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3191. Harley MS 753

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 753
Title:
The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (Extended Version to 1430), including John Page's poem 'The Siege of Rouen'
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-191v: The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (Extended Version to 1430), including a poem by John Page (fl. 1418–1422), 'The Siege of Rouen'. The manuscript contains several additions: f. 90r: 'Item lent to mestres Boweyarr one pell of yuarne wylliam Satyllar […] ij bollys 1 was...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1430-c 1450
Extent:
1 volume

3192. Harley MS 1675

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1675
Title:
Copies of Greek and Latin texts with notes by Toussaint Berchet (d.1607), regent of the Collège de Sedan
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
after 1590
Extent:
11 items

3193. Harley MS 6697

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6697
Title:
Survey of the manors, lands and tenements of Edmund Tirrell, lord of the manor of Beaches in Rawreth, Essex
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-27r: Survey of the manors, lands and tenements of Edmund Tirrell [Tyrell] (b. c. 1510, d. 1576), lord of the manor of Beaches [Beches] in Rawreth, Essex, made by Israel Amyce [Ames] in 1597, entitled: 'The survaye of all and singular the Manors, Landes, Tenementes (and other H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1597
Extent:
1 volume

3194. Harley MS 2027

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2027
Title:
Randle Holme III, draft drawings and notes for his 'The Academy of Armory'
Scope & Content:
A volume of notes and pen and pencil drawings by Randle Holme III, executed in preparation for his book 'The Academy of Armory' (Chester, 1688). At the beginning of the volume (f. 2v) is a note by Holme introducing the volume as 'This book was my second collection and draughts for the Academy of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1650-1680
Extent:
1 volume

3195. Harley MS 3437

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3437
Title:
William Teshe, Poem on the Order of the Garter for Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Contents: William Teshe, Verses on the Mottoes of the Queen, sixteen of the Knights and the Chancellor of the Order of the Garter, 1582 [presentation copy for Queen Elizabeth I]. Decoration: Coats of arms of the members, in colours and gold surrounded by the garter and combined with the Lat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1582
Extent:
1 volume

3196. Harley MS 7513

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7513
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to St Mary’s Abbey, Worcester
Scope & Content:
King Edgar grants to St Mary's Abbey, Worcester, privileges for land at Cropthorne, Overbury, Pendock, Worcestershire; Teddington, Gloucestershire; Mitton in Bredon, Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire; Northwick in Blockley, Evenlode, Daylesford, Dorn in Batsford, Icomb, Gloucestershire; Shipston-on-St...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Early 12th century
Extent:

1 leaf

3197. Harley MS 217

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 217
Title:
Meditationes uitae Christi; Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r–156r: Meditationes uitae Christi. ff. 156v–160v: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis. Decoration: Numerous large initials in blue. Text initials with some penwork decoration (ff. 2-109). Descenders and ascenders of letters alongside the writing frame often with penwork ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 14th century-1st quarter 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

3198. Harley MS 308

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 308
Title:
‘Reeve’ or ‘Melford’ Register of Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Scope & Content:
f. 1*: Inserted slip of parchment, perhaps from a former cover; on the verso in faint red 16th-century book-hand, ‘Dompnus Edmundus Bury vestiarius – 1529; dompnus Edmundus Bury pitanciarius. 1530’. ff. 1r–139r: Indentures (1527–40), in chronological order. Later additions to 1546: leases, manu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1517-1546
Extent:

1 volume

3199. Harley MS 379

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 379
Title:
Correspondence of Simonds D’Ewes with family and friends, 1615-1647
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between Simonds D'Ewes and his family and close friends, including a few letters written by them to others. Includes correspondence with his first and second wives, Anne (1613-1641) and Elizabeth (d. 1656), and his brother Richard who died at the Siege of Reading in 1642/3. The le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1615-1647
Extent:
1 volume

3200. Harley MS 1864

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1864
Title:
Armorial of Knights of the Order of the Garter
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: Dedication of the manuscript by Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612) to Queen Elizabeth I, dated 1588, beginning: 'Serenissima, Augustissima, et ubiuis longe Potentissima Regina'. f. 2r: The achievement of King Henry V, with above: 'Elizabetha potens, iam regnans pace Bryt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1587
Extent:
1 volume

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