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Egerton MS 2519

Record Id:
032-001983482
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-001983482
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2519
Title:

CORRESPONDENCE and papers of Samuel Disbrowe, or Desborough, of Elsworth, co. Cambridge, Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, 165 1/2-1660, viz. :-

1. Warrant of Major-General J[ohn] Lambert for payment of a sum for disbanding the forces in Scotland; 11 Feb. 1651/2. Signed. f. 8.

2. William Leete to S. Disbrowe, when Commissioner for Customs at Leith, on affairs in New England; Guilford [New England], 11 Oct. 1654. f. 10.

3. Thomas Wendy to Thomas Chichely; 18 Jan. [1655/6] . f. 12.

4. Francis Finch to -; London, 29 Nov. 1655. f. 14.

5. The Council of Scotland to S. Disbrowe, acting Lord Keeper; 25 Jan. 1656/7. Signed by [Roger Boyle, Baron] Broghill, President. f. 15.

6. Copy of the appointment of Samuel Disbrowe as Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland; 16 Sept. 1657. f 17 b.

7. General George Monck, Commander-in-Chief in Scotland, to Lord Keeper Disbrowe; Dalkeith, 24 Mar., 19 Apr., 7 June, 1659. ff.19, 29, 31. With the following enclosures:-

a. Copies of agreements between Archibald [Campbell], Marquis of Argyll, and Major-General -Richard Deane; 19 Aug., 27 Oct. 1652. ff. 21, 23. b. Information, by Adjutant-General Jeremiah Smyth, of attacks on English garrisons; 24 Mar. 165 8/9. f. 25. c. Petition of John Drywood, deputy of the Treasurers-at-war in Scotland, on charges against him; March, 165 8/9. f. 27. d. Sums due from the Marquis of Argyll to the Government; 30 Apr. 1659. f. 30.

8. Submission of Samuel Disbrowe to the Kin-; 21 May, 1660. Signed; witnessed by General Monck. f. 32.

9. Copy of the King's pardon to Samuel Disbrowe ; 24 Oct. 1660. f. 34.

At the beginning is a copy of the lease for 60 years from Ramsey Abbey to Richard Drury, of Ramsey, of tlio manor of Elsworth, co. Cambridge; 21 Oct. 27 Hen. VIII. Paper; ff. 34. 2,520-2,532. . Folio. From the Farnborough Fund.

Scope & Content:

Samuel Disbrowe, alias Desborough; Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland: Correspondence and papers: 1652-1660.

includes:

  • f. 4 Elsworth Manor; Cambridgeshire: Lease of, to R. Drury: 1535.
  • f. 4 Richard Drury, of Ramsey: Lease to, of Elsworth Manor: 1535.
  • f.4 Ramsey Abbey; Huntingdonshire: Lease of Elsworth manor: 1535.
  • f 8 John Lambert, General, Lord Deputy of Ireland: Warrant for payment of forces: 1652.
  • f. 8 Army; England: Warrant for money for disbanding troops in Scotland: 1652.
  • f. 8 Kingdom of Scotland: Warrant for money for disbanding forces in: 1652.
  • f. 10 New England, America: Letter on affairs in: 1654.
  • f. 10 William Leete: Letter to S. Disbrowe: 1654.
  • f. 12 Thomas Wendy: Letter to T. Chicheley: 1656.
  • f. 12 Thomas Chichely: Letter to, from T. Wendy: 1656.
  • f. 14 Francis Finch: Letter to -: 1655.
  • f. 15 Kingdom of Scotland: Letter from the Council to S. Disbrowe: 1657.
  • f. 15 Roger Boyle, Baron Broghill; 1st Earl of Orrery: Signature, as President of the Council of Scotland: 1657.
  • ff. 19, 29, 31 General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle: Letters to Lord Keeper Disbrowe: 1659.
  • ff. 21, 23 Richard Deane, Major-General: Agreements with the Marquis of Argyll: 1652.
  • ff. 21, 23 Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl and 1st Marquis of Argyll: Agreements with Gen. Deane: 1652.
  • f. 25 Kingdom of Scotland: Attacks on English garrisons: 1659.
  • f. 25 Sir Jeremiah Smyth, Adjutant-General and Admiral: Information of attacks on English garrisons in Scotland: 1659.
  • f. 27 John Drywood, Deputy Treasurer at War in Scotland: Petition: 1659.
  • f. 30 Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl and 1st Marquis of Argyll: Sums due from him to the Government: 1659.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Egerton Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Hierarchy:
032-001983482
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1652
End Date:
1660
Date Range:
1652-1660
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Army of England
Benedictine Abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Benedict, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, 966-1539
Boyle, Roger, Baron Broghill, 1st Earl of Orrery
Campbell, Archibald, 8th Earl and 1st Marquis of Argyll
Chichely, Thomas
Deane, Richard, regicide and military officer, ?1609-1653
Desborough, Samuel, politician and administrator, 1619-1690
Drury, Richard, of Ramsey, recipient of a lease of land, fl 1535
Drywood, John, Deputy Treasurer at War in Scotland, fl 1657-1660
Elsworth Manor, Cambridgeshire
Finch, Francis, commissioner of excise, fl 1655-1661
Lambert, John, General, Lord Deputy of Ireland
Leete, William
Monck, George, 1st Duke of Albemarle, army officer, 1608-1670
Smyth, Jeremiah, Adjutant-General and Admiral
Wendy, Thomas
Places:
New England, America
Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom