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Harley MS 736
- Record Id:
- 040-002046565
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002046565
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000652.0x0000f2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 736
- Title:
- Collection of legal tracts
- Scope & Content:
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Six legal tracts, in several hands, with various former foliations. Now divided into two volumes.
Vol. 1:
- Robert Cotton, The Courte of Chancerye
- King James I’s Instructions for the Master of Wards and Liveries
- William Burde, Treatise on ecclesiastical matters
- Treatise on the Star Chamber
Vol. 2:
Two treatises on the Star Chamber.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002046565", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 736: Collection of legal tracts" },{ "id" : "041-004367832", "parent" : "040-002046565", "text" : "Harley MS 736/1: Collection of legal tracts. Vol. 1 of 2" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-004367833", "parent" : "040-002046565", "text" : "Harley MS 736/2: Collection of legal tracts. Vol. 2 of 2" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002046565 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 736 : Collection of legal tracts - Contains:
- Harley MS 736/1 : Collection of legal tracts. Vol. 1 of 2
Harley MS 736/2 : Collection of legal tracts. Vol. 2 of 2
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- 032-002045828[0736]/040-002046565
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
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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 (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.
Former owner: Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1688), Bishop of Worcester. Bought by Robert Harley 1707.
Former owner: Justinian Pagitt (1611/12-1668), owner of ff. 258-304.
- Finding Aids:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), I (1808), no. 736.
Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), p. 316.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of English Literary Manuscripts 1450-1700, ed. Peter Beal, online: https://celm-ms.org.uk/repositories/british-library-harley-1.html#british-library-harley-1_id694523 [accessed 18 November 2022]. Sir Robert Cotton, The Courte of Chauncerye. ff. 2r-257r: CELM CtR 136.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)