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CORRESPONDENCE and papers of Col. Charles Fairfax relating to the siege of Pontefract, etc., including letters of 0. Cromwell, Major-Gen. John Lambert, Col. John Morris, Governor of Pontefract, and others; 12 Aug. 1645-8 Oct. 1651. A transcript from the originals now belonging to Sir Richard Tangye, and formerly to Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart. (sale-cat. 1898, lot 401). Paper; ff. 184. Folio. Presented by Sir Richard Tangye.

Scope & Content:

Colonel Charles Fairfax: Correspondence and papers: 1645-1651.: Copies.

Pontefract, Yorkshire: Correspondence and papers relating to the siege of: 1648-1649.

includes:

ff. 3, 5 General Sydenham Poyntz: Letters to, from Col. C. Fairfax: 1645, 1647.: Copies.
ff. 6, 12, 20 Sir Edward Rhodes: Correspondence with Col. C. Fairfax: 1647, 1648.: Copies.
ff. 6, 20, 66, 76, 107, 113, 118 Sir Robert Barwick: Correspondence with Col. C. Fairfax: 1647, 1648.: Copies.
f. 12 Alexander Johnson: Letter to, from Sir E. Rhodes and others: 1648.: Copy.
f. 12 Henry Arthington: Letter to, from Sir E. Rhodes and others: 1648.
f. 12 Sir Arthur Ingram: Letter to, from Sir R. Rhodes and others: 1648.
f. 12 Darcy Wentworth: Letter to, from Sir E. Rhodes and others: 1648.: Copy.
f. 12 Robert Walters: Letter to, from Sir E. Rhodes and others: 1648.: Copy.
f. 12 Sir John Savile: Letter to, from Sir E. Rhodes and others: 1648.: Copy.
f. 12 Sampson Stavely: Letter to, from Sir E. Rhodes and others: 1648.
ff. 12, 47, 66, 107, 113, 116, 118, 121, 122 Jo- Farrer: Letters to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
ff. 12, 66, 76, 113, 116, 118, 121, 122 Thomas St. Nicholas: Letters to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
ff. 13, 14, 92, 94, 100, 130, 141, 149, 158, 171, 172 General John Lambert: Letters to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648, 1649.: Copies.
15, 17 Thomas Dickinson: Letters to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
ff. 16, 46, 48, 63, 74 Thomas D'Arcy: Militia orders signed by: 1648.
ff. 18, 143 Mary Fairfax: Letters to, from Col. Fairfax, her husband: 1648.: Copies.
f. 21 William Pierrepont: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 22 Francis Wilsford: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
ff. 22, 59 William Pell: Letter and petition to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
ff. 25, 110, 137, 153 Lieutenant-Colonel John Morris, Governor of Pontefract Castle: Letters to, from Col. Fairfax: 1648, 1649.: Copies.
ff. 27, 29, 30, 62, 69, 81, 82, 88, 90, 114, 142, 145, 146, 159, 161, 162, 164 Sir John Digby: Correspondence, as commander at Pontefract, with Col. C. Fairfax: 1648, 1649.: Copies.
f. 32 Sir John Malory: Letter to, from Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.
ff. 33-36, 79 Captain Thomas Paulden: Correspondence with Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
f. 40 Sheffield, Yorkshire: Letter from, to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 42 Edward Rounder: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 43 Thomas Procter: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
ff. 45, 73 Captain William Harrison: Letters to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
f. 47 Sir Arthur Ingram: Letter to Col. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
ff. 47, 107, 113, 121 Ralph Rymere: Letters to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
ff. 47, 113 Francis Valentin: Letters to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
ff. 47, 66, 76 Sir John Bourchier: Letters to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
ff. 47, 66, 76, 107 Sir William Allenson: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
ff. 47, 76 Richard Darley: Letters to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
ff. 49, 102, 103, 104, 108, 109, 115, 117, 119, 123, 125, 126, 132, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 142, 145, 148, 150, 151, 152, 153, 156, 160, 162, 163, 165, 166, 170, 174 Lieutenant-Colonel John Morris, Governor of Pontefract Castle: Letters to Col. Fairfax: 1648, 1649.: Copies.
f. 51 Colonel John Mauleverer: Letter to Capt. S. Poole: 1648.: Copy.
f. 51 Captain Samuel Poole: Letter to, from Col. J. Mauleverer: 1648.: Copy.
f. 52 Ursula Vavasour, wife of Sir Thomas Vavasour, Baronet: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 54 Frances Wentworth, widow of Michael Wentworth: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 58 Robert Blease, minister of Bradford, county Yorkshire: Petition to Col. C. Fairfax signed by: 1648.: Copy.
f. 58 Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire: Petition from, to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 60 Thomas Simpson: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 61 Sir Thomas Vavasour, Baronet: Order for forage: 1648.: Copy.
ff. 64, 83 Sir George Wentworth: Letters to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
f. 65 Captain William Armitage: Parole of: 1648.: Copy.
f. 66 W- Armytage: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 67 Preston, Lancashire: Letter of O. Cromwell concerning the battle of: 1648.: Copy.
