Harley MS 478 - The Journal of John More

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 43
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1175)
Title
The Journal of John More
Shelfmark
Harley MS 478
Creation Date
1641 - 1641
Repository
Contents Note

This volume comprises a journal by John More of proceedings in the House of Commons from 16 April 1641 up to 25 June 1641, written in a cursive secretary hand. The manuscript also contains an 'Epitaph on the Earl of Strafford', attributed to John Cleveland/Clement Paman (see CELM) (f. 131v).

Material Features

Oblong duodecimo volume. Nineteenth-century binding.

Acquisition

The 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 Wright, p. xxxiv.

Source of Data

British Library online catalogue; A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. I, p. 325; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); Maija Jansson, ed., Proceedings in the Opening Session of the Long Parliament, Vol. I (Rochester, NY and Suffolk, 2000), pp. xl-xli; Andrew G. Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes (London, 1966), p. 329; Hannah Yip.

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GEMMS record created
July 1, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024