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Harley MS 1073
- Record Id:
- 040-002046902
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002046902
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000652.0x000243
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1073
- Title:
- Armorial by John Withie
- Scope & Content:
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Arms and descent of English Kings and nobility, by John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter, with some later additions. Includes several printed items (ff. 42, 44, 356).
f. 2*: Title: ‘In this Booke are conteined the Armes of the Kings of England from Brute the first King of Great Brittaine, to Charles the first of that name King of Great Brittaine France & Ireland, together with the Discents, Armes, Creasts, Supporters, Quarterings, & Mottos, of all the Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, Viscounts, and Barons, that are now extant Anno 1635, with the tymes of their Creations. And since inlarged, by John Withie.’
f. 3*v: A note on the precedence of the Great Officers of State.
ff. 4*-8*: A list of English nobility, ann. 17 Charles I, with titles, surnames, date of creation and page numbers in this volume where their achievements and pedigrees appear.
ff. 1-3r: Arms ascribed to Brutus and his sons, Bellinus, Arviragus, Lucius, Constantine the Great, Uter-pendragon, Arthur, and Cadwallador Kings of Britain.
ff. 3v-19: Arms of the monarchs of England from the Norman conquest to 1650, headed ‘Armes of the Auntient Kings of all England before the Norman Conquest; and successively after the Conquest to this daye, 1650’. Includes painted arms of Charles I impaling those of his Queen, with a green branch bearing white and red roses and thistles with the arms of his children, dated 1638, with some parts of the folio excised. Includes pen and ink achievement of Charles II, drawn after the Restoration.
ff. 20v-21v: Pedigree and achievement of Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.
ff. 24v-27v: Pedigree and achievement of Pawlet, Marquis of Winchester.
ff. 29-231: Pedigrees and achievements of the Earls of England (with some additions), from Howard, Earl of Arundell and Surrey, to Weston, Earl of Portland. Includes 2 printed items:
- f. 42: Proof that James Percy was heir to Jocelyn Percy, Earl of Northumberland. Headed: 'The 15th day of April 1676'. Begins: ‘Upon a Tryal had at the Kings Bench Barr’. Signed James Percy.
- f. 44: To Our Royal King’s Sacred Majesty ... the Humble Complaint of James Percy, Claimant as Cousin and next Heir Male to Joscelin Percy, Late Earl of Northumberland. [1677]
ff. 232v-258: Pedigrees and achievements of the Viscounts of England, from Browne, Viscount Montacute, to Wentworth, Viscount Oversley.
f. 259r: Warrant of King Charles II to his Attorney or Solicitor General, for preparing a Bill of his Signature, containing his Grant to the Barons of England and their Heirs Males, to use a Red Velvet Cap, and a Circle of Gold with six Pearles on the Top. Dated 6 July 1661.
ff. 259v-260r: Same grant in Latin.
ff. 261-423: Pedigrees and achievements of the several Barons of England, from Nevile of Abergaveny to Littleton of Monslowe (Munslow). Includes printed Latin obituary for John Roberts, Baron of Truro, d. 1685 (begins: ‘Dignior Britannici Syderis Aristidi’), with numerous pen trials.
f. 424v: Descent of Seymor, Baron Trowbridge.
ff. 425-426: Arms of Baron Bruce of Whorleton.
ff. 427-428: Arms of the Lord Capell of Hadham.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002046902", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 1073: Armorial by John Withie" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002046902 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 1073 : Armorial by John Withie - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[1073]/040-002046902
- 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:
- 1635
- End Date:
- 1685
- Date Range:
- 1635-1685
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 305 x 200 mm.
Foliation: 1*-8*, 1-428 folios, lacks folios 32 and 355. Includes blank folios originally numbered 254-312 and 345-363.
Binding: British Museum leather binding.
- Custodial History:
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Former owner: John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter (Wright, Fontes Harleiani, p. 356-357).
Former owner: John Spicer (Wright, Fontes Harleiani, p. 311).
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.
- 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. 1073.
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. 311, 356-357.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Withie, John, arms painter, 1593-c 1678