Stowe MS 184

Vol. I. (ff. 283). 1628-1651.

1. Message of the King to the House of Commons concerning liberty of speech; [? circ. 1628]. Copy (18th cent.). f. 1.

2. Privy Council to the " Chiefe officers of the Towne of Colchester," commanding them to assist the officers of the Customs at that Port; 3l Mar. 1629. Signed by Sir Thomas Coventry, Lord Keeper, Lords Weston, Conway, Manchester, Carlisle, Lindsey, Arundel and Surrey, Pembroke, Montgomery, Salisbury, and Dorchester, William [Laud, Bishop of] London, R[ichard Neyle, Bishop of] Winchester, etc. f. 2.

3. Proceedings in Council on the discovery in Sir R. Cotton's library of a paper which had been sent to Charles I., entitled " The proposition for your Matys service, containing two parts, the one to secure your Estate and to bridle the impertinency of Parlements, the other to encrease your Ma^ties Revenue much more than it is " (cf. Gardiner's History of Fngland, 1886, etc., vol. vii. pp. 138-141); 15 Nov. 1629. Copy (18th cent.). f 4.

4. Warrant from [Henry Rich, Earl of] Holland, Chief Justice-in- Eyre south of Trent, to the Verderers, etc., of Shotoyer and Stowood Forest, co. Oxon., requiring them to view and report on the quarries there; 1 Apr. l637. f 6.

5. Sir Simonds D'Ewes to Sir Edward Dering, enclosing an account of the foundation of Creyk Abbey, co. Nor£, extracted from a chartulary in the possession of Henry Derham (cf. Dugdale, Monasticon, vi. p. 487); Stow Hall, 22 Apr. 1637. f 8.

6. Sir Roger Twysden, Bart., to the same, on their religious opinions " I did once say there was some other cause in you for refusing to doe so [i.e. to receive the Communion], for all ye world knwe you were no Purytane, which I am confident you will not take ille, y^t some tyme have made a doubt to me whether a Puritane or a Papist were nerer heven," etc.; East Peckham, 9 Mar. 1639 [40]. f. 10.

7. Sir Jacob Asteley, Knt., to Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on the state of the King's forces in the North: " Yesterday the Skotch Army passed the Tyne at Newbirne. . . . . Thear must be a spedy course tacken to supply us Wth vituales cannon and amonitie and several other thinges. I wishe we wear mad abell to fight or the occation tacken away"; [August, 1640]. f 12.

8. " A Proclamation for the levying and payment of the Ship-Moneys in Arreare "; 20 Aug. 1640. Printed. f 14.

9. Sir John Sedley, Bart., to Sir E. Dering, Bart., on election matters, and the " malevoleneye of Sir Roger Twysden "; St. Cleers, 21 Oct. 1640. f 15.

10. Sir Roger Twysden, Bart., to the same, on the same subject; East Peckham, 24 Oct. 1640. f. 17.

11. Sir Richard Skeffington, of Fisherwick, 4th Bart., to the same, in praise of his action in Parliament and praying to be commended to his " deare freinde Mr. Pyme "; Coventry, 23 Nov. 1640. f 19.

12. Sir John Danvers, Knt., to the same, asking for news of the Parliament; Chelsey, 23 Dec. 1640. f. 21.

13. George Haull to the same, acquainting him "how the City of London toocke it sumthinge unkindly that they had not your furtherance to their petition in the house of Parlament . . . They are a wise people and the heade of our Kingdom, therefore to take their parts wilbe honest and gett great honor to yourselfe "; n.d. f. 23.

14. Walter Mantell to the same, asking his advice as to a petition to Parliament for "the restitution . . . in bloude " of his family attainted in the person of his grandfather Walter Mantell, ao 1 Mary; Horton Priory, 24 Jan. 1640[l]. f. 25.

15. Robert Abbott [Vicar of Cranbrook] to the same, on ecclesiastical matters, the Brownists or Independents, etc. : " They taulke much of overthrowing Cathedrals. If they be turned into Colledges of Bishops, and labouring Prebends in all the adiacent churches, it will be a glorious work. . . . But if theire profits should work theire utter overthrowe, I doe humbly leave it to the wisdom of the house to consider whether it will not breed a despicable ministery to the undoing of Religion " ; 15 Mar. 1640 [1]. f 27.

16. Sir John Danvers, Knt., to the same, on public affairs: " In the meane tyme the monstrous easye receit of Petitions att the Standing Comittees makes Authority declyne and the threatning of lewd persons to petition the parliament seeme of too great power and encouragement for an inundation of Beggers, become for want of worke and orderly government," etc.; Lavington, 15 Mar. 1640 [1]. f. 31.

17. Sir Robert Darell, Knt., to the same, respecting a petition from the Parish of Little Chart against " Mr. Keane " before the Select Committee against Scandalous Ministers; Calehill, 29 Mar. 1641. f 33.

18. Robert Abbott to the same, recommending the bearer, a bookseller " engaged in the great printing businesse "; 6 Apr. 1641. f 35.

19. Robert Codrington to the same, on his troubles and the hindrance to the publication of his book of poems; 21 May 1641. f 37. See Larking, Proceedings in Kent, Camden Soc., 1862, p. 49.

