Stowe MS 185

Vol. II. (ff. 226). 1653-1746.

1. Letters and papers relating to the sale of fee-farm rents, 1653- 1655. Included are:-(a) Order from the " Commissioners for removing obstructions in ye Sale of the Honours, etc., of y^e late King, Queene and Prince," concerning the purchase of the Honour of Higham Ferrers by Maj. Ralph Knight; 12 May, 1653. Signed by Sir William Roberts, Robert Aldworth, Henry Pytt, Jo[sias?] Berners. f 1 ;-(b) The Mayor, Aldermen, etc., of Banbury to the Trustees; Banbury, 3 June, 1653. Signed by Will. Hawkins, Mayor, etc. f. 5 ;-(c) Col. Francis Martyn to the same; Ewelme, 13 June, 1653. f 7;-(d) Edward Cludd to the same; Norwood Park, 2 July, 1653. f 9:-(e) Sir J[ohn] H[arrison] to W- Toomes; 15 Sept. 1653. f 13;-(f) The Committee for Public Debts, etc., to the Trustees, warning them not to pass the debentures of Clubmen, " whoe, though upon some approaches of the Enemy they appeared with Clubbs and Staves and such like weapons onely, and it may be all their time of this kinde of service would make up a few weeks onely, have yet Debent^rs graunted them from 1643 till 1645 "; 22 Sept. 1653. Signed by George [Lord] Eure, Robert Castell and otherts. f 15;-(g) Col. Robert Gibbon and Capt. Charles Bowles to the Trustees; 16 Nov. 1653. f 30;-(h) Robert Castell to the same; Duchy Court, 24 Nov. 1653. f 35;-(i) Thomas [Grey, Lord] Grey [son of Henry, lst Earl of Stamford], to the Trustees; Con-ibe Abbey, 7 Dec. 1653. f. 38;-(k) Charles Bowles to Clement Baker; Rochester, 15 Dec. 1653. f 40;-(l) John Kitchell, Receiver for co. York, to the Trustees; 15 Dec. 1653. f 44; (m) Col. R- Thorpe to the same; 27 Dec. 1653. f. 47;-(n) Jonathan Prickman to the same; 1653. f 50;-(o) The Trustees to the Lord Protector, relating to the sale of Glastonbury Manor; n.d. [post Sept. 1653]. With signatures. f. 56;-(p) Benjamin Mason to the Trustees; '" Heirford," 2 Jan. 1653 [4]. f. 57;-(q) Sir John Trevor to the same; 10 Jan. 1653 [4]. f. 61; -(r) A- Barrington to Richard Barrington, on behalf of the poor of Magdalen Hospital, Colchester; Whitehall, 1 May, 1654. f. 68; -(s) Sir John Temple, Surveyor-General of the Woods beyond Trent, to the Trustees; 1 June, 1654. f 77;-(t) Letters of attorney from Maj. Ralph Knight and 65 other officers and soldiers lately serving under Col. Matthew Tomlinson, giving power to the latter to purchase from " the Contractors at Worcester House " such of the Crown Manors, etc., " as will be equivalent to satisfye " their arrears of pay; 19 July, 1654. With signatures and seals. f. 82 ;-(u) Clement Baker to the Trustees ; Faulkbourne, near Witham, 20 Oct. 1654. f. 86;-(v) The Committee for the Army to the same; 3 Jan. 1654 [5]. Signed by John Clarke, Capt. Adam Baynes, and John Hildesley. f. 88;-(w) Order of the Trustees to the Sheriffs to bring in their Reprizes, etc.; n.d. Draft. f. 90; -(x) The Trustees for the maintenance of Ministers to the same; I Feb. 1654 [5]. Signed by John Thorowgood, Richard Sydenham, Edward Cressett, Ralph Hall, Richard Yong. f 92;-(y) George Benson to the same; Towcester, 9 May, 1655. f 96 ;-(z) Memorandum of the Auditors Certificats "; n.d. f 119 ;-(aa) Memorandum of things to be put into the Addicionall Act," concerning the fee-farm rents; n.d. f 121.

2. Correspondence of Sir John Jacob, Sir Job Harby, and Sir Nicholas Crisp with Sir John Harrison; 2 June, 1653-16 June, 1654. ff. 3, 11, 17-23, 37, 46, 63, 65, 72, 73, 75, 79.

