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Add MS 29319

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OFFICIAL letters addresseed to Colonel William Sydenham, Governor successively of Weymouth and tyhe Isle of Wight, with a few other papers and 1etters; 1643-1659. Many of the letters are from the Council of State, signed by John Bradshaw, President; others from committees of the Parliament, and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. At the end of the volume is a deed of convevance from the garrison of Southampton to Colonel Sydenham of Carisbrook Park, otherwise Parkhurst Park, in the Isle of Wight, which had been assigned for arrears of pay; dated 22 Aug. 1651, and signed and sealed by 147 officers and soldiers. Paper. Folio.

Scope & Content:

Colonel Sir William Sydenham, Governor of the Isle of Wight: Official letters and papers: 1618-1659.

Charles I of England: Letters from the Council of State, etc., to the Parliamentary Governor of Weymouth and Isle of Wight: 1643-1659.

includes:

f. 1 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Portraits: 1601.
ff. 1-43 Weymouth, Dorset: Papers of Col. Sydenham, Governor of: 1643-1649.
ff. 4-8, 11 Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1644.
f. 9 Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland: Letter to Col. Sydenham: 1644.
ff. 9, 13 John Maitland, 2nd Earl and Duke of Lauderdale; Secretary of State for Scotland: Signatures, as member of the Conimittee for the Two Kingdoms: 1644.
ff. 13, 34 Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1644, 1645.
ff. 15, 17, 24 Robert Butler: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1644.
ff. 15, 17, 24 Bartholomew Hall: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1644.
ff. 15, 17, 24, 26, 27 William Savage, of the Committee for county Dorset: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1644.
ff. 15, 21, 23, 36, 38 County of Dorset: Letters from the Standing Committee of: 1644-1646.
ff. 15-24 Elias Bond: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1644.
ff. 15-28, 36 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1644, 1646.
f. 17 Thomas Trenchard, Member of the Committee for county Dorset: Letter to Col. Sydenham: 1644.
ff. 17, 21, 23 Thomas Crompton: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1644.
ff. 17, 21, 23 Thomas Earle: Letter to Col. Sydenham: 1644.
ff. 17-23 Richard Brodrepp: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1644.
f. 19 Poole, Dorset: Letter from the Committee at, to Col. Sydenham: 1644.
ff. 19, 21, 23, 38 Richard Burie: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1644-1646.
f. 21 Sir Louis Dyves: Letter to Col. Sydenham: 1644.
ff. 21, 23, 36 Francis Chettell, Member of the Standing Committee for county Dorset: Orders: 1644-1646.
f. 26 County of Dorset: Order to the Commissaries of garrisons in: 1644.
f. 29 Denis Bond, Admiralty Commissioner: Letter to Col. Sydenham: 1645.
f. 29 Thomas Moore, Member of the Committee of Parliament for the West: Letter to Col. Sydenham: 1645.
ff. 29, 32 William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1645.
ff. 29, 32 Anthony Nicoll, Army Commissioner: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1645.
ff. 29, 32 Richard Erisey: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1645.
ff. 29, 32 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke; 1st Earl of Montgomery: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1645.
ff. 29, 32 Sir Edmund Prideaux, Attorney-General: Letters to Col. Sydenham: 1645.
f. 31 Captain John Fry, of Weymouth: Petition to the Committee of the West: 1645.
f. 32 Taunton, Somerset: Order of the Committee of Lords and Commons for the relief of: 1645.
f. 32 Thomas Arundell: Letter to Col. Sydenham: 1645.