20. " Humble considerations for the two most Ho^ble houses of this present parlyment, whither all Bishopps ought to stand or fall in this Kingdome of Englande and other his ma^ts nations"; [1641]. f. 39.

21. Nathaniel Ward to Sir E. Dering (to whom he had previously written under the impression that he was Edward Dering, the Divine), on the writer's theological works and opinions; Richmond, n.d. Endorsed " 1641, 3 July." f. 41.

22. Robert Abbott to the same, on episcopacy, disorders in the Church, the Book of Common Prayer, etc.: " But yt which most toucheth mee to the quick at this time is the common prayer book. . . . They cry out against it under a three fold plea; some say it is stinted, compelled worship, some yt it is Popery taken out of the mass-booke, and some yt it is an Innovation because, since it was established by lawe, some Innovations have crept into it"; 5 July, 1641. f 43.

23. John Pym to Adm. Sir John Pennington, Knt., asking him " to suffer the shippe Hector to pass on her voyage"; " Exchequer chamber," 11 Sept. 1641. f. 45.

24. Robert Abbott to Sir E. Dering, further on church matters: " The common prayer book doth so stick yt none will please but one yt is for downe, downe," etc.; n.d. Endorsed " 3 Oct. 1641." f 47.

25. Speaker's warrant to John Hunt, serjeant-at-arms, for the apprehension of Sir E. Dering, Bart., Sir George Strode, Knt., Richard Spencer and Sir Roger Twysden, Knt., to appear before the House of Commons as Delinquents; 28 Mar. 1642. Signed by William Lenthall, speaker. f 49.

26. Sir R[ichard] S[keffington], of Fisherwick, 4th Bart., to his brother, concerning E[dward] D[ering]; 4 Oct. 1642. f. 51.

27. Order of " the Committee of Lords and Commons for advance of Money," etc., for repayment of £60 to Sir Henry Pratt " for Horses and Arms he formerly imployed in the service of the King and Parliament"; 24 Mar. 1642 [3]. Signed by Miles Corbett. f. 52.

28. Account by Sir E. Dering of the attempted relief of Reading by the King's troops, its surrender to Lord Essex by Col. Feilding, the acting governor, and the latter's trial and conviction, 15 Apr.- 4 May, 1643 ; followed by a short note on the surrender of Hereford by Richard Cave to Sir William Waller, on I May 1643. f. 53.

29. Oliver Cromwell to Oliver St. John; 11 Sept. 1643. Facsimile of the original letter in Add. MS. 5015*, f. 6, presented by John Wilmot in 1793. f. 55. Printed by Carlyle, Letters and Speeches, 1866, vol. i. p. 136.

30. Order for payment to Abraham Symonds of £60, balance of £100 for making the great seal for the parliament; London, 4 Oct. 1643. Signed by John Blakiston [M.P. for Newcastle]. f. 58.

31. " Instructions for the Committees for Sequestracion of Delinquents Estates" ; circ. 1643. Copy (for the original see Add. 5478, f 46). f. 59.

32. Letters and papers relating to Sir E. Dering's affairs subsequent to his submission to the Parliament, etc., as follows:-(a) Sir E. Dering to the " Committee of examinacions "; 3 Feb. 1643. Draft. f. 61;-(b) William James to Sir E. Dering, that he has presented his "desire" to the Committee : "f you reflect uppon that Peticion which called you its father, and which was itself the naturall mother of our unnaturall Rebellion, you will looke uppon the cautelous proceedinges of ye Committee as an act of prudence . . . . You cannot be ignorant that your silence in not deelaringe ye reasons ancl motives of your returne is nothiilge satisfactorye and perchanse rayseth jealousy in y^e mindes of too manye," etc.; Knowle, 20 Feb. 1643 [4]. f. 62;-(c) Correspondence of Sir E. Dering with Capt. Augustine Skynner; 11-22 March, 1643 [4]. ff. 64, 68, 71, 76;-(d) The Commiittee [for. Kent sitting] at Knowle to Sir E. Dering. " Wee expect your promise of your Declaration, which wee desyre noe volume, but an epitome. In which you may declare your cominge from thence to be the same you have confessed, that Oxford produceth noe other fruite than the effects of Tyranny and Popery," etc.; Knowle, 19 Mar. 1643 [4]. Signed by John Rivers, Anthony Weldon, William Bothby, Edward Monins, Nicholas Miller, Thomas Seyliard, John Boys. f. 69;-

(e) Sir Anthony Weldon, Thomas Francklin, and others of the Committee at Rochester, to Sir E. Dering, begging him to expedite his Declaration: " Sir, the occasion of this second is to putt you on to the more speed, intelligence beinge given that you yett (with Lotts wife) looke backe to that Sodom Oxford . . . and it is verily beleeved you onely looke for the issue of the next battle betweene Sr William Waller and Hopton before you will suffer any manifest under your pen to appear," etc.; Rochester, 20 Mar. 1643 [4]. f 73;-(f) Sir E. Dering in answer to the above: "The pamphlet you command shall go out sudden and unpolisht, though I did hope my oath given att Knoll was high enough to supersede itt . . . I have a discourse with a Papist now in ye presse; I thought by way of preface therein to have declared, but itt shall now be a peece of a peny, fitt (as you write) for ye viilgar," etc.; 20 Mar. [1643-4]. Draft. f.75;-(g) The same to - White, sending him his declaration to read before he sends it to the Parliament; Surrenden Dering, 22 Mar. 1643 [4]. f. 77;-

(h) T[homas] Westrowe to Sir E. Dering; Mersham, I Apr. 1644. With draft of reply. If. 78, 80;-(i) Sir E. Dering to the Speaker, enclosing petition; IS Apr. [1644]. Drafts. f 81;-(k) " Instructions to Mr. Hanwell " by Sir E. Dering, for the petition to Parliament as below (m); 1 May, 1644. Draft. f 83;-(1) Sir Anthony Weldon, T[homas] Westrowe, and William Bothby to Sir E. Dering, citing him to appear before the Committee at Knowle; Knoll, 4 May, 1644. f. 85;-(m) Sir E. Dering's petition to Parliament; 28 May, 1644. Endorsed, " not delivered." ff. 87, 94; -(n) The same petition in shortened form; 28 May, 1644. Endorsed, " delivered and read, 31 May." f 88;-(o) Sir E. Dering to the Committee at Knowle; 31 May, 1644. Emended copy, signed. f. 90;-(p) Order of Parliament, referring the petition to the Committee at Knowle; 31 May, 1644. Signed by Henry Elsyng, Clerk to the Parliament. f 91;-(q) The Committee at Knowle to Sir E. Dering, granting him a fifth part of his sequestrated estate; 1 May [June], 1644. Signed by Edward Monins, Richard Hardres, John Browne, Thomas Blount. f. 92;-(r) Order of the Committee of Sequestration of Papists' and Delinquents' estates at Ashford, granting corn, hops and pasturage to Unton, 3rd wife of Sir E. Dering; 11 Aug. 1643. With note of the above order of 1 June, 1644. Copy. f 96;-(s) Sir E. Dering to the Committee at Knowle; 2 June, 1644. Draft. With the Committee's reply; 3 June, 1644. ff. 97, 99;-(t) Recommendation by the Committee at Knowle to Parliament of Sir E. Dering's petition; 3 June, 1644. f. 101 ;-(u) Lambarde Godfrey to Sir E. Dering, forwarding an order and £40, the estimated value of a fifth part of his estate; 4 June, 1644. f. 102 ;-(w) Sir E. Dering, " hopelesse and helplesse," to Sir H. Vane, with a petition to Parliament; 5 June, 1644. ff. 103, 104;-(x) The Committee at Knowle to Sir E. Dering; 5 June, 1644. f 105.

33. Order from [Robert Devereux, Earl of] Essex, Captain General of the Parliamentary Forces, to Col. William Sydenham and other Commissioners, to take into their charge the towns of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis; 22 June, 1644. Signed and sealed. f 107.

34. Certificate " upon ye Publique faith " for £50 88. for " respited pay for three months due to Maj. Francis Bradbury; 11 Sept. 1644. Signed by E[dward Montagu, Earl of] Manchester, Nathaniel Bacon, Isaac Puller, and others. f 109.

35. Sir Thomas Fairfax to Prince Rupert, summoning him to surrender Bristol; 4 Sept. 1645. Copy. f 110.

36. Oliver Cromwell to the Speaker [W. Lenthall], giving an account of the taking of Basing House; Basingstoke, 14 Oct. 1645. Copy. Printed by Carlyle, Letters and Speeches, 1866, i. p. 191. f. 112.

37. Register of letters, etc. (mostly without the dates), of Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick, Lord High Admiral for the Parliament (1643), Governor of Guernsey (1645), etc., including (a) Correspondence with Sir Peter Osborne, Royalist Lieut.-Governor of Guernsey, treating of his surrender; 31 Dec. 1645, 6 Jan. 1645 [6], and n.d. With other documents relating to Guernsey. ff. 114- 120;-(b) Correspondence with Murrough O'Brien, Lord Inchiquin. ff. 121-122 b;-(c) Correspondence of Lord Warwick and others relating to New England, Virginia, and other Plantations; circ. 1646-1648. ff. 123-127;-(d) Letters of recommendation and compliment, chiefly by Lord Warwick. ff. 127b-135;-(e) Extracts from letters relating to the Royalist siege of Lyme Regis, co. Dorset, in May, 1644. f. 135.

38. John Harrison, who had " resolved to serve the Parliament," to his father Sir John Harrison, of Balls, co. Herts (for an account of whom see Clutterbuck, Hist. of co. Hertford, 1821, ii. p. 185), late M.P. for Lancaster, Farmer of the Customs, etc., a Royalist, with suggestions as to the disposal of his estate; n.d. (rec. 2 Nov. 1646). With the note by Sir John, " He understandeth how I have proceeded, and sillily hath invented this weake snare to catch me." f. 136.

39. The same to his [step-]mother [Mary, dau. of Phil. Shotbolt], thanking her for her pains in trying to reconcile him to his father; 29 Nov. 1646. f 138.

