Hargrave MS 494

A Volume of Genealogical, Legal, and other Papers; in large folio: containing,

1. " The Armes, Honours, Matches, and Issues of the auncient and illustrious Family, of Veere. Gathered out of History Recordes and other Monuments of Antiquity, by Persival Goulding." Transcribed from the Harleian Manuscript N^o. 4189. fol. 1.

2. Papers relative to the Case of King William's Jewels, including Opinions in 1708 and 1709, on the Question as to the Power of the King of England to make a Will of personal Estate. fol. 52.

3. Orders by The Lords Committees appointed to consider of the most proper Means to ascertain the Descents of the Peers of this Kingdom. A.D. 1767. Part in manuscript, and partly printed. fol. 70.

4. Case of Lord Westcote against Jones Esq^r. and another. fol. 80.

5. Report of the Case between the Governor of Virginia and the House of Burgesses there, heard before the Privy Council 18^th June 1754. fol. 88.

6. Copy of the Attorney General's Report upon the Petition of Norborne Berkeley Esq^r. claiming the Barony of Botetourt R. Oct. 31^st 1763. fol. 112.

7. A brief Review of such Parts of the Charters and Acts of Parliament for the Erection and Continuation of the East India Company, the South Sea Company, and Hudson's Bay Company, as relate to the Southern Whale Fishery; together with an Abstract of the two Acts or. the 26^th. and 28^th. Geo.III. for the Encouragment of that Fishery, with the Heads of a Bill for opening a Trade through the South Seas to China, and Remarks. fol. 128.

8. Beneficia sive Ecclesiæ Promotiones concess. per Thomam Egerton militem Dom. Custodem Magni Sigilli Angliæ a sexto die Maii Anno Regni Reginæ Elizabethæ tricesimo octavo A^o. Dni 1596. fol. 209.

9. Notes from several Acts of Parliament relating to the Settlement of the Dutchy of Lancaster. A.D. 1784. fol. 225.

10. On Portions. fol. 237.

11. Of Bills of Exchange. fol. 277.

12. The Coke Pedigree. fol. 298.

13. A Scheme of the Laws of England drawn by Sir Matthew Hale: intitled " Schema Monumentorum Legum Angliæ." fol. 299.

includes:

• 1 Vere family: Arms, Honours, Matches, and Issue of the Family of.
• 1 Percival Goulding: History of the Family of Vere by.
• 2 William III of England: Case respecting his Jewels, including the Power of the King of England to make a Will of personal Estate.
• 3 Peers: Orders by the Lords Committees conc. the Descents of,: A. D. 1767.
• 4 Westcote, Lord: Case of, against Jones Esqr. and another.
• 5 Virginia: Case between the Governor and House of Burgesses of.
• 6 Botetourt: Report upon the Barony of.
• 6 Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt 1764: Claim of, to the Barony of Botetourt.
• 7 Whale Fishery, Southern: Review of Acts of Parliament and Charters relating to the.
• 8 Beneficia: sive Ecclesiae Promotiones conc. per Tho. Egerton mil. dom. custod. Magni Sigilli Angliae: A. D. 1596.
• 9 Duchy of Lancaster: Notes from Acts of Parliament, &c. relating to.
• 10 Portions: On.
• 11 Exchange: On Bills of Exchange.
• 12 Coke Pedigree family:.
• 13 Sir Matthew Hale, judge: Scheme of the Laws of England by.