f. 32 George Serle, MP, of the Committee of Lords and Commons: Letter to Col. Sydenham: 1645.
f. 34 Colonel Hugh Kennedy, of the Committee for both Kingdoms, afterwards Commissioner of Estates: Order to Col. Sydenham: 1645.
f. 36 Robert Coker, Captain, Member of the Standing Committee of county Dorset: Order to Col. Sydenham: 1646.
f. 36 John Browne, Commissioner for county Dorset: Order to Col. Sydenham: 1646.
ff. 36, 38 John Arthur, Commissioner for county Dorset: Orders and letter to -: 1646, 1653.
f. 40 Henry Elsing, Clerk of the Parliament: Signatures: 1641-1647.
f. 42 John Raymond, Colonel: Letter to, from the President of the Council of State: 1649.
ff. 42, 45-96 John Bradshawe, President of Council of State: Orders and signatures: 1649-1651.
ff. 44, 73 Gualter Frost, Treasurer to Council of State: Signatures: 1649-1651.
ff. 44-127 Isle of Wight: Papers of Col. Sydenham, Governor of: 1649-1659.
f. 61 Yarmouth, Isle of Wight: Expenses of works at the Castle: 1650.
ff. 69-73 Sir John Oglander, of Nunwell: Seizure and liberation of: 1651.
f. 97 Henry Scobell, Clerk to the Parliament and Council of State: Orders signed by: 1651, 1654.
f. 99 Richard Somerset: Contract with Col. W. Sydenham: 1651.
ff. 99, 127, 128 Southampton, Hampshire: Papers concerning arrears of pay to the garrison: 1651.
f. 101 Philip Sydney, Viscount Lisle; 3rd Earl of Leicester 1677; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland: Letter to Col. Sydenham: 1651.
f. 103 John Corbett, member of Council of State: Warrant for payment to Col. Sydenham: 1652.
f. 103 Thomas Chaloner, MP: Letter to Gen. Harrison: 1652.
f. 103 Thomas Harrison, Major -General, Lieutenant of the Ordnance: Order to: 1652.
f. 103 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke; 1st Earl of Montgomery: Signatures to warrants and orders: 1636 - 1652.
f. 103 Major John Lisle, President of the Council of State: Letter to Maj.-Gen. Harrison: 1652.
f. 105 Sir Henry Vane, the younger; statesman: Letter to Col. Sydenham: 1652.
f 107 Edward Winslowe, Commissioner for Compounding: Order: 1653.
f. 107 Richard Sherwyn, Commissioner for Sequestrations in county Leicestershire: Acknowledgment to the commissioners for compounding: 1653.
f. 107 Richard More, Parliamentary Commissioner for Compounding: Order: 1653.
f. 107 James Russell, Contractor for the Sale of Church Lands: Order, as Commissioner for Compounding: 1653.
f. 109 Richard Scovile, Alderman, of Weymouth: Letter to -: 1653.
f. 109 William Holmes: Letter to Col. Sydenham: 1653.
f. 109 John Suetnam, mayor of Weymouth: Letter to -: 1653.
f. 110 Francis Rous, MP: Orders: 1647, 1649, 1654.
f. 110 John Lambert, General, Lord Deputy of Ireland: Order of Council, signed by: 1654.
f. 110 Henry Lawrence, President of the Council of State: Signature to order of Council: 1654.
f. 110 Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet: Privy Council order, signed by: 1654.
f. 112 Captain Adam Baynes, MP, Parliamentary Commissioner: Acquittance to Col. Sydenham: 1655.
f. 112 Edward Horsman, Army Commissioner: Order on accounts of Col. Sydenham: 1655.
ff. 112, 113 John Clerke, Colonel, Army and Navy Commissioner: Warrants for Col. Sydenham's expenses: 1655, 1658.
ff. 112, 113 Sir Richard Lucy, Army Commissioner: Acquittance and pay-warrant to Col. Sydenham: 1655, 1658.
f. 117 George Blackbourne: Letter to Major Bull: 1659.
ff. 119-123 Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston; Scottish statesman: Letters to the late Farmers of Excise of Ale in cos. Southampton and Berks, and to others: 1659.
f. 124 Sir John Copleston: Report, as referee in a case-at-law: circ. 1659.
f. 124 Benedict More, Rector of Ashwater: Case v. A. Short: circ. 1659.
f. 124 Amias Short, Clerk: Petition and case against B. Morse: 1655.

