Add MS 72422

TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CLXXXI (ff. 125). Papers of the Council of War and of the Muster Master General; 1624-1635, n.d. Partly copies. From Misc. XXXV and Add. 4, 14, 31, 37, 48, 49, 59.

Paper: ff. 45 + 27 + 42. As follows:

1. ff. 1-82. Acts of the Council of War; 1-30 June 1626. Partly drafts and fair copies, with revisions, etc., in the hands of Trumbull, Sir John Coke and Edward Nicholas. The minutes and orders survive in two separate files (ff. 1-46, 47-82) of documents, each formerly sewn loosely together, and offering slightly differing texts. From Add. 48.

2. ff. 83-125. Papers relating to the Council of War and to the office of Muster Master General; 1624-1635, n.d. The latter consist mostly of discharges, 1 Jan.-10 Feb. 1634/5, to persons who refused to show horses or arms, etc., at General Musters for the counties of Dorset and Suffolk. From Misc. XXXV and Add. 4, 14, 31, 37, 48, 49, 59.

includes:

• ff. 1-82 Sir John Coke, Secretary of State: Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State: William Trumbull, d 1635 diplomatist: England; Privy Council. Council of War: Acts of the Council of War (two sets) , partly in the hand of William Trumbull partly in the hand of Sir John Coke partly in the hand of Sir Edward Nicholas: 1624-1635: Copies.
• ff. 83-127 County of Suffolk: Army; England: County of Dorset: Discharges to persons who refused to show horses or arms at General Musters in cos. Dorset and Suffolk: 1635.
• ff. 84-127 England; Privy Council. Council of War: Papers rel. to the Council of War and the office of Muster Master General: 1624-1635: Partly copies.