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Harley MS 1076
- Record Id:
- 040-002046905
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002046905
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000652.0x000246
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1076
- Title:
- Visitation of Sussex, 1633 and 1634, copied by John Withie
- Scope & Content:
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Copy of the Visitation of Sussex 1633 and 1634 by John Phillipot, Somerset Herald, and George Owen, York Herald. Written and drawn by John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter. Besides pedigrees and arms and notes of grants, the manuscript includes:
f. 1: Title page: ‘A Coppie of the Visitation of the Countie of Sussex, made anno 1633, & 1634, by John Phillipot Esq. Somersett, and George Owen Esq. Yorke, Heraulds; Marshalls & Deputies to Sir John Boroughs Kt. Garter, and Sr. Richard St. George Kt. Clarenceux, Kings of Armes’.
ff. 52v-53r: Commission from Thomas Howard Earl of Arundell and Surrey, Earl-Marshall, to certain Sussex Gentlemen, to see that John Tye made his Submission, in seemly manner, to John Willson of Fletching, Esq. Dated 7 December 1631, with the form of the said submission.
ff. 57, 95v-96r, 206v, 210r: Various accurately drawn seals.
f. 64: Seal of the City of Chichester.
f. 65: Seal of the Borough of Arundell.
f. 66: Seal of the Borough of Lewes.
ff. 102v-103, 104, 171, 209, 212v: Various church notes.
ff. 213v-214v: Notes taken in Arundell Church during the Visitation of Sussex 1634, by John Withie (i.e. while acting as arms painter to the Heralds during this Visitation).
f. 216: Seals of the port of Hastings.
ff. 223-229: Alphabetical table of the surnames mentioned in the preceding Visitation.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002046905", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 1076: Visitation of Sussex, 1633 and 1634, copied by John Withie" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002046905 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 1076 : Visitation of Sussex, 1633 and 1634, copied by John Withie - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[1076]/040-002046905
- 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:
- 1630
- End Date:
- 1670
- Date Range:
- Mid 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 325 x 245 mm.
Foliation: 229 folios.
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Former owner: John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter (Wright, Fontes Harleiani, p. 356-357).
Former owner: by John Saunders (died c. 1687), arms painter (Wright, Fontes Harleiani, p. 297).
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. 1076.
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. 297, 311, 356-357.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Withie, John, arms painter, 1593-c 1678