40. Warrant of the Committee of the Revenue to Thomas Bott and William Pargiter to take view and certify the number of deer in Yoxall Ward of Needwood Forest, co. Staff., on the appointment of Samuel Wardle, keeper; Westminster, 6 July, 1647. Signed by [Algernon Percy, Duke of] Northumberland, [Philip Herbert, Earl of] Pembroke and Montgomery, Sir Henry Mildmay, Sir William Armyne, Cornelius Holland, Thomas Hoyle. f 140.

41. The Committee for Both Kingdoms to the "Committee of the House of Commons sitting in the Queenes Court," asking for the return of some secret letters "from a person employed privately in France " by the publication of which his life will be in danger; Derby House, 16 Dec. 1647. Signed by W[illiam Fiennes, Viscount] Say and Sale, [Robert Rich, Earl of] Warwick, Sir William Armyne, Oliver St. John, Arthur Haselrige, William Pierrepont, and Robert Wallop. f. 142.

42. Oliver Cromwell to Oliver St. John, Solicitor General, etc. Kna[r]esburgh, 1 Sept. 1648. Copy. Printed by Carlyle, Letters and Speeches, 1866, i. p. 300. f. 144.

43. Richard Birkhened to Sir E. Dering, 2nd Bart., on the administration of his father's estate; 10 Oct. 1648. f. 146.

44. P- Andrew to " Mr. Williamson " [sc. Sir John Harrison] on legal matters; 12 Jan. 1648 [9]. Endorsed, " . . . an estate of freehould made him according, to his request and sent from Calais, 23 Jan. 1648." f. 148.

45. Facsimile of the Death-Warrant of Charles I, with the signatures and seals; 29 Jan. 1648 [9]. f. 150.

46. [Thomas, Lord] Fairfax, to Col. William Sydenham, to take command of the Regiment of Foot late under Maj. Gen. Skippon, and to march to Bristol; " Queenstreete," 13 Feb. 1648 Eg]. Signed. f. 152.

47. Papers and letters relating to the sale of fee-farm rents of the Crown; 1649-1653. Included are:-(a) Orders of Parliament relating to the act for " selling the fee farme rents belonging unto the Crowne of England and Dutchie of Lancaster "; 3 Apr., 17 Jan. 1649. Signed by Henry Scobell, clerk of the Parliament. f. 154;-(b) Maj. Gen. John Lambert to the Trustees, requesting " to be admitted to treat for the fee farme rents " of certain properties in co. York; 1 Apr. 1650. f. 164;-(c) Order of the Council of State to the Trustees to use all expedition in their sales, etc. ; Whiteball, 1 Apr. 1650. Signed, " Jo[hn] Bradshawe, Presidt." With seal. f. 165 ;-(d) Per -Pelham to the Trustees, "on behalfe of the toune of Hull"; n.d. f 174;-(e) Edward Fleetwood to the same; 30 Apr. 1650. f. 175;-(f) Report of Ra- Darnall on the payment from certain fee-farm rents in Coventry of the stipends to the Vicar of Holy Trinity and the Bablake Hospital in that city; 5 July, 1650. f 185 ;-(g) William Botterell to Col. Taylor, one of the Trustees, on the fee-farm of Luston, co. Heref., etc.; Ludlow Castle, 25 May, 1651. f. 230;-

(h) Lawrence Steele to his brother William Steele, Recorder of London; 26 Oct. 1651. f. 237;-(i) The Committee for the Revenue to the Trustees, asking for particulars of the lands sold and unsold; 29 Jan. 1651[2]. Signedlby Sir Harry Vane, Sir Henry Mildmay, J- Edwardes, Nicholas Lowe, and Cornelius Holland. f 239;-(k) Charles Bowles to-; 1652. f 241 ;-

(1) Henry Newman; Whitehall, 13 Apr. 1652. f 242;-(m) Edmund Evans to Richard Sydenham; 7 June, 1652. f 244;-

(n) Lt.-Col. William Crowne to the same; Salop, 29 June, 1652. f. 246;-(o) Francis Allein, Alderman of London, to Capt. Mynhere; 17 July, 1652. f 248;-(p) Col. John Dove to the Trustees, on fee-farm rents of lands of the Chapter of Salisbury; Whitehall, 22, 29 July, 1652. ff. 250, 252;-(q) E- Dendy to the same, relating to the Honour of Eye; 19 Oct. 1652. f 254;-(r) The Mayor and Corporation of Banbury to the Trustees, asking delay till next term to make return of their rents; 13 Dec. 1652. Signed by Will. Hawkins, Mayor, and eight others. f 260;-(s) Sir Gilbert Pickering to the Trustees, enclosing letter (f 264) from William Bristlebolt making allegation of fraud against Thomas Hollis, Bailiff of Kingsthorpe and Collector of fee-farm rents ; 16 Dec. 1652. f. 262 ;-(t) Col. William Webb to Richard Sydenham; 20 Dec. 1652. f 265;-(u) William Bristlebolt to Sir Gilbert Pickering; Northampton, 30 Dec. 1652. f 267 ;-

(v) Col. Algernon Sydney to Richard Sydenham; Somerset House, 4 Jan. 1652 [3]. f. 269;-(w) Humfrey Kelsall to the Trustees, nominating Trustees for the Lancashire ministers; 18 Jan. 1652 [3]. f. 271 ;-(x) Col. Algernon Sydney to the Trustees; 25 Jan. 1652 [3]. f 272 ;-(y) Francis Allein and John Downes, members of the Committee for Inspections, to the Trustees; Whitehall, 9 Feb. 1652 [3]. With copy of reply, 22 Feb. ff. 274, 276;-(z) The Committee to the mayor, etc., of Banbury; 15 Feb. 1652 [3]. Signed by Richard Sydenham, R- Harrison, Cornelius Cooke, Thomas Ayres, Thomas Coke. f 278;-(aa) William Bristlebolt to the Trustees; 7 Mar. 1652 [3]. f 279;-(bb) Lawrence Steele to [Richard] Sydenham; 16 Mar. 1652 [3]. f 281.

48. Debenture for arrears of pay to Crispen Phelippes, a private trooper, at the rate of 2 sh. a day; 24 Aug. 1649. Signed by Capt. John Beare, and others. f 155.

49. Information of Capt. Lumley Thelwall and Will. Wenlock against - Cooke, minister of Market Drayton, co. Salop, for contempt of the Parliament and a treasonable sermon; 25 Sept. 1649. ff. 156, 158.

50. Sir J[ohn] Harrison to Geoffrey Coulson; 27 Nov. 1649. Followed by a statement by the same of his losses by sequestration, etc., between Aug. 1643, when he went to Oxford, and Lady Day, 1649. ff. 159, 161.

51. Order of Council to Col. William Sydenham, Governor of the Isle of Wight, to receive at Carisbrooke Castle the Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Gloucester from the Earl of Leicester's custody at Penshurst; Whitehall, 27 July, 1650. Copy, " from the original in the possession of Mr. Vailliant of Twickenham, July 11, 1789." f 187.

52. Heads of letters and papers found in Elizabeth Castle, Jersey, when taken by the Parliamentary forces in Dec. 1651. The documents are 733 in number, and dated 1647-1651. This paper was purchased "at the sale of T. Martin's MSS., Thursday, Apr.

29th, 1773," by Thomas Astle. ff. 189-223.

53. Oliver Cromwell to his wife; Edinburgh, 3 May, 1651. copy (from the original in Harley MS. 6988, f. 233). Printed by Carlyle, Letters and Speeches, 1866, ii. p. 273. f. 228.

54. Anonymous letter giving information against certain Army officers presenting counterfeit debentures for pay, etc. ; 11 June, 1651. f. 232.

55. William Lenthall, Speaker, to " The Trustees and Contractors sitting at Worcester House," claiming on behalf of the Corporation of Banbury, of which town he is Recorder, certain annuities due to the Poor there, etc.; " Rolles," 21 Oct. 1651. f. 235.

56. Proposal to the ]Parliament of Sir Balthazar Gerbier, Knt., Peter Lely, and Georg Geldorp " concerning the representing, in oil, Pictures of all the memorable Atchievments since the Parlament's first sitting "; circ. 1651. Printed. f 283.

includes:

• f. 1 Charles I of England: Message to the Commons conc. liberty of speech: circ. 1628 (?).
• f. 1 England; Parliament: Message from Charles I., on liberty of speech: circ. 1628 (?).
• f. 2 William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke: Privy Council letter, etc., signed by: 1614, 1629.
• f. 2 Robert Bertie, Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, afterwards 1st Earl of Lindsey: Council letter signed by: 1629.
• f. 2 Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester: Council order signed by: 1629.
• f. 2 William Cecil, Earl of Salisbury: Warrants signed by: 1629, 1636.
• f. 2 Colchester, Essex: Council order as to the customs at: 1629.
• f. 2 Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway; Secretary of State 1623: Council warrants signed by: 1624, 1629.
• f. 2 Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry: Warrants signed by: 1629, 1636.
• f. 2 James Hay, Viscount Doncaster; 1st Earl of Carlisle: Council order signed by: 1629.
• f. 2 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke; 1st Earl of Montgomery: Council warrant, etc., signed by: 1624, 1629.
• f. 2 Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey: Council letter, etc., signed by: 1616, 1624, 1629.
• f. 2 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury: Council order signed by: 1629.
• f. 2 Sir Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester: Council orders signed by: 1624, 1629.
• f. 2 Richard Neile, d 1640 Archbishop of York 1631: Council order signed by: 1629.
• f. 2 Richard Weston, Baron Weston; Chancellor of the Exchequer: Council orders signed by: 1624, 1629.
• f. 4 Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: Discovery of paper on bridling "the impertinency of Parliament", etc., in his library: 1629.
• f. 6 Henry Rich, Earl of Holland: Warrant from, as Ch. Justice-in-Eyre south of Trent, to the Verderers of Shotover and Stowood Forest: 1637.
• f. 6 Shotover Forest, Oxfordshire: Warrant for a report on the quarries in: 1637.
• f. 6 Stowood Forest, Oxfordshire: Request for report on the quarries in: 1637.
• f. 8 Creake Abbey; Norfolk: Account of the foundation of: 1637.
• f. 8 Sir Simonds D'Ewes, Baronet: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1633, 1637.
• f. 8 Henry Derham: Account of Creyk Abbey from a chartulary of: 1637.
• ff. 8-105 passim Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet: Correspondence, etc., chiefly relating to his affairs on submitting to the Parliament: 1637-1644.
• ff. 10, 17 Sir Roger Twysden, Antiquary (ob. 1672): Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1640.
• f. 12 Sir Jacob Asteley: Letter to Lord Strafford: 1640.
• f. 12 Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford; Lord Deputy of Ireland: Letter to, from Sir J. Asteley: 1640.
• f. 12 Army; England: State of the King's forces in the North: 1640.
• f. 14 Ship-money: Proclamation for levy of arrears of: 1640.: Printed.
• f. 15 Sir John Sedley, Baronet: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1640.
• f. 19 Sir Richard Skeffington, of Fisherwick, 4th Baronet: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1640.
• ff. 21, 31 Sir John Danvers: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1640, 1641.
• f. 23 George Haull: Letter to Sir E. Dering: circ. 1640.
• f. 25 Walter Mantell: Attainted: in 1553.
• f. 25 Walter Mantell: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1641.
• f. 27 Brownists al. Independents, The: Letter relating to: 1641.
• ff. 27, 35, 43, 47 Robert Abbott, Vicar of Cranbrook: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1641-1642.
• f. 31 Political Tracts: Considerations whether Bishops ought to stand or fall in the Kingdom: 1641.
• f. 33 Sir Robert Darell: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1640, 1641.
• f. 33 Little Chart, Kent: Complaint against S. Keme, rector of: 1641.
• f. 33 Samuel Keme, Rector of Little Chart: Complaints against: 1641.
• f. 37 Robert Codrington: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1641.
• f. 41 Nathaniel Ward: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1641.
• ff. 43, 47 Liturgies ENGLISH: Letters of Rev. R. Abbott relating to the Prayer Book: 1641.
• f. 45 John Pym: Letter to Adm. Sir J. Pennington: 1641.
• f. 45 Sir John Pennington, Admiral: Letter to, from J. Pym: 1641.
• f. 49 Sir George Strode: Summoned for delinquency: 1642.
• f. 49 Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet: Apprehended for delinquency: 1642.
• f. 49 William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons: Warrant for apprehension of Sir E. Dering and other delinquents: 1642.
• f. 49 Sir Roger Twysden, Antiquary (ob. 1672): Summoned for delinquency: 1642.
• f. 49 Richard Spencer: Summoned for delinquency: 1642.
• f. 51 Sir Richard Skeffington, of Fisherwick, 4th Baronet: Letter to his brother: 1642.
• f. 52 Sir Henry Pratt: Repayment to, for supply of horses, etc., for the Army: 1643.
• f. 52 Miles Corbet, regicide: Order signed, by: 1643.
• f. 53 Reading: Account of its surrender to Lord Essex: 1643.
• f. 53 Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet: Account of the surrender of Reading and Hereford: 1643.
• f. 53 City of Hereford: Note of the surrender of, to Sir W. Waller: 1643.
• ff. 55, 144 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letters to O. St. John: 1643, 1648.: Copies.
• f. 58 John Blakiston, MP for Newcastle: Order signed by: 1643.
• f. 58 Abraham Symonds: Payment to, for making the great seal for the Parliament: 1643.
• f. 59 Delinquents: Instructions for Committees, for sequestrating the estates of: circ. 1643.: Copy.
