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Harley MS 1052
- Record Id:
- 040-002046881
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002046881
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000652.0x00022e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1052
- Title:
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Heraldry book of William Penson, Lancaster Herald, with additions by John Saunders, arms painter
- Scope & Content:
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Heraldic book compiled by William Penson, Lancaster Herald 1613-1637, in the first half of the 17th century, with numerous pedigrees and descents. Includes some later material in other hands, and additions by John Saunders, arms painter (died c. 1687).
Contents:
f. 1*r: Flyleaf inscribed ‘Pensons Collection’. With a short epitaph for a certain Mr Anguish; and the arms of Sir Thomas Prestwiche of Lancashire, roughly sketched by John Saunders, arms painter.
f. 1*v: MS inscription: ‘Thomas Babb [?]’.
f. 1: Discussion about certain records found in the public archives (Latin).
ff. 2-208: Collection of pedigrees and descents made by William Penson. For a detailed list of families and individuals, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), I (1808), pages 520-525.
From f. 209 onwards the contents are written by later hands.
f. 209: Arms of the Clockmakers Company, with the motto ‘Tempus Rerum Imperator’ (granted by Sir Edward Walker, Garter, 31 January 1671/2).
f. 210: Confirmation of arms and grant of a crest to Sir Richard Lane of Tulske in the County of Roscommon in the Kingdom of Ireland, Knight and Baronet; by Sir Edward Walker, Garter, 6 April 1661.
f. 211: Confirmation of arms and grant of a crest to Sir John Walpole by Sir Edward Walker, Garter, 1 June 1646) (Latin).
ff. 212-213r: Confirmation of arms to William Bulmer of Uppisland, Yorkshire, by Thomas Wryothesley, Garter, and Thomas Wall, Norrey, 22 March, 12 Henry VIII (French).
ff. 213v-214: Letter of King Charles II to the Grand Vizir thanking him for the justice he had done to the English against the Pasha of Tunis; desiring that a stop may be put to the unjust demand of an extraordinary duty of 3 per cent, made by the Customer at Constantinople Chusaein Aga; and that his Excellency would have due regard to that correspondence and friendship between the two nations of over a century. 1682.
ff. 215-219r: Alphabetical table of family surnames in this book. Written by William Penson, and enlarged by John Saunders.
f. 219r: Curatorial note describing the loss and recovery of a piece from this volume (and several others in the Harley collection), now pasted in at f. 31
f. 219v: Medical recipe for a broth to cure diarrhoea, headed: ‘A Medicyne to stay a Scoureinge’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002046881", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 1052: Heraldry book of William Penson, Lancaster Herald, with additions by John Saunders, arms painter" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002046881 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 1052 : Heraldry book of William Penson, Lancaster Herald, with additions by John Saunders, arms painter - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[1052]/040-002046881
- 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:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 270 x 220 mm.
Foliation: 1*, 1-188, 188*, 189-191, 191*, 192-203, 205-220 folios (total 222 folios). Folio 204 lacking. The volumes includes blank unfoliated leaves formerly numbered 215-236.
Binding: British Museum full leather binding.
- 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: John Spicer (Wright, Fontes Harleiani, p. 311).
Former owner: William Penson (d. 1637), Chester Herald 1603, Lancaster Herald 1613 (Wright, Fontes Harleiani, p. 273).
- 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. 1052.
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 273, 311.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Penson, William, herald, d 1637
Saunders, John, arms painter, fl 1651-1687