3. William Dickenson to Sir John Harrison; London, 28 Oct.-17 Nov. 1653. ff. 24, 26, 32.

4. John Harrison to his father, Sir John Harrison; 16 Nov. 1653. f 28.

5. Abstract of the forty-two articles of " the Government of the Comonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland "; [1653]. (See Whitelock's Memorials, ed. 1853, iv. p. 56). f 52.

6. Alonso de Carclenas, Spanish Ambassador, to the Protector, pressing for the conclusion of the treaty between Spain and the Commonwealth; 6/16 Jan. 1653/4. Span . With translation. ff. 59, 60.

7. P[hineas] Andrew to the wife of Sir John Harrison; 20 Jan. 1653 [4]. f 66.

8. Sir John Jacob to Phineas Andrew; 12 May, 1654. f 70.

9. Petition from Joanna Savile, widow of Jonas Garway [of Exeter?], to the Protector; n.d. f 76.

10. Instructions for Gen. [William] Penn, Col. [Robert] Venables, and twelve others, for the expedition against the Spanish in the West Indies; 18 Aug. 1654. Signed by John Thurloe, secretary to the Lord Protector. f. 83.

11. " An Ellegie written on the unhappy accident wch befell the Lord Protector," being thrown from his coach-box in Hyde Park, 29 Sept. 1654. In the hand of John Nicholas, son of Sir Edw. Nicholas, See. of State to Charles II. ; with a note in the hand of Sir Edward (cf Nicholas Papers, ii., 1892, p. 201). f. 85.

12. "The Game at Picquet played at Court, 1655": a political dialogue between Cromwell and other prominent Parliamentarians. f. 94.

13. Lieutenant's Commission to Capt. John Pennifather in Col. Rich. Le Hunt's regiment of foot; 3 Sept. 1655. Signed by Charles Fleetwood, Commander-in-Chief in Ireland. With seal. Vellum. f. 99.

14. Auditors' statement of accompts of Charles Walley, Alderman, of Chester, for " carrying on severall services relateing to the affaires and armies in England, Scotland and Ireland for reduceing of the Isle of Man and tryal of the late Earle of Derby, performed by order of the . . . . . Councell of State" in 1649-1654; 3 Oct. 1655. With other papers relating to the same. ff. 100-109.

15. Unsigned letter, endorsed " from Col. [John] Bamfield," agent of Cromwell, giving an account of the projects of the Queen [Henrietta Maria] and [Henry] Lord Jermyn for the royalist cause, etc.; circ. 1654-5 (cf. Thurloe's State Papers, ii. p. 510). f. 111.

16. Warrant of Henry Cromwell, Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, to Sir John Blackwell and Richard Deane, Treasurers at War, for payment for the troops; 6 Aug. 1656. Signed. f. 113.

17. Report of the Admiralty Commissioners on Maj. John Wade's accompts " touching the Forest of Deane "; 6 Nov. 1656. Signed by [Col.] Edward Salmon, [Major] Robert Beake, [Col.] Thomas Kelsey, Edward Hopkins. f. 114.

18. " The heads of a bill in order to the settling of a Kingly Government"; circ. 1657. f. 116.

19. Petition of " y^e Farmers of y^e Excise of Beere, Ale, Perry, Cyder, Meade, and Metheglin " in England and Wales to the Lord Protector; 16 Feb. 1657 [8]. With 21 signatures. f. 117.

20. Thomas Fox, M.P., to -, giving an account of Cromwell's opening of Parliament [on 20 Jan. 1658] and of his speech: " Ther was mutch of scripture language sheweing what God had done for this Nacion and brought back the captivity of Judah ". . . "Yesterday the Lords sent two of the Judges to the howse of Commons to require their concurrence in an Act for a day of humiliacion throughout the 3 Nacions, w^ch the howse did not well digest, and were in dispute whether to owne them as Lords or not"; " Sun in Fleet streete," 23 Jan. 1657 [8]. f. 123.

21. " A true and just relation of Major Generall Sir Tho. Morgans pro-ress in France and Flanders w^th the six thousand English in the years 1657 and 1658." Printed in 1699, and since. f 124.

22 Gen. George Monck to the Sheriff of Sutherland, announcing the death of " that most serene and renowned Oliver, late Lord Protector," and the accession of Richard his son, etc.; Edinburgh, 10 Sept. 1658. Signed. f. 131.

23. John [Colepeper, lst Baron] Colepeper, to Lord Chancellor [Edward] Hyde on the prospects of the Restoration ; Amsterdam, 20 Sept. 1658. Copy. f. 133. Printed in the Clarendon State Papers, 1786, iii. p. 412.

