Egerton MS 2643

(ff. 29). BARRINGTON PAPERS. Select letters addressed to Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Bart., etc.; 1629, 1643.

1. Roger Williams, the Puritan minister, to Joan, Lady Barrington, desiring a marriage with her niece; n.d., 2 May, 1629. ff. 1, 3.

2. John Pym to his "honored brother," Sir T. Barrington, on the raising of Col. Longe's regiment, and Sir T. Fairfax's capture of Wakefield; 26 May, 1643. f. 5;-on the loss of Bristol, the condition of Essex's army, etc.; 2 Aug. 1643. f. 13.

3. John Hampden to his cousin, Sir T. Barrington, in support of the Lord General's letter to "the countie of Essex, to call in the well affected people to his assistance"; Stokenchurch, 9 June, 1643. Signed. f. 7.

4. [Edward Montagu, Earl of] Manchester, as commander "off such horse as shalbe raysed within your countye," to Sir T. Barrington, the Dep. Lieutenant for Essex; 31 July, [1643]. f. 9;-as Major- General of the Eastern Counties to Sir T. Barrington; 23 Aug. [1643]. f. 23.

5. Colonel Oliver Cromwell to the Dep. Lieutenants of Essex, requesting the repayment of money advanced for Essex troops; Huntingdon, 1 Aug. 1643. f. 11;-as to the disposal of money sent from them; 4 Aug. 1643. With letters on the same sheet from William Harlakenden and Miles Corbett. f. 15;-urging them to send help, "the enimie in all probability wilbe in our bowells else in tenn dayes"; 6 Aug. 1643. f. 17;-beseeching them to send all their horse and dragoons to him at Huntingdon; 29 Aug. 1643. f. 25.

6. The Committee for Norfolk to the Dep. Lieutenants of Essex, naming Bury as a place of meeting for advice on "the approach of the Northerne force"; 11 Aug. 1643. Signed by Sir John Hobart, Bart., Sir John Potts, Bart., Sir John Palgrave, Bart., Sir Miles Hobart, Sir Valentine Pell, and nine others. f. 19.

7. Sir Henry Mildmay, Bart., to Sir T. Barrington, on the dejection in Essex, etc.; Wanstead, 12 Aug. 1643. Signed. f. 21.

8. The Committee at Cambridge to Sir T. Barrington and the Dep. Lieutenants of Essex, on the supply of arms; Cambridge, 29 Aug. 1643. Signed by Sir William Rowe, Oliver Cromwell, Sir Thomas Martin, and six others. f. 26.

9. [Robert Devereux, Earl of] Essex, Lord General, to Sir T. Barrington and the Committee for Essex, desiring the repayment of 300l. advanced to Lieut.-Col. Fenwicke for Sir T. Barrington's regiment; 30 Aug. 1643. Signed. f. 28.

County of Essex: Correspondence, etc., relating to the Civil War: 1642-1644.

Charles I of England: Correspondence, etc., relating to the Civil War, co. Essex: 1642-1644.

includes:

• ff. 1, 3 Roger Williams, the Puritan: Letters to Lady Barrington: 1629.
• ff. 1, 3 Joan Barrington, wife of Sir Francis Barrington, 1st Baronet: Letters addressed to: 1621-1640, nd.
• ff. 5, 13 John Pym, MP: Letters to Sir T. Barrington: 1643.
• ff. 5-28 Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet (1628); MP for Essex: Letters to, from Pym, Hampden, Cromwell, etc.: 1643.
• f. 7 John Hampden, MP: Letter to Sir T. Barrington: 1643.
• ff. 9, 23 Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester: Letters to Sir T. Barrington, etc.: 1643.
• ff. 11, 15, 17, 25 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letters to the Dep.-Lieutenants of Essex: 1643.
• f. 15 Miles Corbett: Letter to the Dep. Lieutenants of Essex: 1643.
• f. 15 William Harlakenden: Letter to the Dep.-Lieutenants of Essex: 1643.
• f. 19 Sir Miles Hobart: Letter of the Parliamentary Committee for Norfolk, signed by: 1643.
• f. 19 County of Norfolk: Letter from the Parliamentary Committee for, to the Dep.-Lieutenants of Essex: 1643.
• f. 19 Sir John Palgrave, 1st Baronet: Letter of the Parliamentary Committee for Norfolk signed by: 1643.
• f. 19 Sir John Potts, 1st Baronet: Letter of the Parliamentary Committee for Norfolk, signed by: 1643.
• f. 19 Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet; MP: Letter of the Parliamentary Committee for Norfolk, signed by: 1643.
• f. 21 Sir Henry Mildmay: Letters to Sir T. Barrington: 1643.
• f. 26 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letter from the Committee at Cambridge signed by: 1643.
• f. 26 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Letters from the Parliamentary Associated Committee at: 1643.
• f. 28 Lieutenant-Colonel John Fenwick: Loan to, for pay of troops: 1643.
• f. 28 Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex: Correspondence with the committee for Essex, etc.: 1643.