yellow and mauve ink (ff. 1r, 28r). Smaller plain initials in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2549. Harley MS 4217

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4217
Title:
An inventory of King Henry VIII’s wardrobe at London
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-25r: An inventory of King Henry VIII’s wardrobe at London (12 Henry VIII), with a title inscription on a parchment pastedown on f. 1r: ‘The boke of all the Kynges reche stuf remaignyng in his standinge warderobe of robes within the Towre of London delyvered unto the sure and sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1520-1521
Extent:
1 volume

2550. Harley MS 4235

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4235
Title:
Thomas Hobbes, The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic
Scope & Content:
The Elements of Law, a treatise on political theory and the origins of the state, was completed by Thomas Hobbes on 9 May 1640 (see f. 2v), dedicated to William Cavendish, 1st duke of Newcastle, and distributed in manuscript copies produced by professional scribes. The manuscript includes: a t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640
Extent:
1 volume

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