• Detail of historiated initial of Edward IV., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49)

Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer: signed with his name (upper margin of ff. 1, 50).Purchased as part of the Hargrave collection of legal manuscripts by the British Museum, 1813. Edward IV Placentius Master London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of the Gill/Gyll arms in the lower border., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49)

canonized.Francis Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer: signed with his name (upper margin of ff. 1, 50).Purchased as part of the Hargrave collection of legal manuscripts by the British Museum, 1813. Arms Placentius Master London England, S. E. (London)

• Binding with tracery decoration., Psalms in English verse (girdle book)

earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Binding John Croke (translator) London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature with the portrait of King Henry VIII, and the beginning of John Croke's English translation of Psalms., Psalms in English verse (girdle book)

Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. King Henry VIII John Croke (translator) London England, S. E. (London)

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49)

him canonized.Francis Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer: signed with his name (upper margin of ff. 1, 50).Purchased as part of the Hargrave collection of legal manuscripts by the British Museum, 1813. Placentius Master London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of historiated initial 'R' and upper border, with a king., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49)

canonized.Francis Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer: signed with his name (upper margin of ff. 1, 50).Purchased as part of the Hargrave collection of legal manuscripts by the British Museum, 1813. King Placentius Master London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial with a seated king., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49)

canonized.Francis Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer: signed with his name (upper margin of ff. 1, 50).Purchased as part of the Hargrave collection of legal manuscripts by the British Museum, 1813. King Placentius Master London England, S. E. (London)

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49)

him canonized.Francis Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer: signed with his name (upper margin of ff. 1, 50).Purchased as part of the Hargrave collection of legal manuscripts by the British Museum, 1813. Placentius Master London England, S. E. (London)

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49)

him canonized.Francis Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer: signed with his name (upper margin of ff. 1, 50).Purchased as part of the Hargrave collection of legal manuscripts by the British Museum, 1813. Placentius Master London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of the arms or the Urswick family and the motto 'Misericordia' in the lower border., Manuale (ff. 2-46v), Retractiones (extract), De beata vita (ff. 47-86v); and Psalms, Prayers, Litanies

Publications Society, 1950- ), I: Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks: Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries~, no. 463 (dated 1711 to London). A partial scatter border (f. 2). A historiated initial with a portrait of Augustine (f. 2). Large and small

• Historiated initial with Henry VI and angels., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49)

Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer: signed with his name (upper margin of ff. 1, 50).Purchased as part of the Hargrave collection of legal manuscripts by the British Museum, 1813. Henry VI Placentius Master London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Annunciation, with floral borders with a peacock, owl, and a bear playing bagpipes, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

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. Annunciation London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Annunciation, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

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. Annunciation London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of a peacock, from a floral border, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

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. Peacock London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of an owl from a floral border, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

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. Owl London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of a bear playing bagpipes from a floral border, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

£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. Bear playing bagpipes London England, S. E. ( London)

• Illuminated puzzle initials 'Q'(ue) and 'D'(ixit), with line flourishing in blue., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing the text for the Hours of the Virgin as said during Advent (ff. 1-3), the Penitential Psalms (ff. 4-8), Litanies (ff. 8-12), and Office of the Dead (ff. 13-21), Use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). See Scot McKendrick,

• Coloured drawing of an English king in armour and tabard (William II), presenting a plaque with verses. Unfinished., Anonymous verses on the kings of England, to Henry VI, unfinished (manuscript also known as Sir Thomas Holme's Book of Arms) (index Heraldry)

and tabard (William II), presenting a plaque with verses. Unfinished. This manuscript, together with two other manuscripts (London, British Library, Add. 45133 and London, Guildhall Library, Print Room (s.n.)) is known as 'Sir Thomas Holme's Book' because his arms appear

• Coloured drawing of an English king in armour and tabard (Henry I), presenting a plaque with verses. Unfinished., Anonymous verses on the kings of England, to Henry VI, unfinished (manuscript also known as Sir Thomas Holme's Book of Arms) (index Heraldry)

and tabard (Henry I), presenting a plaque with verses. Unfinished. This manuscript, together with two other manuscripts (London, British Library, Add. 45133 and London, Guildhall Library, Print Room (s.n.)) is known as 'Sir Thomas Holme's Book' because his arms appear

• Coloured drawing of an English king in armour and tabard (Stephen), presenting a plaque with verses. Unfinished., Anonymous verses on the kings of England, to Henry VI, unfinished (manuscript also known as Sir Thomas Holme's Book of Arms) (index Heraldry)

armour and tabard (Stephen), presenting a plaque with verses. Unfinished. This manuscript, together with two other manuscripts (London, British Library, Add. 45133 and London, Guildhall Library, Print Room (s.n.)) is known as 'Sir Thomas Holme's Book' because his arms appear