ff. 67, 75 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letters conc. the battle of Preston, etc.: 1648.: Copies.
ff. 70, 78 Lieutenant-Colonel William Crooke: Letters to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
ff. 72, 84, 87, 90 Colonel Francis Hacker: Letters to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
f. 77 William Blythe: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 79 John Gill: Pass signed by: 1648.: Copy.
f. 80 Nicholas Walton, minister of Kirkby in Malham Dale, county Yorkshire: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
ff. 84, 90 Sir John Digby: Letters to Col. F. Hacker: 1648.: Copies.
f. 86 William Ellis: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 89 William Fairfax: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 91 John Osboldeston: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 93 Lieutenant Joseph Nicholson: Account of his wounds: 1648.: Copy.
f. 95 T- F-: Letter to Lord Cottington: 1648.: Copy.
f. 95 Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington: Letter to, from T- F-: 1648.: Copy.
f. 97 Peter Casson: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 97 John Battie: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 97 Robert Saunders: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 98 James Greenwood: Letter. to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 98 John Cholmley: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
ff. 99, 120, 124, 127, 128, 129, 131 Oliver Cromwell of England: Correspondence with Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
f. 101 Katharine Bright, wife of John Bright afterwards (1660) Baronet: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
ff. 105, 121 Sir Henry Cholmley: Letters to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
f. 106 General Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 107 Francis Darley: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 111 Nicolas Heathcote: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 112 Richard Thorneton: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 113 Thomas Mauleverer: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f.113 Thomas Bockelairy?: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
ff. 114, 119 Lieutenant-Colonel John Morris, Governor of Pontefract Castle: Letters to Sir H. Cholmley: 1648.: Copies.
ff. 114, 122 Sir Henry Cholmley: Letters to, from Lieut. Col. J. Morris, etc.: 1648.
f. 121 John Dawnay: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 121 Henry Tempest: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 122 Colonel John Mauleverer: Letter to, from J. Farrer and T. St. Nicholas: 1648.: Copy.
f. 122 Sir Edward Rhodes: Letter to, from J. Farrer and T. St. Nicholas: 1648.: Copy.
f. 132 Lieutenant-Colonel John Morris, Governor of Pontefract Castle: Letter to Lieut. Col. W. Crooke: 1648.: Copy.
f. 132 Lieutenant-Colonel William Crooke: Letter to, from Lieut.-Col. J. Morris: 1648.: Copy.
f. 133 Thomas D'Arcy: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 133 Edward Fielde: Acquittance, as mayor of Pontefract: 1648.: Copy.
f. 135 Thomas Wortley, of Altofts, county Yorkshire: Engagement not to serve against Parliament: 1648.: Copy.
f. 140 Sir John Savile: Letters to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copies.
f. 143 Elizabeth Fairfax: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1648.: Copy.
f. 146 Robert Portington: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1649.: Copy.
ff. 146, 177, 178 Colonel Roger Portington: Correspondence with Col. C. Fairfax: 1649.: Copies.
ff. 146, 177, 178 R- Ashton: Correspondence with Col. C. Fairfax: 1649.: Copies.
f. 147 Colonel Robert Overton: Letter, as governor of Hull, to Col. C. Fairfax: 1649.: Copy.
f. 148 General John Lambert: Letter to the Commissioners of the West Riding, co. York: 1648.: Copy.
f. 154 Darcy Wentworth: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1649.: Copy.
f. 157 Edmund Cradock: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1649.: Copy.
f. 157 William Stanley: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1649.: Copy.
f. 157 Thomas Hesilrige: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1649.: Copy.
f. 157 Francis Smalley: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1649.: Copy.
f. 167 General John Lambert: Instructions to Commissioners for exchange of prisoners at Pontefract: 1649.: Copy.
f. 169 General John Lambert: Letter to Col. J. Morris: 1649.: Copy.
f. 169 Lieutenant-Colonel John Morris, Governor of Pontefract Castle: Letter to, from Gen. J. Lambert: 1649.: Copy.
f. 175 Francia Nevile: Letter to Col. C. Fairfax: 1649.: Copy.
ff. 177, 178 Sir Hugh Cartwright: Correspondence with Col. C. Fairfax: 1649.: Copies.
ff. 177, 178 Thomas Wheatley: Correspondence with Col. C. Fairfax: 1649.: Copies.
f. 179 England; Commonwealth: Proclamation of the Council of State concerning riotous soldiers: 1649.: Copy.
f. 180 Thomas Wheatley: Letter to Sir Hugh Cartwright: 1649.: Copy.
f. 180 Sir Hugh Cartwright: Letter to, from T. Wheatley: 1649.
f. 183 England; Commonwealth: Order concerning disbandment of troops: 1651.: Copy.