24. Commission to Lt.-Gen. Edmund Ludlow to be Colonel of a Regiment of Foot; 14 July, 1659. Signed by William Lenthall, Speaker. Vellum. f. 135.

25. Instructions from the Irish Commissioners to Lt.-Gen. Ludlow, Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, to represent the state of Irish affairs to the Irish Committee in London; Dublin, 17 Oct. 1659. Signed by William Steele, Matthew Thomlinson, John Jones, and Miles Corbett. f. 136. Followea by (a) " An Act for Statutes made in England to be in force in Ireland." f. 139 ;-(b) " An Act for the better security of Ireland." f. 140;-and (c) Letter of John Santhey, Chief Justice of Ireland, to Gen. Ludlow; Dublin, 17 Oct. 1659. f. 141.

26. Anonymous letter giving an account of Gen. Monck's entry into London by order of the Parliament, his seizure of four aldermen, destruction of gates and portcullises, etc., and ending, " Monke's in ye citie, the streets are full of bonfires, the bells ring, and they say their fires are to roast y^e rumpe and cry out pitifully for salte 10 Feb. 1659 [60]. f 143.

27. Matthew Lock to -, reporting the committal of John Lambert to the Tower, the summons of Sir Arthur Haslerigge to the Bar of the House of Commons, etc.; Westminster, 6 Mar. 1659 [60]. f. 144.

28. Robert Eyre to John Ferrers on the prospects of an election in co. Derby; 23 Mar. 1659 [60]. f. 145.

29. Richard Jenckes to -, on the elections for Westminster and Tamworth, etc.; Inner Temple Lane, 24 Mar. 1659 [60]. f. 147.

30. The Knights, Gentlemen, etc., of co. Derby to Gen. Monck, requesting him to use his efforts " for a free and a full Parliament accordinge to y^e known fundamentall lawes of this nation"; [1660]. With 29 signatures (several being by the same hand). Followed by a duplicate, with eight of the same signatures. ff. 148, 149.

31. Petition from the County of Nottingham to General Monck, to the same effect; [1660]. Without signatures. f. 150.

32. John Ferrers and 20 others to the Council, sending a list of the officers of the militia for the county of Derby Derby, 30 March, 1660. Copy. f. 151.

33. E- Vernon to John Ferrers, on the escape of Lambert from the Tower, etc.; 25 Apr. 1660. f. 153.

34. " Certaine remarkable passages in the changes of our late Government after the death of King Charles the first" to the Restoration. f. 155.

35. Lists (copied in an 18th cent. hand) of Supporters of the Parliament (1659) as follows:-(a) "Those who received salaries for betraying the King ... to Cromwell and the Rump." f. 156;-

(b) " Members of the pretended councill of State ... who took that famous Oath of Abjuration to renownce the line of King James for ever." f. 156;-(c-h) Commissioners and Officers for the Militia of Bristol, and for cos. Somerset and Warwick. ff. 157, 158, 160;-

(i) " Commissioners for Northumberland... in the business of Sir George Booth." f. 161 ;-(k) Commissioners of Militia for Oxford." f. 162 ;-(l) Commissioners, officers, etc., " who were eminently active in informing against and apprehending the Kings loyall subjects upon the returne of the Rump, in the business of Sir Geo. Booth." f. 162.

36. " Copy of a Notable Letter intercepted a little before the Kings coming in, directed to one Linwell [? Livewell] Chapman in Popeshead Alley, dated from Llanothen the 8th of the 2nd moneth r[i.e. April] 1660." Professing to be signed by [John] Des[borough], President, and R. Hughes, Clerk. (cf. Cal. of State Papers, 1659- 1660, pp. 409-411.) f 168.

37. " The State of the Non-conformists in England soon after the Restoration, from a MS. in the possession of Thomas Astle." f. 1 7 1.

38. Circular letter in support of [Henry Cavendish] Viscount Mansfield, as candidate at the next election for co. Derby; [1660 ?]. Copy f.180.

39 . " An abridgment of Mr. [Thomas] Scott's Confession and Discovery of his Transactions [for the service of the Parliament], made immediately after the Restoration in 1660." f. 181.

40. "A note of the Correspondents and Spyes which Cromwell employed and made use of abroade." Copy. f 183.

41. List of intercepted royalist letters, 1644-1646. Copy. f. 185.

42. " List of committees that acted from 1642 to 1659." Copy. f 186.

43. Account of " Foreign affairs in Cromwell's time as given in by [John] Thurloe, Secretary of State "; 1660. Copy. f. 187.

44. Decision by the Duke of York and the Commissioners of his Revenue confirming to Sir William Russell and others, as purchasers, " certaine lands in Ireland heretofore by the Pretended Powers lete out to Henry Cromwell"; 7 April, 1662. Copy f. 201.

45. " Resolutions upon the clause in the Act for giveing noe more costs then damages by the judges in Serjeantes Inne "; Trin. term, 1671. Copy. f. 202.

46. Unsigned letter addressed to Dr. [Robert] South, enclosing in view of a sermon which he was to preach before Parliament, a " copy of the Privy Seal to the Earle of Glamorgan to act what law cannot warrant and the King will indemnify him, 12 Jan. 1644: found among Secretary . . . (sic) papers this 18 December, 1693." For arguments as to the genuineness of this commission, v. T. Carte's Life of Ormonde, i. p. 554, and S. R. Gardiner's " Charles I. and the Earl of Glamorgan " in the English Historical Review, Oct. 1887. This letter was given to Thomas Astle by Francis Russell, of the Duchy Office, in 1765. f. 203.

47. Transcripts relating to the execution of Charles l., viz. :-(a) Letter from Rev. G. Pigott, of South Carolina, containing a confession by John Davis al. Dixwell "that he was the -very person who did sever the King's head from his shoulders " ; 13 Oct. 1741. f 205;-

(b) A similar confession by Richard Brandon, common hangman, communicated [to the Soc. of Antiquaries?] by James West, 30 Jan. 1745 [6]. f 207.

48. [John Montagu, Duke of] Montagu, to -, enclosing a tabular statement showing the division of England into military associations in the time of the Civil War, drawn up by Lord Sunderland [in 1715] as a guide for a similar division, " if the Preston Rebellion shall produce a war in England " ; [ 1746]. Copy. f 209.

49. " Distribution of -hipps to the several shires of England and Wales with their tonnage, number of men," etc. ; in a hand of the 18th cent. f. 213.

50. " A note of all such pictures as your Highness [? Charles I.] hath at this present done by several famous masters own hands, by the life." Copy. f. 219.

51. Extracts from Robert Ferguson's The Interest of Reason in Religion, etc., 1675. f. 221.

52. Acrostic verses on the name of Sir Peter Temple [ob. 1653] by Robert Davenport. f 225.

includes:

• f. 1 Robert Aldworth: Order signed by: 1653.
• f. 1 Jos[ias?] Berners: Order signed by: 1653.
• f. 1 Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire: Purchase of the Honour of, by Major Knight: 1653.
• f. 1 Ralph Knight, Major: Purchase of the Honour of Higham Ferrers by: 1653.
• f. 1 Henry Pytt: Order signed by: 1653.
• f. 1 Sir William Roberts: Order signed by: 1653.
• ff. 1-121 Fee-farm rents: Letters and papers relating to the sale of: 1649-1655.
• ff. 1-121 passim Crown lands: Letters, etc., relating to the sale of crown rents: 1649-1655.
• ff. 1-121 passim England; Commonwealth: Letters, etc., relating to the sale of fee-farm rents: 1649-1655.
• ff. 3, 11, 17-23, 37, 46, 63, 65, 72, 73, 75, 79 Sir Job Harby, 1st Baronet; Farmer of the Customs: Correspondence with Sir J. Harrison: 1653-1654.
• ff. 3, 11, 17-23, 37, 46, 63, 65, 72, 73, 75, 79 Sir John Jacob: Correspondence with Sir J. Harrison: 1653-1654.
• ff. 3, 11, 17-23, 37, 46, 63, 65, 72-79 Sir Nicholas Crisp: Correspondence with Sir J. Harrison: 1653-1654.
• ff. 3, 11, 17-23, 37, 46, 63, 65, 72-79 Sir John Harrison, of Balls: Correspondence with Sir J. Jacob, Sir J. Harby and Sir N. Crisp: 1653-1654.
• f. 5 William Hawkins, Mayor of Banbury: Letters to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1652, 1653.
• f. 5 Banbury, Oxfordshire: Correspondence of the mayor, etc., with the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1652-1653.
• f. 7 Francis Martyn, Colonel: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1653.
• f. 9 Edward Cludd: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1653.
• f. 13 Sir John Harrison, of Balls: Letter to W. Toomes: 1653.
• f. 15 George Eure, Baron Eure: Order signed by: 1653.
• f. 15 Robert Castell: Order signed by: 1653.
• f. 15 Clubmen: Order not to pass their debentures for pay: 1653.
• ff. 24, 26, 32 William Dickenson: Letters to Sir J. Harrison: 1653.
• f. 28 John Harrison: Letters to his father and step-mother: 1646, 1653.
• f. 30 Captain Charles Bowles: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1653.
• f. 30 Robert Gibbon, Colonel: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1653.
• f. 35 Robert Castell: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1653.
• f. 38 Thomas Grey, Lord Grey, son of Henry, 1st Earl of Stamford: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1653.
• f. 40 Captain Charles Bowles: Letter to C. Baker: 1653.
• f. 40 Clement Baker: Letter to, from C. Bowles: 1653.
• f. 44 John Kitchell: Letter, as Receiver for co. York, to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1653.
• f. 47 Colonel R- Thorpe: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1653.
• f. 50 Jonathan Prickman: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1653.
• f. 52 England; Commonwealth: Abstract of the articles of government: 1653.
• f. 56 Glastonbury, Somerset: Letter from the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents concerning the sale of the Manor: circ. 1653.
• f. 57 Benjamin Mason: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1654.
• ff. 59, 60 Alonso de Cardenas, Spanish Ambassador in England: Letter to O. Cromwell: 1654.
• ff. 59, 60 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letter to, from the Spanish Ambassador: 1654.
• f. 61 Sir John Trevor, Secretary of State; son of Sir John Trevor: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1654.
• f. 66 Phineas Andrew: Correspondence with Sir J. Harrison: 1649, 1654.
• f. 68 A- Barrington: Letter to R. Barrington: 1654.
• f. 68 Colchester, Essex: Letter of A. Barrington on behalf of the Magdalen Hospital: 1654.
• f. 70 Phineas Andrew: Letter to, from Sir J. Jacob: 1654.
• f. 70 Sir John Jacob: Letter to P. Andrew: 1654.
• f. 76 Joanna Savile, widow of Jonas Garway: Petition to the Protector: circ. 1654.
• f. 77 Sir John Temple, Surveyor-General of woods beyond Trent: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1654.
• f. 82 Army; England: Purchase of Crown manors for arrears of pay: 1654.
• f. 82 Ralph Knight, Major: Payment of arrears to: 1654.
• f. 82 Colonel Matthew Tomlinson: Payment of arrears to officers, etc., lately serving under him: 1654.
• f. 83 Colonel Robert Venables: Instructions for his expedition to the W. Indies: 1654.
• f. 83 John Thurloe, Secretary of State: Instructions signed by: 1654.
• f. 83 West Inches: Instructions to Gen. Penn, etc., tor expedition to: 1654.
• f. 83 Oliver Cromwell of England: Instructions for the expedition against the Spanish in the W. Indies: 1654.
• f. 83 William Penn, General: Instructions for his expedition to the W. Indies: 1654.
• f. 85 Political and Satirical Poems: Elegy on the Lord Protector's accident in Hyde Park: 1654.
• f. 85 Oliver Cromwell of England: Lines on his being thrown from his coach in Hyde Park: 1654.
• f. 85 John Nicholas: Elegy, in his hand, on the Lord Protector's accident in Hyde Park: 1654.
• f. 85 Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State: Note on an Elegy on the Lord Protector's accident in Hyde Park: 1654.
• f. 86 Clement Baker: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1654.
• f. 88 John Hildesley: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1654.
• f. 88 Captain Adam Baynes: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1654.
• f. 88 John Clarke: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1655.
• f. 92 Ralph Hall: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1655.
• f. 92 John Thorowgood: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1655.
• f. 92 Edward Cressett: Letter to the Trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1654.
• f. 92 Richard Sydenham: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1655.
• f. 92 Richard Yong: Letter to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents: 1655.
• f. 94 Political Tracts: "The Game at Picquet played at Court, 1655 ".
• f. 96 George Benson: Letter to the trustees for sale of' fee-farm rents: 1655.
• f. 99 Charles Fleetwood, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Commonwealth: Commission signed by: 1655.
• f. 99 Captain John Pennifather: Lieutenant's commission to: 1655.
• f. 100 James Stanley, Earl of Derby: Papers conc. his trial: 1649-1651.
• ff. 100-109 Isle of Man: Accompts, etc., conc. the reduction of: 1649-1655.
• ff. 100-109 Charles Walley, Alderman of Chester: Accompts for services to the army, etc.: 1655.
• f. 111 Colonel John Bamfield: Letter, as agent of Cromwell, on the royalist cause: circ. 1654-5.
• f. 111 Charles I of England: Letter conc. the projects of Qu. Henrietta Maria: circ. 1654-5.
• f. 111 Henry Jermyn, Baron Jermyn; Earl of St. Albans (1660): Letter on his projects for the royalist cause: circ. 1654-5.
• f. 113 Henry Cromwell: Warrant, as Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, for payment of troops: 1656.
• f. 113 Sir John Blackwell: Warrant to, as Treasurer at War: 1656.
• f. 113 Richard Deane: Warrant to, as Treasurer at War: 1656.
• f. 114 Major John Wade: Report on his accompts concerning the Forest of Dean: 1656.
• f. 114 Major Robert Beake: Report, as Admiralty Commissioner: 1656.
• f. 114 Forest of Dean: Report on accompts relating to: 1656.
• f. 114 Admiralty: Report of the Commissioners on Maj. Wade's accompts for the forest of Dean: 1656.
• f. 114 Thomas Kelsey, Colonel: Report, as Admiralty Commissioner: 1656.
• f. 114 Colonel Edward Salmon: Report, as Admiralty Commissioner: 1656.
• f. 114 Edward Hopkins: Report, as Admiralty Commissioner: 1656.
• f. 116 Oliver Cromwell of England: Heads of a bill in order to the settling of a Kingly Government: circ. 1657.
• f. 117 Excise: Petition of the farmers of the excise of beer, cider, etc., to the Lord Protector: 1658.
• f. 117 Oliver Cromwell of England: Petition to, from the farmers of the excise of beer, etc.: 1658.
• f. 123 Oliver Cromwell of England: Account of his opening of Parliament: 1658.
• f. 123 Thomas Fox, MP: Letter to -: 1658.
• f. 124 Sir Thomas Morgan, Major -General: Relation of his Expedition to France and Flanders: 1657-1658.
• f. 124 Flanders: Account of Sir T. Morgan's expedition to: 1657-8.
• f. 131 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letter of Gen. Monck announcing his death: 1658.
• f. 131 General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle: Letter to the Sheriff of Sutherland announcing Cromwell's death, etc.: 1658.
• f. 131 Richard Cromwell of England: Letter of Gen. Monck announcing his accession: 1658.
• f. 133 John Culpeper, MP for Kent, Baron Culpeper (1644): Letter to Sir E. Hyde: 1658.: Copy.
• f. 133 Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Letter to, from Lord Colepeper: 1658.
• f. 135 William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons: Warrants signed by: 1659.
• f. 135 Edmund Ludlow, Lieutenant -General: Commission to be Colonel of Foot: 1659.
• f. 136 Edmund Ludlow, Lieutenant -General: Warrants to, and instructions, an Commander-in-Chief, etc., in Ireland for the Parliament: 1659.
• f. 136 John Jones, Colonel: Instructions signed by: 1659.
• f. 136 Miles Corbet, regicide: Instructions signed by: 1659.
• f. 136 Colonel Matthew Tomlinson: Instructions signed by, as Irish Commissioner: 1659.
• f. 136 William Steele: Instructions signed by: 1659.
• ff. 136-141 Ireland: Papers relating to Irish affairs in 1659.
• f. 141 John Santhey, Chief Justice of Ireland: Letter to Gen. Ludlow: 1659.
• f. 141 Edmund Ludlow, Lieutenant -General: Letter to, from J. Santhey: 1659.