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English

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Latin

Start Date:

1643

End Date:

1659

Date Range:

1643-1659

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Names:

Arthur, John, Commissioner for county Dorset
Arundell, Thomas, of Add MS 29319
Baynes, Adam, Parliamentarian Army officer; MP for Leeds, bapt 1622-1671
Blackbourne, George
Bond, Denis, Admiralty Commissioner
Bond, Elias
Bradshawe, John, President of Council of State
Brodrepp, Richard
Browne, John, Commissioner for county Dorset
Burie, Richard
Butler, Robert, of Add MS 29319
Cecil, William, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
Chaloner, Thomas, MP; of Add MS 29319
Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1600-1649
Chettell, Francis, Member of the Standing Committee for county Dorset
Clerke, John, Colonel, Army and Navy Commissioner
Coker, Robert, Captain, Member of the Standing Committee of county Dorset
Cooper, Anthony Ashley, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, politician, 1621-1683
Copleston, John
Corbett, John, member of Council of State
Crompton, Thomas, of Add MS 29319
Devereux, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, soldier and politician, 1565-1601,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121382245
Devereux, Robert, 3rd Earl of Essex, parliamentarian army officer, 1591-1646
Dyves, Louis
Earle, Thomas, of Add MS 29319
Elsynge, Henry, Clerk of the Parliaments, bap. 1577, d. 1635
Erisey, Richard, correspondent of Sir William Sydenham, fl 1645
Frost, Gualter, Treasurer to Council of State
Fry, John, Captain; of Weymouth
Hall, Bartholomew
Harrison, Thomas, Major -General, Lieutenant of the Ordnance
Herbert, Philip, 4th Earl of Pembroke, 1st Earl of Montgomery, 1584-1650
Holmes, William, of Add MS 29319
Horsman, Edward, Army Commissioner
Johnston, Archibald, Lord Warriston; Scottish statesman
Kennedy, Colonel Hugh, of the Committee for both Kingdoms, afterwards Commissioner of Estates
Lambert, John, General, Lord Deputy of Ireland
Lawrence, Henry, President of the Council of State
Lisle, John, Major; President of the Council of State
Lucy, Sir Richard, Army Commissioner
Maitland, John, 2nd Earl and Duke of Lauderdale, Secretary of State for Scotland
Moore, Thomas, Member of the Committee of Parliament for the West
More, Benedict, Rector of Ashwater
More, Richard, Parliamentary Commissioner for Compounding
Nicoll, Anthony, Army Commissioner
Oglander, John, of Nunwell
Percy, Algernon, 10th Earl of Northumberland
Prideaux, Edmund, Attorney-General
Raymond, John, Colonel
Rous, Francis, MP
Russell, James, Contractor for the Sale of Church Lands
Savage, William, of the Committee for county Dorset
Scobell, Henry, Clerk to the Parliament and Council of State
Scovile, Richard, Alderman, of Weymouth
Serle, George, MP, of the Committee of Lords and Commons
Sherwyn, Richard, Commissioner for Sequestrations in county Leicestershire
Short, Amias, Clerk
Somerset, Richard
Suetnam, John, mayor of Weymouth
Sydenham, William, Colonel; Governor of the Isle of Wight
Sydney, Philip, Viscount Lisle; 3rd Earl of Leicester 1677, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Trenchard, Thomas, Member of the Committee for county Dorset
Vane, Henry, the younger, statesman
Wharton, Philip, 4th Baron Wharton
Winslowe, Edward, Commissioner for Compounding
Wolseley, Charles, 2nd Baronet

Places:

Dorset, England
Isle of Wight, England
Poole, Dorset
Southampton, Hampshire
Taunton, Somerset
Weymouth, Dorset
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight