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Harley MS 1694
- Record Id:
- 040-002047525
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002047525
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000709.0x0000ca
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1694
- Title:
- Origin of the See of Durham, and other manuscripts
- Scope & Content:
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A composite volume of five manuscripts. Their order has been changed since they were described in the printed Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum (1808).
ff. 1-19: Origin of the See of Durham, extracted from the cathedral records and translated into English, for John Hall of Consett. Headed: ‘Origo episcopatus Dunelmensis Anno Christi 365. A treatise compendiouslye declaringe the first originall and ereccion of the Episcopall See of Durham; first instituted at Holye-Island, and from thence removed to Chester, and afterwards transferred to Durham’ [etc.]. Dated 1 August 1603.
ff. 20-56: Reports from the Kings Bench, ann. 9 Caroli I. Law French.
ff. 57-119: A treatise written in defence of a tract against oaths.
ff. 120-167: Aurea Periscellis, by John Cusack, directed to King Charles I. Draft in the author’s hand, with corrections and marginal additions.
ff. 168-209: Historical notes. Extracted for the most part 1634, from the Chronicle of England by the School-Master of St Albans, and the Fructus Temporum printed in London, 1520, by Wynkyn de Worde.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002047525", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 1694: Origin of the See of Durham, and other manuscripts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002047525 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 1694 : Origin of the See of Durham, and other manuscripts - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[1696]/040-002047525
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman
English - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1649
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 315 x 200 mm.
Foliation: 214 folios.
Binding: Leather binding with gold tooling, and the initials ‘M.B.’ (Museum Brittanicum) gold stamped on the front board.
- 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: Henry Worsley, Governor of Barbados (d. 1747) (Wright, Fontes Harleiani, p. 360)
- Finding Aids:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 1694.
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. 360.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)