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English

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Latin

Start Date:

1645

End Date:

1651

Date Range:

12 Aug 1645-8 Oct 1651

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Names:

Allenson, William
Armitage, William, Captain
Armytage, W-
Arthington, Henry
Ashton, R-
Barwick, Robert, Knight, of Toulston, Yorkshire, 1589-1660
Battie, John, correspondent of Colonel C. Fairfax, fl 1648
Blease, Robert, minister of Bradford, county Yorkshire
Blythe, William
Bockelairy?, Thomas
Bourchier, John, of Add MS 36996
Bright, Catherine, first wife of Sir John Bright, baronet, d 1663
Cartwright, Hugh, of Add MS 36996
Casson, Peter
Cholmley, Henry, of Add MS 36996
Cholmley, John
Commonwealth, England
Cottington, Francis, 1st Baron Cottington
Cradock, Edmund
Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1599-1658,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121005431
Crooke, William, Lieutenant-Colonel
Darley, Francis, correspondent of Colonel Charles Fairfax, fl 1648
Darley, Richard, correspondent of Colonel Charles Fairfax, fl 1648
Dawnay, John, correspondent of Colonel Charles Fairfax, fl 1648
Dickinson, Thomas, correspondent of Colonel Charles Fairfax, fl 1648
Digby, John, Knight, army officer and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, 1603-1684
Ellis, William, of Add MS 36996
Fairfax, Charles, of Menston, antiquarian and barrister, 1597-1673
Fairfax, Elizabeth, correspondent of Charles Fairfax, fl 1648
Fairfax, Mary, wife of Colonel Charles Fairfax, fl 1648
Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, Parliamentarian military officer, 1612-1671
Fairfax, William, correspondent of Charles Fairfax, fl 1648
Farrer, J, correspondent of Colonel Charles Fairfax, fl 1648
Fielde, Edward, mayor of Pontefract, fl 1648
Gill, John, signatory of a pass, fl 1648
Greenwood, James, correspondent of Colonel Charles Fairfax, fl 1648
Hacker, Francis, parliamentarian army officer and regicide, d 1660
Harrison, William, Captain
Heathcote, Nicolas, of Add MS 36996
Hesilrige, Thomas
Ingram, Arthur, of Add MS 36996
Johnson, Alexander, of Add MS 36996
Lambert, John, General; of Add MS 36996
Malory, John
Mauleverer, John, Colonel; of Add MS 36996
Mauleverer, Thomas, of Add MS 36996
Morris, John, Lieutenant-Colonel; Governor of Pontefract Castle
Nevile, Francia
Nicholson, Joseph, Lieutenant
Osboldeston, John
Overton, Robert, Colonel; of Add MS 36996
Paulden, Thomas, Captain
Pell, William, of Add MS 36996
Pierrepont, William, of Add MS 36996
Poole, Samuel, Captain
Portington, Robert
Portington, Roger, Colonel
Poyntz, Sydenham, General
Procter, Thomas, of Add MS 36996
Rhodes, Edward
Rounder, Edward
Rymere, Ralph
Saunders, Robert, of Add MS 36996
Savile, John, of Add MS 36996
Simpson, Thomas, of Add MS 36996
Smalley, Francis
St. Nicholas, Thomas
Stanley, William, of Add MS 36996
Stavely, Sampson
Tempest, Henry
Thorneton, Richard, of Add MS 36996
Valentin, Francis
Vavasour, Thomas, Baronet
Vavasour, Ursula, wife of Sir Thomas Vavasour, Baronet
Walters, Robert, of Add MS 36996
Walton, Nicholas, minister of Kirkby in Malham Dale, county Yorkshire
Wentworth, Darcy
Wentworth, Frances, widow of Michael Wentworth
Wentworth, George
Wheatley, Thomas, of Add MS 36996
Wilsford, Francis
Wortley, Thomas, of Altofts, county Yorkshire
d'Arcy, Thomas, fl 1648

Places:

Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire
Pontefract, Yorkshire
Preston, Lancashire
Sheffield, Yorkshire