1. Harley MS 791
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 791
- Title:
- Instructions for monastic visitations and ecclesiastical properties by Henry VIII; account book of George Montaigne of the Hospital of Savoy; account of the baptism of Charles I; Articles of the Church of England; William Austen, Poem on the Passion; John Milton, Hobson's Epitaph; Sir Walter Raleigh, Speech on the Scaffold; English poems by William Herbert, John Donne, Richard Corbett, Ben Jonson and John Grange; Francis Bacon, Upon the Death of the Duke of Richmond and Lennox
- Scope & Content:
- This composite manuscript consists of at least eight parts that were produced at separate times in the 16th and 17th centuries, and were bound together at an unknown stage before reaching the Harleian Library. Only the first three parts date to the 16th century. Contents: Part 1: ff. 1r-4v: ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1540-c 1630
- Extent:
- 1 volume