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Harley MS 5165
- Record Id:
- 040-002051009
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002051009
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000859.0x0002ac
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5165
- Title:
- Index of Letters Patent from the reigns of Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 3r-3v: A reference table of counties in England and Wales in the Letters Patent, with page references provided for Essex only.
ff. 4r-10r: 'Patents of Concealements in Queene Elizabeths tyme' [up to 31 Elizabeth I], followed by similar documents from the reign of Henry VIII.
ff. 11r-336v: Index of Letters Patent from the reigns of 1-2 Richard III, 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 and 14 Henry VII, and 1, 3, 4, 6,7, 10-33 Henry VIII; written in various hands.
The manuscript contains several additions:
f. 1r: A table of contents, entitled: 'Tabula pro libro patentium et aliorum in Com. Essex temporibus E.5. R.3. H.7. et H.8 usque annum 33. H.8'; added in the 17th century.
f. 2r (paper pastedown): Notes relating to monasteries and churches in the Letters Patent; added in the 17th century.
f. 2r: Notes on reigns of English kings and queens, from King Edward IV to Charles I in 1625.
f. 337v: Notes relating to monasteries and churches in the Letters Patent; added in the 17th century.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002051009", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 5165: Index of Letters Patent from the reigns of Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002051009 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 5165 : Index of Letters Patent from the reigns of Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[5165]/040-002051009
- 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:
- 1575
- End Date:
- 1649
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 315 x 195 mm (text space: approx. 295 x 175 mm).
Foliation: ff. 337 (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning + 2 at the end); 1 unfoliated paper pastedown on f. 2r; 22 unfoliated blank paper leaves after f. 2; 5 after f. 10; and 6 after f. 336.
Script: 16th- and 17th-century script.
Binding: Post-1600. Marbled paper over pasteboards.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 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 (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d.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.
- Publications:
- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), III (1808), p. 249.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- England