Add MS 78256

EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. LXXXIX (ff. 110). Correspondence of, petitions addressed to and warrants issued by Charles II when Prince of Wales; 1647-1649, n.d. Included are:

1. ff. 18. Correspondence of Charles II when Prince of Wales; 1646-1649, n.d. Viz:

(a) Letter from the garrison at Pendennis, seeking relief, 7 July 1646. Signed by twelve officers of the garrison. (List 2, no. 321).

(b) Letter of ‘Louithe’ [? Oliver Plunkett, 6^th Baron Louth] to Prince Charles; Kilkenny, 4 May 1647. (List 1, no. 218).

(c) Letter of Sir James Mcdonnell to Prince Charles; Ross, 18 May 1647. (List 1, no. 217).

(d) Letter of the garrison of Inniskillen to Prince Charles; 26 Feb. 1648/9. Signed by twelve members. (List 2, no. 88).

(e) Letter of Robert Wynne and ‘Geremi Ghonson’; Deal Castle, 30 June 1648.

(f) Instructions from Prince Charles to Sir Benjamin Wright, agent in Spain, to aid three Jersey merchants in recovering their ship and cargo; Saint-Germain, 26 May 1648. With letter of Wright, Madrid, 20 July 1648.

(g) Letter of Sir William Curtius to Charles II; Frankfort, 4 March 1649. French. Docket in hand of Long.

(h) Letter of James Butler, Marquess of Ormonde, to Charles II; Kilkenny, 25 May 1649. (List 2, no. 8).

(i) Letter of Charles II [to his aunt Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia] accompanying a recommendation of Sir Francis Doddington to the service of the Prince Elector; n.d. Copy.

(j) Minutes in an unidentified hand of three letters addressed to Charles II, dated 9 April, 12 June and 28 July 1649

2. Petitions addressed to Charles, Prince of Wales; circa July and Aug., 1648, n.d. From: (a) Walter Allen and George Poad seamen; - (b) Henry Armstrong, trumpeter; - (c) George Bowles, seaman on the Antelope; - (d) Robert Cobbe, gunner, of London; - (e) John Day, for Richard Shute of London, merchant; - (f) Jonathan Eden, wine cooper of London, 25 Aug. 1648; - (g) Col. James Galbreth; - (h) Capt. John Goodwin; - (i) Richard Hart, DCL, for confirmation as Admiralty Judge; - (j) Thomas Hill, trumpeter; - (k) James Holmes, cavalryman; - (l) Joost van Leeut; - (m) Thomas Masters, seaman; - (n) Robert Rich; - (o) George Roswell, waterman; - (o) Ann, wife of John Rowland, rector of Footscray, Kent; - (p) seamen and soldiers of Sandowne Castle; (q) Richard Talbot, lieut. in the life guard of Charles I; (q) Henry Tirwhitt, Henry Dalton and Edward Ingoldsby, formerly at Colchester; - (r) Thomas Walter, Peter Sloman and Giles Moore, sailors and soldiers.

3. Petitions addressed to Charles II; n.d. (aft. 1649). From (a) the company of the Antelope; - (b) Wingfield Blackmore and others, of Kent; - (c) John Brett and the Company of Adventurers for Guinea; - (d) Capt. Peter Canon; - (e) Daniel Coghlan, page of the bedchamber; - (f) Capt. Thomas Garnett; - Robert Harrison and John Edwards; - (g) John Herbert; - (h) John Johnson, blockmaker; - (j) Maj. Royston; - (k) Capt. John Smith (List 2, No. 208); - (l) Capt. Richard Smith; - (m) Henry Sweeting and others, seamen.

4. ff. 26. Warrants, commissions, passes, etc., issued by Charles II as Prince of Wales and king; 17 March 1648-31 Dec. 1649, n.d. Partly drafts in the hand of Long. Partly French and Latin. Including: (a) ‘Letter of Prince Charles to Sir Isaac ‘Arston’, Bart., mentioning the dramatist Thomas Killigrew the elder; Saint-Germain, 17 March 1648 (List 2, No.119); - (b) warrant to Henry Lord Percy for -- Killigrew, son of the dramatist Thomas Killigrew the elder, to be sworn page after William Killigrew; 25 May 1648; - (c) testimonials for Sir Philip ‘Rely’ and William Markham, May, June 1648. French; - (d) grant to Charles Davison to be page of honour, 30 June 1648; - (e) letters patent undertaking to pay the banker Thomas Cantarini of Paris a sum promised to him by the late Philippe Burlamachi from the debt owed to Burlamachi by Charles I; 7 July 1648. French; - (f) Draft pass for Lord Culpepper, 12 July 1648; order for Sir Anthony St Leger, 29 July 1648; - (g) commission to Richard Hart, D.C.L., 11 Sept. 1648. Latin; - (h) articles of agreement with Martin de Reuz, merchant of Rotterdam, 5 Dec. 1648; - (i) pass for Edward Carteret, 6 Jan. 1648/9, with a list of other passes on the verso; - (j) pass for Francis Rogers, for England; 6 Jan. 1649 (List 2, No. 15); - (k) safe-conduct to Le Sieur Berton Malbert; Breda, 23 June 1649. French; letters patent and bond of Nicholas Geynan, Nov. 1649. French; - (l) warrant to John Fosse, merchant, 30 Dec. 1649; - (m) recommendation for Col. William Anselm, n.d. French; - (n) pass for John Sleigh’s vessel bound for Barwick, docketed ‘Pass Mr Nicholas Armorer’; n.d.; - (o) ‘A list of such Commissions for Sea Captaines as his Hignes Prince Charles hath graunted since his coming into Fraunce’; 8 Oct. 1646-3 Mar. 1647 (List 1, No. 104.)