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Harley MS 3605-3616

Record Id:

036-003431561

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-003431561

MDARK:

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LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 3605-3616

Title:

John Le Neve's collection of monumental inscriptions

Scope & Content:

Twelve manuscript volumes of monumental inscriptions, dating from 1400 to 1716, collected from various churches in England, by John Le Neve.

These are sorted by year, and usually written in the hand of John Le Neve. Some printed sources and letters from Le Neve's friends, informing him of various inscriptions are interleaved.

Some inscriptions in these volumes have been contributed by friends of the author. In Harley MS 3616 is a table of the marks used to distinguish the entries of the various contributors. These contributors are:

1. 'Peter Le Neve, Norroy K. of Arms'.
2. 'Mr Stanton, a Stonecutter'.
3. 'The Rev. & learned Tho. Baker, of St John's Coll. Camb'.
4. 'The compiler's brother-in-law, Mr Len. Boughton, of York'.
5. 'Mr Manfell'.
6. 'The Bishop of the Diocese'.
7 'Mr Jas Martin, of New Coll. Oxon'.
8. 'Rev. Charles Thayer'.
9. 'Mr Handy, a Stonecutter'.
10. 'Mr Bird, Do'.
11. 'Mr Ben. Lamb. Verger of St George’s chapel Windsor'.
12. 'The Rev. Hugh Todd. DD. Preb. Of Carlisle'.
13. 'Mr. Palmer, a Stonecutter'.
14. 'Mr John Bowles, Public Librarian, Oxford'.
15. 'Mr Richard Rawlinson M.A. & F.R.S. of St John's Coll. Oxford'.
16. 'Mr John Warburton, of Hexham in Northumb'.

The stonecutters appear to have communicated the inscriptions they had themselves set up.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
036-003431561

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 3605-3616 : John Le Neve's collection of monumental inscriptions

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-002045828[7769]/036-003431561

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Series

Extent:

12 volumes

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1724

Date Range:

1st quarter of the 18th century

Era:

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Custodial History:

Provenance:

The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (1689-1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.

Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (1694-1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.

Finding Aids:

Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A study of the sources of the Harleian collection of manuscripts preserved in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), p. 218

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Le Neve, John, antiquary