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2. Harley Roll C 10
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley Roll C 10
- Title:
- Genealogical roll chronicle of the kings of England to Richard II
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: A genealogical chronicle with commentary in Latin, preceded by the title, 'Thopographie insule anglicane lic[et] comis eius fit oblong[us]. Oriens. Regnum orientalis anglorum'. Membrane 1: A diagram of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy with an introduction on either side, based on a Brut ch...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
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1 roll
3. Harley Roll C 9
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley Roll C 9
- Title:
- Biblical and Genealogical roll chronicle from Creation to King Edward IV of England
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: A genealogical chronicle from Creation to Edward IV and his descendants, of the type known as the 'Considerans' chronicle. This is one of a group of chronicles, named from the opening words of the prologue, ‘Considerans historie sacre prolixitatem’. The genealogy is mostly in three c...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
-
1 roll
4. Harley Roll Y 21
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley Roll Y 21
- Title:
- Lincolnshire jointure of Queen Jane Seymour
- Scope & Content:
- Roll listing part of the jointure of Queen Jane Seymour (b. 1509, d. 1537), being the money and lands given to support her financially during her marriage to Henry VIII, who had granted her more than 100 manors. The roll begins with lands formerly belonging to King John, listing the extent and...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 roll
5. Harley Roll T 11
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley Roll T 11
- Title:
- Prayer or Amulet Roll
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: A roll containing prayers with textual and image-based talismans, including measured illustrations of the Passion. The roll is designed to be the exact length of Christ's body and was perhaps made to be carried or worn as an amulet for protection, or as a birth girdle. The first pa...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Extent:
- Parchment Roll
6. Harley Roll C 5
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley Roll C 5
- Title:
- Genealogical roll chronicle from Noah to Henry V of England
- Scope & Content:
- A genealogical roll chronicle beginning with Noah and tracing the lineage of the Kings of England through Brutus to Henry V (r. 1413-1422), consisting of a genealogical diagram with a series of roundels accompanied by brief biographical entries. The dorse contains a defence of the rights of Rich...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 roll
7. Harley Roll I 1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley Roll I 1
- Title:
- Copy of an inspeximus of King Henry IV of England (r. 1399–1413)
- Scope & Content:
- Copy of an inspeximus of King Henry IV of England (r. 1399–1413), 1400. Includes a writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066), declaring that his priests in St Paul’s minster shall be entitled to sake and soke within borough and without, and to as good laws as they ever had in the time of ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment roll
8. Harley Roll C 7
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley Roll C 7
- Title:
- Genealogical roll chronicle of the English kings to Edward I, with continuations to Edward IV
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: Two genealogical chronicles in Latin, one on the face and one on the dorse. Face of the roll: Membrane 1: A chronicle in Latin, beginning with the arrival of Brutus, incipit, 'Anno M CC ante navitate[m] D[omi]ni Brut[us] cu[m] Ygena uxore sua ...'. Membranes 1-2: A genealogical diag...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 13th century
- Extent:
-
1 roll
9. Harley Roll O 1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley Roll O 1
- Title:
- A universal roll chronicle of popes, emperors, kings of France and kings of England to Henry V
- Scope & Content:
- Membranes 1-9: A universal chronicle in four columns with a history of popes until Urban VI prolonged to Sixtus IV, a history of emperors (Roman and medieval) until Ludwig of Bavaria prolonged to Frederick III, a genealogy of the kings of France until Charles VI (a version of the ‘A tous nobles’...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French and French, Middle
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
-
1 roll
10. Harley Roll AA 23
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley Roll AA 23
- Title:
- Expenses of John Tamworth, Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, 1559-1569
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. [1]recto-[5]verso: An account of the expenses of John Tamworth (d. 1569), Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, 1559-1569. Decoration: Large initials with cadels in black ink.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1559-1569
- Extent:
- 1 roll