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Harley MS 166

Record Id:
040-002045994
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
036-003435451
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000596.0x000177
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 166
Title:

Journal of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Papers of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, Volume 5

Scope & Content:

Folio manuscript volume.

Contents:

  • ff. 1-274: Continuation of the journal of the House of Commons compiled and partly written by Sir Simonds D’Ewes. Some of this has been written on scrap paper, including printed sheets. 13 February 1643 [1644]-3 November 1645.
  • ff. 275-275v: Ordinance of Parliament confirming the leaves made bona fide, and upon valuable consideration received, by Dr William Juxon, late Bishop of London.
  • ff. 276-278v: A report from the committee for Mr Smart's petition.
  • ff. 279-280v: Draught of a speech by Sir Simonds D'Ewes to be made in Parliament, in favour of abolishing the tax called ‘Ship-Monie’.
  • f. 281: A seemingly unrelated page of writing, which has been cut in half.
  • f. 281v: Part of a table of names.
  • ff. 282-285: Transcription of an extemporaneous speech, spoken by Sir Simonds D'Ewes in the House of Commons, 3 January 1647 [1648], against deposing King Charles I.
  • ff. 285-286: Transcription of an extemporaneous speech, spoken by Sir Simonds D'Ewes in the House of Commons, 17 February 1647 [1648], advising that the declaration of the House should not be passed before it is sent to the King, and His Majesties answer has been received.
  • f. 287: Continuation of the page of writing found at f. 281.
  • f. 287v: Continuation of the table of names found at f. 281v.
  • ff. 288-289v: Notes in the hand of Sir Simonds D'Ewes.
  • f. 290: Protestation of the House of Commons, that the advancing ready money for satisfying the army in the north, as being practiced by some of Members of the House, shall not be drawn into precedent.
  • ff. 291-291v: Henry Hughes's information presented to the House of Commons, concerning various strange engines found in the house of John Bishopp, at Hammersmith.
  • f. 292: Sir William Buttons petition to the Lords in Parliament, for reducing his fine or composition.
  • ff. 293-294v: Two speeches of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, spoken in the House of Commons,
  • ff. 295-295v: The state of the case concerning the Lord Powletts composition.
  • ff. 296-298v: The humble complaint and supplication of sundry ministers living in the county of Suffolk and Diocese of Norwich, on behalf of themselves and others.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Harley Collection
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002045828
036-003435451
040-002045994
Is part of:
Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 162-166 : Journal of the House of Commons by Sir Simonds D’Ewes, with various parliamentary papers

 

Harley MS 166 : Journal of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Papers of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, Volume 5
Hierarchy:
032-002045828[7787]/036-003435451[0005]/040-002045994
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 volume
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1644
End Date:
1648
Date Range:
1644-1648
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 360 x 220 mm.

Foliation: 299 folios.

Binding: British Museum binding.

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:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), Volume I

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. 131-137

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
D’Ewes, Simonds, 1st Baronet, diarist and antiquary, 1602-1650,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083393524,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/12656415