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Harley MS 369

Record Id:

040-002046197

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-002046197

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000596.0x000312

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 369

Title:

The Liber Niger of Edward IV; collection of texts relating to the reigns of various English kings; French glossary

Scope & Content:

This manuscript contains a copy of the Liber Niger (Black Book) of Edward IV (r. 1461-1470, 1471-1483). The text is a management manual, containing a detailed outline of the workings of the the royal household. The volume also contains a number of additional texts that relate to the reigns of other medieval English and Tudor kings, including a description of the coronation of Richard II (r. 1377-1399), an itinerary of a journey made by Edward II (r. 1307-1327) into Scotland, and a list of the New-Years gifts received of Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547).

Contents:

ff. 1r-56v: The Liber Niger of Edward IV;

ff. 56*v-60r: Notes concerning the leading of tythe-cornes of Northam, during the reign of Edward VI (r. 1547-1553);

ff. 61r-77r: A text concerning the coronation of Richard II;

ff. 77v-85v: A text concerning the rights belonging to the constable and marshall of England;

f. 86r-v: A text relating how Thomas de Mowbray (b. 1366, d. 1399), earl of Nottingham, was made marshall of England by Richard II;

ff. 87r-92r: A description of the statutes, ordinances and customs, ordered and made by Richard II, John of Gaunt (b 1340, d. 1399), duke of Lancaster, Thomas of Woodstock (b. 1355, d. 1397), earl of Essex and Buckingham and constable of England, and Thomas de Mowbray, earl of Nottingham and marshall of England; at Durham, in the ninth year of the reign of Richard II [1386].

ff. 92r-93v: A text detailing the journey of Edward II into Scotland, in the ninth year of his reign [1316].

f. 94r: A list of Frenchman taken captive by Turwyne [Thérouanne, France], 16th August 15.. ;

f. 94r: A list of the captains within the city of Turwyne [Thérouanne, France];

f. 94v: A text concerning the discovery of the body of James IV (r. 1488-1513), king of Scotland, after the Battle of Flodden, 9 September 1513;

f. 95r-v: A fragment of an unidentified Latin chronicle;

f. 96r-v: A list of the New-Years gifts received of Henry VIII and the chief lords of the court, by the officers of arms, in the 12th year of his reign [1521];

f. 97r: A list of the names of officers of arms, and the servants and wages they were allowed;

f. 97v: A note concerning Henry VIII keeping his Christmas at Greenwich, 1504;

f. 98r: A list of the names of various people mentioned in Domesday Book, who possessed lands in several counties;

f. 98r: A note concerning the counties the Stafford family had lands in before the Norman Conquest, during the the reign of Edward the Confessor (r. 1042-1066), according to Domesday Book;

ff. 98r-100v: A list of the nobles created by Parliament during the reigns of various kings;

f. 101r: A Latin text concerning different English weights and measures;

f. 101v: A Latin text explaining various legal terminology;

ff. 102r-113v: A French glossary, with accompanying equivalents in English.

[ff. 56*r, 60v are blank].

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-002046197

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 369 : The Liber Niger of Edward IV; collection of texts relating to the reigns of various English kings; French glossary

Hierarchy:

032-002045828[0368]/040-002046197

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1400

End Date:

1570

Date Range:

15th century-Mid 16th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 310 x 210 mm.

Foliation: ff. 113 + 56* (+ 6 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning + 5 at the end).

Script: Gothic cursive; 16th-century secretary hand.

Binding: Post-1600. Harleian binding. Brown leather. Marbled endpapers.

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Provenance:

Ralph Starkey (d. 1628), archivist and merchant: his hand appears on ff. 61r-77r, ff. 77r-85v, f. 94v, f. 96r-v and ff. 98r-100v (see Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes (1966), p. 164; Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972), pp. 314-15).

Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert Cotton: listed in his catalogue as A.482 (see Add MS 22918, f. 25v; Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes (1966), p. 164; Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972), p. 131); his inscription, 'Liber niger domus Regis in custodia...' (f. 1r); additional inscriptions in his hand (ff. 61r, 91v).

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 forms one of the foundation collections of the British Library.

Publications:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), p. 11.

Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes (London: British Museum, 1966), p. 164

Wright, Cyril Ernest, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), pp. 131, 329.

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
Starkey, Ralph, antiquary, d 1628

Places:

England