• f. 143 General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle: Account of his entry into London, etc.: 1660.
• f. 144 Matthew Lock: Letter to -, reporting the committal of J. Lambert to the Tower, etc.: 1660.
• f. 144 John Lambert, General: Committed to the Tower: 1660.
• f. 144 Sir Arthur Haselrig, 2nd Baronet; MP: Summoned to the Bar of the House of Commons: 1660.
• f. 145 Robert Eyre: Letter to J. Ferrers: 1660.
• ff. 145, 153 John Ferrers: Letters to, from R. Eyre and E. Vernon: 1660.
• f. 147 Richard Jenckes: Letter to -: 1660.
• ff. 148, 149 County of Derby: Letter from the Knights, etc., of, to Gen. Monck: 1660.
• ff. 148, 149, 150 General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle: Letters to, from the counties of Derby and Nottingham: 1660.
• f. 150 County of Nottingham: Petition to Gen. Monck: 1660.
• f. 151 John Ferrers: Letter to the Council: 1660.: Copy.
• f. 153 E- Vernon: Letter to J. Ferrers: 1660.
• f. 153 John Lambert, General: Escape from the Tower: 1660.
• f. 155 England; Commonwealth: Notes of changes in the government from 1649-1660.
• ff. 156-162 Richard Cromwell of England: Lists of supporters of the Parliament: 1659.
• f. 157 Bristol, Gloucestershire: Commissioners and officers of Militia of: 1659.
• f. 158 County of Somerset: Commissioners and officers of militia for: 1659.
• f. 160 County of Warwick: Commissioners, and officers of Militia for: 1659.
• f. 162 Sir George Booth: Commissioners, etc., in the business of: 1659.
• f. 162 City of Oxford: Commissioners of Militia for: 1659.
• f. 168 Linwell Chapman: Intercepted letter to, on the restoration: 1660.
• f. 168 John Disbrowe, alias Desborough; Major-General: Letter on public affairs, professing to be signed by him as "President," to L. Chapman: 1660.: Copy.
• f. 168 R- Hughes: Letter on public affairs, professing to be signed by: 1660.: Copy.
• f. 171 Nonconformists: The state of Nonconformists soon after the Restoration: 17th cent.
• f. 171 England, Ecclesiastical History: The state of the Nonconformists, etc.: circ. 1660, circ. 1672.
• f. 180 Henry Cavendish, Viscount Mansfield: Letter supporting his candidature for co. Derby: 1660 (?).
• f. 181 Thomas Scott, Regicide, Member of the Council of State: Confession of his transactions for service of the Parliament: 1660.
• f. 183 Oliver Cromwell of England: Note of his Correspondents and spies abroad: 17th cent.
• f. 185 Charles I of England: List of intercepted royalist letters: 1644-1646.
• f. 186 England; Commonwealth: List of Committees that acted from 1649 to 1659.
• ff. 187-200 John Thurloe, Secretary of State: Account of foreign affairs in Cromwell's time: 1660.: Copy.
• ff. 187-200 Oliver Cromwell of England: Account of foreign affairs in his time: 1660.
• f. 201 Sir William Russell: Grant to, of lands in Ireland, late let to H. Cromwell: 1662.
• f. 201 Henry Cromwell: Grant of lands in Ireland late leased to: 1662.: Copy.
• f. 203 Robert South, d 1716 DD; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford: Letter to, enclosing copy of the King's commission to the Earl of Glamorgan in 1644: 1693.
• f. 204 Edward Somerset, Earl of Glamorgan: Charles I.'s commission to: 1644: Copy, 1693.
• f. 205 Reverend G- Pigott, of S Carolina: Letter to -, conc. the death of Charles I.: 1741.
• f. 205 b John Davis, alias Dixwell: Claims to have beheaded Charles I.: n.d.
• ff. 205, 207 Charles I of England: Confessions relating to his execution: 1741, 1746.: Copies.
• f. 207 Richard Brandon, Common Hangman: Confession of, as being executioner of Charles I.: Copy, 1746.
• f. 207 James West, MP for St. Alban's Secretary to the Treasury; President of the Royal Society: Note of the confession of R. Brandon's having cut off the head of Charles I.: 1746.
• f. 209 John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu: Letter to -: 1746.: Copy.
• f. 209 England General Chronicles and History: Division of, into military associations: 1715.
• f. 209 Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland; Secretary of State: Division of England into military associations, drawn up by: 1715.
• f. 213 Navy; England: Distribution of ships to the several shires of England and Wales: 18th cent.
• f. 219 Art. Catalogues: Note of pictures of Charles I. (?) by famous masters: 18th cent.
• f. 221 Robert Ferguson: Extracts from his " Interest of Reason in Religion," etc.: 1675.
• f. 223 Clement Baker: Letter to, from his brother: n.d.
• f. 223 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Letter conc. fees for passing a purchase at Gurney House: n.d.
• f. 225 Robert Davenport: Acrostic verses on Sir P. Temple: 17th cent.
• f. 225 Sir Peter Temple, of Stanton Barry: Acrostic verses on: n.d.