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Harley MS 7
- Record Id:
- 040-002045835
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002045835
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000596.0x0000a0
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7
- Title:
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Langley cartulary
- Scope & Content:
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Cartulary of deeds, from the time of Henry III to Edward IV, relating to Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire, organized according to geographical divisions:
ff. 1r–6r: The manor of Turkdean, Gloucestershire.
ff. 10v–18v: Brightwell and Ewell.
ff. 22r–41r: The manor of Chesterton, Gloucestershire.
ff. 44r–69v: The manor of Petticoat and Grimscote, Northamptonshire.
ff. 78r–81v: Petticoat and Grimscote.
ff. 87r–94v: The manor of Sawston, Cambridgeshire.
ff. 95r–128v: Coventry and surrounding area.
ff. 130r–137r: Copy from a pyx touching various tenements in Coventry.
ff. 137v–152r: Copy from a purse concerning evidence for Coventry.
ff. 153r–215r: Further charters concerning Coventry.
ff. 216r–228r: Evidence concerning Milcote.
f. 237v: Genealogy of William Langley.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002045835", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 7: Langley cartulary" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002045835 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 7 : Langley cartulary - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[0006]/040-002045835
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1455
- End Date:
- 1483
- Date Range:
- c 1460-1483
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 300 × 215 mm.
Foliation: ff. i + 237.
Script: Gothic cursive.
Binding: British Library, 7 July 1966.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
William Langley of Knowlton (d. 1483): genealogical notes (f. 237v) suggest that the book was made for him.
Jeromme Fytzherbert, early 16th century: inscription (f. 1*).
‘Butler’, 16th century: inscription (f. 1*).
Sir Simonds D’Ewes (b. 1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert Cotton (see Wright 1972): the manuscript is recorded in his catalogue (Watson 1966, no. A151i).
Sir Simonds D’Ewes (d. 1722), 3rd baronet and grandson of the former: inherited and later sold the D’Ewes library to Robert Harley on 4 October 1705 for £450.
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 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 (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d. 1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
- Publications:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, ed. by Robert Nares and others, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808–12), i, 2.
Andrew G. Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D’Ewes (London: British Museum, 1966), no. A151i.
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), pp. 91, 131, 158, 215.
Peter R. Coss, The Langley Family and Its Cartulary, Publications of the Dugdale Society, Occasional Papers, 22 (Stratford-upon-Avon: Dugdale Society, 1974).
Peter R. Coss, The Langley Cartulary, Publications of the Dugdale Society, 32 (Stratford-upon-Avon: Dugdale Society, 1980).
G.R.C. Davis, Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain and Ireland, ed. by Claire Breay, Julian Harrison, and David M. Smith, 2nd edn (London: British Library, 2010), no. 1275.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
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OCR-generated record (may contain errors) from A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London, Eyre and Strahan, 1808-1812), I (1808):
Codex Chartaceus in 4to. grandiori, scriptus (ut videtur) regnante R. Edwardo IV. in quo describuntur Chartae de Terris per Familiam de Langley in diversis Comitatibus occupatis. Quarum Tituli sive Rubricae hoc ordine sequuntur.
1. Manerium de Torkedene in Com. Glowc. (f. 1r)
2. Bryghtwelle et Ewellme (f. 10v)
3. Manerium de Chrestretone in Com. Gloucestr. (f. 22r)
4. Maneria de Petecote et Grymescote in Com. Northamton. (f. 44r)
5. De Manerio de Sawstone in Com.Cantabridg. (f. 87r)
6. Coventre (Cum plurimis Villis undequaque adjacentibus). (f. 95r)
7. Copia de uno Pixide tangente diversa Tenementa in Coventre. (f. 130r)
8 Copia de uno Saculo de Evidencijs de Coventre. (f. 137v)
9. Hec incipit Evidensia de Milcote. (f. 216r)
10. The Petygre of the Lyselode that Will. Langley the Son of Water Langley Squier hath in Glowceterschyre, Warwykeschyre, Northamtoneschyre and Schropeschyre. (f. 240v)