• ff. 61-105 passim County of Kent: Correspondence of various Parliamentary Committees in: 1644.
• ff. 61-105 passim Knowle, Kent: Correspondence of the Committee for Kent sitting at, conc. Sir E. Dering's affairs: 1644.
• f. 62 William James: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1644.
• ff. 64, 68, 71, 76 Captain Augustine Skynner: Correspondence with Sir E. Dering: 1642, 1644.
• f. 69 John Rivers: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1644.
• f. 69 Nicholas Miller: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1644.
• f. 69 John Boys: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1644.
• f. 69 Thomas Seyliard: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1644.
• ff. 69, 73, 85 Sir Anthony Weldon: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1644.
• ff. 69, 85 William Bothby: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1644.
• ff. 69, 92 Edward Monins: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1644.
• f. 73 Thomas Francklin: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1644.
• ff. 78, 85 Thomas Westrowe: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1644.
• ff. 87, 88, 90, 94, 104 Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet: Petitions to Parliament: 1644.
• f. 91 Henry Elsynge, Clerk to the House of Commons: Order signed by, as Clerk to the Parliament: 1644.
• f. 92 Thomas Blount: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1644.
• f. 92 John Browne: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1644.
• f. 92 Richard Hardres: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1644.
• f. 96 Unton Dering, 3rd wife of Sir E Dering, 1st Baronet: Grant to, from the Committee of Sequestrations: 1643.
• f. 102 Lambarde Godfrey: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1644.
• f. 104 Weymouth, Dorset: Placed in charge of Parliamentary Commissioners: 1644.
• f. 107 Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex: Order for taking into charge the towns of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis: 1644.
• f. 107 Melcombe Regis, Dorset: Placed in charge of Parliamentary Commissioners: 1644.
• ff. 107, 152 Colonel William Sydenham: Orders to, from Parliamentary commanders: 1644, 1649.
• f. 109 Isaac Puller: Certificate signed by: 1644.
• f. 109 Major Francis Bradbury: Pay certificate for: 1644.
• f. 109 Nathaniel Bacon: Certificate signed by: 1644.
• f. 109 Edward Montagu, Earl of Manchester: Certificate signed by: 1644.
• f. 110 General Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax: Letter to Pr. Rupert, summoning him to surrender Bristol: 1645.: Copy.
• f. 110 Rupert, Prince; Count Palatine of the Rhine: Letter to, from Sir T. Fairfax: 1645.: Copy.
• f. 112 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letter to Speaker Lenthall: 1645.: Copy.
• f. 112 Basing House, Southton: Cromwell's account of the taking of: 1645.
• ff. 114-120 Sir Peter Osborne, Royalist Lieutenant -Governor of Guernsey: Register of his correspondence with Lord Warwick: 1645.
• ff. 114-120 Island of Guernsey: Register of correspondence between the Royalist and Parliamentary governors of: 1645.
• ff. 114-135 Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick: Register of his letters as Lord High Admiral for the Parliament, Governor of Guernsey, etc.: circ. 1645.
• ff. 121-122 b Murrough O'Brien, 6th Baron and (1654) 1st Earl of Inchiquin: Register of correspondence with Lord Warwick: circ. 1645.
• ff. 123-127 New England, America: Register of correspondence of Lord Warwick, etc., relating to: circ. 1646-1648.
• ff. 123-127 Virginia: Register of correspondence of Lord Warwick relating to: circ. 1646-1648.
• f. 135 Lyme Regis, county Dorset: Extracts from letters on the Royalist siege of: 1644.
• f. 136 Sir John Harrison, of Balls: Letter to, from his son John: 1646.
• ff. 136, 138 John Harrison: Letters to his father and step-mother: 1646, 1653.
• f. 140 William Pargiter: Warrant to, for viewing the deer in Needwood Forest: 1647.
• f. 140 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke; 1st Earl of Montgomery: Warrant signed by: 1647.
• f. 140 Algernon Percy, Earl of Northumberland: Warrant signed by: 1647.
• f. 140 Thomas Bott: Warrant to, for viewing deer in Needwood Forest: 1647.
• f. 140 Cornelius Holland, regicide: Warrant signed by: 1647.
• f. 140 Thomas Hoyle: Warrant signed by: 1647.
• f. 140 Needwood Chase, Staffordshire: Warrant to view the deer in: 1647.
• f. 140 Sir Henry Mildmay: Warrant signed by: 1647.
• f. 140 Samuel Wardle: Appointed keeper in Needwood Forest: 1647.
• ff. 140, 142 Sir William Armyne, 1st Baronet: Warrant and letter signed by: 1647.
• f. 142 William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele: Letter signed by: 1647.
• f. 142 Sir Arthur Haselrig, 2nd Baronet; MP: Letter signed by, as member of the Committee for both Kingdoms: 1647.
• f. 142 Robert Wallop: Letter signed by: 1647.
• f. 142 William Pierrepont, of the Committee for both Kingdoms: Letter signed by: 1647.
• f. 142 Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick: Letter signed by: 1647.
• f. 142 Oliver St John, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas: Letter signed by: 1647.
• f. 144 Oliver St John, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas: Letter signed by: 1647.
• f. 146 Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet: Letter to, conc. his father's estate: 1648.
• f. 146 Richard Birkhened: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1648.
• f. 148 Williamson, Mr: Pseudonym of Sir J. Harrison: 1649.
• f. 148 Phineas Andrew: Correspondence with Sir J. Harrison: 1649, 1654.
• f. 148 Sir John Harrison, of Balls: Letter to, from P. Andrew: 1649.
