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Harley MS 1419/1
- Record Id:
- 040-002047248
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002047248
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000652.0x00039d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165164592.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1419/1
- Title:
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Inventory of King Henry VIII
- Scope & Content:
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Along with Harley MS 1419/2, this manuscript forms the second part of King Henry VIII's inventory; the first part is Society of Antiquaries MS 129 A and B. From the absence of signatures, it is clear that both volumes are fair copies. Instructions were given to draw up an inventory of Henry's moveable possessions six months after his death, and the process took eighteen months. These volumes detail the contents of each of his palaces and their specialist wardrobes.
f. 1*r: Donative letter from Francis Aston to Robert Harley, 9 June 1710.
f.1r: 'Guarderobes.'
f. 2r: Contents list for both volumes.
f. 4r: 'The Seconde parte of the Inventorye of our Late Soueraigne Lord King Henry theight conteyning his Guarderobes housholde Stuffe and other Implementes, made by vertue of a Commyssion vndre the greate seale of England bearing date at Westminster the xiiiith daye of Septembre in the firste yere of the reigne of our Soueraigne lorde king Edward the Sixte directed to the Lord SeyntJohn great mastre of the kings housholde president of the Counsaill and keaper of the greate Seale the Lorde Russell keaper of the privey seale the Earle of Warwicke and to Sir Walter Mildmay knight or to three or twoo of theym Whiche commission in the boke conteyning the firste parte of the saide Inventorye at lengthe is conteyned All which goodes Cattalles and Stuffe were examyned by the Commyssioners at sundrie tymes and Seasons in the saide firste yere of the kings Maiesties reigne as by dyuers perticuler and roughe bokes vppon whiche this hole and entire Boke is made Appereth.'
ff. 5r–36v: 'The Towre. The Guarderobe of the Towre of London in the Chardge and keeping of Humfrey Orme'.
ff. 37r–53v: 'Grenewiche. The Guarderobe at Grenewiche in the Chardge of Thomas Mayneman'.
ff. 54r–62v: 'Stuffe and Implementes at Grenewiche in the Chardge of dowsing keaper of the house'.
ff. 63r–90r: 'The Guarderobe at Westminster in the Chardge of John Reede'.
ff. 91r–110v: 'The secrete Guarderobe In the kings owne Warderobe howse in the Longe Gallorie at Westminster'.
ff. 111r–112r: 'In the secreate Jewelhowse for the Furneature thereof'.
ff. 113r–114r: 'In the Study at the hether ende of the Longe Gallorie' (Westminster).
ff. 115r–118v: 'Remayneng in the Kynges Secrete Studie called the Chaierhouse for the furniture of the same'.
ff. 119r–142v: 'The chardge of Sir A Deny. Stuffe and Implumentes at Westminster in the Charge of Sir Anthony Denye knighte keper of the howese'.
ff. 143r–150r: 'The Glasse house. Glasses and other thinges of Earth at Westminster in the charge of James Rufforthe'.
ff. 151r–158v: 'The Study nexte tholde Bedde chambre. Stuffe in the Study nexte the kynges olde Bedde chambre at Westminster'.
ff. 159r–185v: 'Tholde Juelhous. Stuffe in th'Olde Juelhous at Westminster in the Chardge of James Rufforth'.
ff. 186r–188v: 'In the little Study called the newe Librarye in the chardge of James Rufforth at Westminster'.
ff. 189r–191v: 'Fethers at Westminster in the Chardge of James Rufforthe'.
ff. 192r–193v: 'Clockes at Westminster in the Chardge of James Rufforth'.
ff. 194r–199r: 'Refuse Stuffe at Westminster in the Chardge of James Rufforth'.
ff. 200r–205v: 'Instrumentes at Westminster in the Chardge of Philipp van Wilder'.
ff. 206r–253v: 'Hampton Courte. The Guarderobe at thonor of Hampton Courte in the countie of Mid[d]l[esex] in the Chardge of David Vincent' (along with other offices).
ff. 254r–279r: 'Otelandes. The Guarderobe at the Manor of Otelondes in the County of Surrey in the chardge of Sir Anthonye Browne Knight Master of the kings horses and keper of the same house'.
ff. 280r–297r: 'Nonesuche. The guarderobe at the Manor of Nonesuche in the Countie of Surrey in the charge of Sir Thomas Cawerden knight keper of the house there'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002047248", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 1419/1: Inventory of King Henry VIII" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002047248 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 1419/1 : Inventory of King Henry VIII - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[1419]/040-002047248
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165164592.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1547
- End Date:
- 1548
- Date Range:
- 1547-1548
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 398 x 305 mm.
Foliation: ff. 1*r–297r.
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Francis Aston (d. c. 1714), Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod; elected Fellow of the Roayl Society in 1678; secretary of the Royal Society (1681–1686), and member of the Council at intervals from 1680 to 1713.
Robert Harley, from 1710.
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 under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
- Publications:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808–12), II (1808), pp. 40–41.
David Starkey (ed.), Henry VIII: Man and Monarch (London: British Library, 2009), p. 267.
David Starkey (ed.), The Inventory of Henry VIII. Society of Antiquaries MS 129 and British Library MS Harley 1419: The Transcript (London: Society of Antiquaries, 1998), pp. 179–310.
Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A study of the sources of the Harleian collection of manuscripts preserved in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), p. 55.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)