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Harley MS 1077
- Record Id:
- 040-002046906
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002046906
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000652.0x000247
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1077
- Title:
- Copy of Visitation of Staffordshire 1583, by John Withie, with some further pedigrees
- Scope & Content:
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Copy of the Visitation book of Staffordshire made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, Marshall and Deputy to William Flower, Norroy, 1583, written and drawn 1621 by John Withie (1593-1678), arms painter. With many additions. The Visitation includes:
f. 1r: Names of the Hundreds in Staffordshire.
f. 1v: Drawing of the seal of Newcastle under Lyme.
f. 2: Names and arms of Staffordshire nobles who served with Edward I in Scotland and elsewhere. Latin. Signed John Withie, 1623.
f. 3: Arms of William Bentley, of Hongry Bentley, Staffordshire.
f. 5v: Drawing of the seal of the town of Stafford.
f. 6r: Drawing of the seal of the city of Lichfield.
ff. 27-29: Additional pedigree of Foliambe, apparently in the hand-writing of Sir Henry St George.
f. 85: Names of knights or esquires of Staffordshire, during the reigns of Richard II or Henry IV. Latin.
ff. 93v-95v: Names of individuals disclaimed as members of the gentry during this Visitation, for lack of proof, with notes on the manner and method of disclaiming, and the proclamation against those disclaimed by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, at Newcastle under Lyme. With a form of the warrant directed to the High Constables of each Hundred, to summon the local esquires and gentlemen to appear before him, and a further summons to those who refuse.
After the Visitation follow:
ff. 111-112: Genealogy of the Minners family of Blacknall, Uttoxeter and Woodland, Staffordshire, to 1678, written by John Tilston.
ff. 113-114: Pedigree of Leveson, written by Sir Henry St George.
ff. 115-116: Pedigree of Leveson by another hand; with coloured arms.
f. 117: Copy of a letter from Thomas Gamull of Chester, concerning the family of Offeley.
ff. 118: Descent of Nott of Cannock.
ff. 119-121: Table of surnames in this manuscript.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002046906 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 1077 : Copy of Visitation of Staffordshire 1583, by John Withie, with some further pedigrees - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[1077]/040-002046906
- 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:
- 1621
- End Date:
- 1678
- Date Range:
- 1621-1678
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 305 x 250 mm.
Foliation: 1*, 121 folios.
Binding: British Museum in-house half 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. 1077.
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