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Harley MS 1754
- Record Id:
- 040-002047585
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002047585
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000709.0x000106
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1754
- Title:
- Heraldic collection compiled by arms painters
- Scope & Content:
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Heraldic collection, roughly drawn and written by arms painters. Some content starts from the end of the volume and is written inverted, some is written sideways on the folios.
Includes:
ff. 1-2: Coats of several families, with some crests and impalements.
f. 3: A few short descents.
f. 4: Grant of arms and crest to William Browne of Bobingworth, Essex, by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux.
f. 5r: Descent of Pickeryng from Kymer; with arms.
f. 5v: Arms of Samarey.
ff. 5v-19: Account of the foundation of Cambridge University, the colleges, hall, public schools and library, and of their magistrates and officers.
f. 20: Confirmation of arms and grant of a crest to Sir Richard Knight, Principal Secretary of State in Ireland, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, by William Camden, Clarenceux.
ff. 21-34r: Mixed descents and arms. Including arms of the city of Exeter, and Exeter Merchant Adventurers.
ff. 34v-35v: Notes taken from monuments and inscriptions in the Cathedral Church of Christ, Jesus College, and Trinity College, Oxford.
ff. 36-44: Larger mixed descents, with arms.
f. 45r: Confirmation of arms and crest to John Brown of Porland, Norfolk, by William Camden, Clarenceux.
ff. 46, 47v: Notes taken in the churches of Cashalton, Surrey (?), and Sproston, Norfolk.
ff. 48-57: Mixed descents. Interspersed are:
- Notes taken from monuments and inscriptions in Northmoor church, and the church and Hall of Stanton-Harcourt, Oxfordshire (f. 49).
- Notes taken from monuments and inscriptions in Broadgate Hall, Corpus Christi College, Exeter College, Lincoln College, and New College, Oxford (ff. 50v-51r).
- Grant of a crest to William Lawewell, alias Wombwell of Wombwell, by William Flower, Norroy, 9 July 1565 (f. 55).
- Notes taken at Ipswich, Suffolk.
f. 59r: Order of the funeral of the Lord Chief Baron Tanfield, Burford, Oxfordshire, 9 June 1625.
f. 63r: Arms of Clere’s matches, in trick.
ff. 67-70: Descents of Essex gentry.
f. 71v: Pedigree of Fortescue.
f. 72r: Matches of Claxton, in trick.
ff. 73v-77: Notes taken in Shellingford Church Berkshire, Cretinge Church, Suffolk, the house of Mr Sherdelow, Shimpline, Norfolk, St Peter Church, Norwich, St Peter the poor, London, the house of Sir Thomas Lowe, Lothbury Church, St Andrew Undershaft Church.
f. 78r: Descent of Gervies, with arms.
f. 80: Notes taken in the houses of Sir William Harris, Sir Andrew Ashley, Sir Edward Bullock, Mr Boddes.
ff. 84-85r: Notes on the family of Baynton, with a descent, by Nicholas Charles.
f. 85v: Kings of England from the Conquest to Charles I.
f. 87: Note on the Jerningham, Jennihingo or Jennings families; with the arms of Jennings.
f. 109r: Trick of the arms of Clopton empaling Pecoke.
ff. 109v-110r: Pedigrees and arms of Sussex gentry.
ff. 113v-114r: Confirmation of arms, and grant of a crest to John Eldred, gentleman, London, by William Dethick, Garter, 10 June 1592.
ff. 115v-116r: Confirmation of a coat and grant of the crest of Sir Auncell Gorney to Sir John Newton of Richmont Castle, Somerset, by Sir Gilbert Dethick, Garter, 12 December, 10. Eliz. I.
ff. 117v-118r: Some painters’ entrances of funerals.
ff.119-121: Alphabetical table of surnames in the volume.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002047585 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 1754 : Heraldic collection compiled by arms painters - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[1756]/040-002047585
- 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:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 230 x 210 mm.
Foliation: 122 folios.
Binding: British Museum in-house binding.
- 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.
- 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. 1754.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)