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Harley MS 1046

Record Id:
040-002046875
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
040-002046875
MDARK:
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LARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1046
Title:
Visitation of Dorset 1565, Visitation of Surrey 1623, Description of Cheshire and other papers
Scope & Content:

Several works in different hands.

Contents:

f. 1*: Rough notes on Cock family of Cock Hall, Lincolnshire on flyleaf.

ff. 3*-5*: Index of families mentioned in the volume.

ff. 6*-9*: Part of an old visitation of the county of Dorset, 1565, by William Hervey, Clarenceux, written at length. The other parts of the visitation continue later in this volume, on ff. 181v-182, and ff. 220-242.

f. 9*v: Pedigree of Wrotesley.

f. 1: Arms of families mentioned in the pedigree of Wrotesley.

ff. 1v-121: Part of the visitation of the county of Surrey, 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor, and Augustine Vincent, Rouge-Croix, for William Camden, Clarenceux. Includes church note on arms and epitaphs in the church of Reigate, during the visitation, dated 6 April 1623 (ff. 22-23r), and seals of the town of Guildford, with notes on its privileges and government (f. 80).

ff. 122-181: Description of the County Palatine of Chester, by William Smith, antiquarian and Rouge Dragon, ca. 1585. Includes:

  • A Brief Account of the Kingdom of Mercia and of its Kings, Dukes, & Earls, to the Conquest (ff. 122-126).
  • Supplication of the inhabitants of the County Palatine of Chester to King Henry VI for the due observance of their ancient liberties, with the King’s answer, anno regni 29 (ff. 127-129r).
  • Confirmation or charter of the liberties of the County Palatine of Chester, by Queen Elizabeth I, 1568 (ff. 129r-131v).
  • A general survey of the county of Chester (ff. 131v-142r), including a coloured map of Cheshire, titled ‘Comitatus Palatinus Cestriae’ signed by William Smith, 1585 (f. 132r).
  • Description of the City of Chester (f. 142v).
  • Short account of the market towns of Cheshire (ff. 147-151r).
  • Genealogy of the Earls of Chester, from the Conquest to Edward the Black Prince, with some of their deeds (ff. 151v-155).
  • Names of all the knights, esquires, gentlemen, and freeholders in the County Palatine of Chester, and their Hundreds (ff. 156-159).
  • Names of the mayors and sheriffs of Chester 1320-1586 (ff. 159v-167).
  • Descent of the barons of Halton, constables of Chester (f. 168-170).
  • Views of Chester by William Smith, 1585. View (ff. 171-172); Plan (f. 172).
  • Views of Haulton (Halton) and Beeston by William Smith (f. 174).
  • Arms of Cheshire monasteries and families. Some coloured, mostly lacking names. Apparently in alphabetical order of family name (ff. 175-181r).

ff. 181v-182: Another fragment of the visitation of Dorset (see also ff. 6*-9* and ff. 220-242).

f. 183v: Pedigree and arms of Keck of Gloucestershire.

f. 184r: Arms of Bury of Oxfordshire.

f. 184v: Descents of Richbell and Browning, with their arms.

ff. 185-219: Remaining part of the visitation of Surrey (from earlier in the volume on ff. 1v-121).

ff. 220-242: Remaining part of the visitation of Dorset (see also ff. 6*-9* and ff. 181v-182).

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Harley Collection
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Is part of:
Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

 

Harley MS 1046 : Visitation of Dorset 1565, Visitation of Surrey 1623, Description of Cheshire and other papers
Hierarchy:
032-002045828[1046]/040-002046875
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:
1560
End Date:
1640
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 300 x 250 mm.

Foliation: 1*-9*, 1-28, 28*, 29-59, 59*, 60-242 folios (total 253 folios).

Binding: British Museum in-house binding.

Custodial History:

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: John Spicer (Wright, Fontes Harleiani, p. 311).

Former owner: William Smith (c. 1550-1618), merchant, traveller, topographer, Rouge Dragon pursuivant 1597 (Wright, Fontes Harleiani, p. 307).

Finding Aids:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), I (1808), no. 1046.

Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), pages 307, 311.

Publications:

Map of Cheshire by William Smith (f. 132):

  • R A Skelton, ‘Four English County Maps 1602-3’ in British Museum Quarterly, xxii (1960), p. 50 n.
  • E M J Campbell, ‘The Beginning of the Characteristic sheet to English Maps’ in Geographical Journal, cxxviii (1962) p. 412.

View and plan of Chester by William Smith (ff. 171-173):

  • Chester, by William Smith 1585, British Library website https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/chester-by-william-smith (Accessed 10 March 2023)
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)