• f. 150 Charles I of England: Facsimile of the King's death-warrant: 1649.
• f. 152 General Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax: Letter to Col. W. Sydenham: 1649.
• f. 154 Henry Scobell, Clerk to the Parliament and Council of State: Order signed by, as Clerk of Parliament: 1649.
• ff. 154-281 Fee-farm rents: Letters and papers relating to the sale of: 1649-1655.
• ff. 154-283 passim England; Commonwealth: Letters, etc., relating to the sale of fee-farm rents: 1649-1655.
• ff. 154-283 passim Crown lands: Letters, etc., relating to the sale of crown rents: 1649-1655.
• f. 155 Captain Beare: Debenture for trooper's pay signed by: 1649.
• f. 155 Crispen Phelippes: Debenture for pay to, as trooper: 1649.
• f. 156 Captain Lumley Thelwall: Information against - Cooke for contempt of Parliament, etc.: 1649.
• f. 158 Cooke, Minister of Market Drayton: Information against, for contempt of Parliament, etc.: 1649.
• f. 158 William Wenlock: Information by, against - Cooke for contempt of Parliament, etc.: 1649.
• f. 159 Sir John Harrison, of Balls: Correspondence with G. Toulson: 1649, 1653, 1654.
• f. 161 Geoffrey Toulson: Correspondence with Sir J. Harrison: 1649, 1653-1654.
• f. 161 Sir John Harrison, of Balls: Losses by sequestration, etc.: 1643-1649.
• f. 164 John Lambert, General: Letter to the trustees for the sale of fee-farm rents: 1650.
• f. 165 John Bradshawe, President of Council of State: Orders of Council, etc., signed by: 1650.
• f. 174 Per- Pelham: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: circ. 1650.
• f. 175 Edward Fleetwood: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1650.
• f. 185 Ra - Darnall: Report relating to fee-farm rents in Coventry: 1650.
• f. 185 Coventry, Warwickshire: Payment of stipends from fee-farm rents in: 1650.
• f. 187 Colonel William Sydenham: Order to, when Governor of the Isle of Wight, to receive Pr. Elizabeth at Carisbrooke Castle: 1650.: Copy.
• f. 187 Charles I of England: Order for reception of Pr. Elizabeth and the Duke of Gloucester at Carisbrooke Castle: 1650.: Copy.
• ff. 189-223 Island of Jersey: Notes of papers found at Elizabeth Castle, when taken by the Parliament forces: 1651.
• f. 228 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letter to his wife: 1651.: Copy.
• f. 230 William Botterell: Letter to Col. Taylor: 1651.
• f. 230 Colonel Taylor: Letter to, as trustee for sale of fee-farm rents: 1651.
• f. 230 Luston, Herefordshire: Letter concerning the fee-farm rent of: 1651.
• f. 235 William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons: Letter, as Recorder of Banbury, to the trustees, etc., at Worcester House: 1651.
• f. 235 Banbury, Oxfordshire: Letter of W. Lenthall conc. annuities due to the poor of: 1651.
• ff. 237, 281 Lawrence Steele: Letters to W. Steele and R. Sydenham: 1651, 1653.
• f. 239 Sir Henry Vane, the younger; statesman: Letter to the trustees for the sale of fee-farm rents: 1652.
• f. 239 Cornelius Holland, regicide: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1652.
• f. 239 J - Edwardes: Letter to the Trustees for the sale of fee-farm rents: 1652.
• f. 239 Nicholas Lowe: Letter to the trustees for the sale of fee-farm rents: 1652.
• f. 239 Sir Henry Mildmay: Letter to the trustees for the sale of fee-farm rents: 1652.
• f. 241 Captain Charles Bowles: Letter to -: 1652.
• f. 242 Henry Newman: Letter to -: 1652.
• f. 244 William Crowne, Lieutenant -Colonel: Letter to R. Sydenham: 1652.
• f. 244 Edmund Evans: Letter to R. Sydenham: 1652.
• ff. 244, 265, 269, 281 Richard Sydenham: Letters to, from E. Evans and others: 1652-1653.
• f. 248 Francis Allein, Alderman of London: Letter to Capt. Mynhere: 1652.
• ff. 250, 252 John Dove, Colonel: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1652.
• f. 254 E- Dendy: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1652.
• f. 260 William Hawkins, Mayor of Banbury: Letters to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1652, 1653.
• ff. 260, 278 Banbury, Oxfordshire: Correspondence of the mayor, etc., with the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1652-1653.
• f. 262 Thomas Hollis: Allegation of fraud against, as Bailiff of Kingsthorpe, etc.: 1652.
• f. 262 Sir Gilbert Pickering: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1652.
• ff. 264, 267 William Bristlebolt: Letters to Sir G. Pickering: 1652.
• f. 265 William Webb, Colonel: Letter to R. Sydenham: 1652.
• ff. 269, 272 Colonel Algernon Sydney: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents, etc.: 1653.
• f. 271 Humfrey Kelsall: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1653.
• f. 274 Francis Allein, Alderman of London: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1653.
• f. 274 John Downes: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1653.
• f. 278 Thomas Ayres: Letter, as Trustee for the sale of fee-farm rents, to the town of Banbury: 1653.
• f. 278 Richard Sydenham: Letter to the Mayor, etc., of Banbury: 1653.
• f. 278 R- Harrison: Letter, as trustee for the sale of fee-farm rents, to the town of Banbury: 1653.
• f. 278 Thomas Coke: Letter, as Trustee for sale of fee-farm rents, to the town of Banbury: 1653.
• f. 278 Cornelius Cooke: Letter, as Trustee for sale of fee-farm rents, to the town of Banbury: 1653.
• f. 279 William Bristlebolt: Letter to the Trustees for the sale of fee-farm rents: 1653.
• f. 283 Sir Balthazar Gerbier: Proposal to paint the memorable events of Parliament: circ. 1651.
• f. 283 Georg Geldorp: Proposals to paint the memorable events of Parliament: circ. 1651.
• f. 283 Sir Peter Lely: Proposal to paint the memorable achievements of Parliament: circ. 1651.