Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Harley MS 1749
- Record Id:
- 040-002047580
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002047580
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000709.0x000101
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1749
- Title:
- Two legal tracts by Francis Clarke
- Scope & Content:
-
Two law tracts by Francis Clarke written in the hand of Robert Lownes. Folios at beginning and end of volume are inscribed with knot doodles, English verse, and a (medicinal?) recipe (ff. 1-2, 289r-290r, and 293v).
n
ff. 1v-2r: Two critical comments on the following book. Folio 2 is a separate leaf bound into the volume.
ff. 3-253: Francis Clarke, ‘Practica Juris Civilis’. Decorative title page with the gilt stamp of Robert Harley (f. 3): ‘Practica Juris Civilis in Curijs Ecclesiasticis, Franciscum Clarke Almae Curiae Cantuariensis de Archubus London. Procuratorem, in Lucem edita ; ac per me Robertum Lownes dictae Curiae Procuratoris Clericum rescripta. A. D. 1632’.
ff. 254-258: Index to the preceding tract.
ff. 259-288: Francis Clarke, ‘De modo inchoandi sive instituendi Actionem in suprema Curia Ad[miralitatis] Angliae, De Tenore Warranti sive Mandati originalis Judicis’.
ff. 291-292: Index to the preceding tract.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002047580", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 1749: Two legal tracts by Francis Clarke" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002047580 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 1749 : Two legal tracts by Francis Clarke - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[1751]/040-002047580
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 235 x 195 mm.
Foliation: 293 folios.
Binding: British Museum in-house binding, 1967. Harley crest retained from original binding pasted inside front and back boards. Bookplate from original binding pasted on back of f. 4v (title page)
- Custodial History:
-
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:
-
A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 1749.
- Publications:
-
J D M Dennett, ‘The Work of Francis Clerke, Proctor: a chapter in English Romano Canonical Law’. Studia et Documenta, Vol XL (1974), pp. 52-66.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)