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Harley MS 339

Record Id:
040-002046167
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
040-002046167
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000596.0x0002c4
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 339
Title:

Papers of Sir Simonds D'Ewes

Scope & Content:

Quarto manuscript volume containing various papers of Sir Simonds D'Ewes.

Contents:

  • ff. 1-2v: 'A breife meaning of God's law', seemingly written by Simonds D'Ewes as a school boy to his mother, along with other notes in English and Latin.
  • ff. 3-3v: Part of a letter from Simonds D'Ewes to a clergyman, on what he thought would be proper to say to the people on 5 November, since many Catholics were no longer recognising the truth of the Gunpowder Plot.
  • ff. 4-30: Notes taken from sermons preached by Mr Crakenthorpe, Mr Richard Chamberlayne and possibly others.
  • f. 30v: 'Prefaces to Prayer'.
  • ff. 31v-33: More notes from sermons.
  • ff. 34-34v: Meditations, or heads for Prayer, against Christmas.
  • f. 35: Notes on some psalms.
  • f. 36: Notes on bible verses 'for New Years Day'.
  • ff. 37-38: Two letter from Mr Richard Chamberlayne to Simonds D'Ewes, or possibly to his father, Paul D'Ewes.
  • ff. 39-41: 'A catechisme of Christian religion'.
  • ff. 42-42v: An analysis of 1 Peter 3:7.
  • ff. 43-44v: Unidentified Latin text.
  • ff. 45-45v: Questions and answers on vices.
  • ff. 46-47: Notes on the Lord's Prayer.
  • ff. 48: Notes of Simonds D'Ewes, made when he was a student of the common law of England.
  • f. 49: Unidentified Latin text.
  • ff. 50-57: Notes taken from the reading of Mr Vowell and Mr Peto, 9 December 1623.
  • ff. 58-65v: Notes taken from the reading of Mr Danvers in the Temple, Midsummer term, 15 August 1623.
  • ff. 66-67: Notes taken from the reading of Mr Danvers in the Temple, Hilary term.
  • ff. 68-70: Notes taken from the reading of Mr Vowell and Mr Peirce, March 1623.
  • ff. 71v-82: An index to a law book, by Paul D'Ewes.
  • ff. 83-87v: Notes taken from the reading of Mr Gardiner at Inner Temple.
  • f. 88: Notes on a legal case involving the D'Ewes family.
  • f. 89: Miscellaneous notes.
  • f. 90: Receipt for moneys paid by Mr Robert Asshefelde, anno 1 Edward VI [1547?].
  • ff. 91v-101: Notes of Simonds D'Ewes on the life of his grandfather.
  • ff. 102-106v: Prolegomena by Sir Simonds D'Ewes to the tract titled Great Britain's Stength and Weakness. With a scrap of paper (f. 105) containing miscellaneous notes.
  • ff. 107-149: Notes taken from the reading of Mr Madeison and Mr Deighton, 1623.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Harley Collection
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002045828
040-002046167
Is part of:
Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

 

Harley MS 339 : Papers of Sir Simonds D'Ewes
Hierarchy:
032-002045828[0338]/040-002046167
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 volume
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1547
End Date:
1651
Date Range:
1547-1650?
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 240 x 205 mm.

Foliation: 1-42, 42*, 43-149 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