GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001424
TitleLetters of the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Leicester, etc.
ShelfmarkHarley MS 6991
Creation Dateca. 1571 - 1574
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteThis folio volume contains letters written by prominent individuals such as the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Leicester, dating from 1571 to 1574.
Material Features
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Harbin, Georgemanuscript owner - Harley, Robertmanuscript owner - Holmes, George
ProvenanceNote on f. 2v: '7 Septeber 1723. Given by Mr George Harbyn'. Another note on f. v: 'Given by Mr Geo. Holmes'. Finally, 'Bought of H. W. [Humfrey Wanley]' has been inscribed on f. 82v.
AcquisitionThe Harleian Library was founded by Robert Harley, First Earl of Oxford (1661–1724). According to Cyril Ernest Wright, Robert Harley ‘was primarily interested in English historical and political material and in volumes of sermons and theological controversy, sharing in the latter the taste of his Harley ancestors’. See Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972), p. xxxiv.
Source of DataBritish Library online catalogue; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. III, pp. 466-68; Hannah Yip.
Other Note
Sermons Contained
Sermon Reports ContainedReport of a sermon by Roger Goad -- ff. 33r-34v
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=9&ref=Harley_MS_6991 | Digitised copy of British Library, Harley MS 6991. |
GEMMS record createdJanuary 14, 2021
GEMMS record last editedJanuary 15, 2021