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FLEETWOOD PAPERS

Original letters and papers (including two autograph letters from Oliver Cromwell) written to, or concerning Gen. Charles Fleetwood, Commander-in-Chief in, and (1654-1657) Lord Deputy of, Ireland; 1652- 1659, 1666. Most of the letters are of the year 1659 and have reference to the opposition of the Army to the Parliament summoned by Richard Cromwell (dissolved 22 April) and to the events which followed the Protector's submission to the Parliament re-constituted, in May, from the members of the Long Parliament on the invitation of Fleetwood and the Grand Council of Officers. The principal contents are:-

(1) Oliver Cromwell to Gen. Charles Fleetwood, his son-in-law, on private and domestic matters; December 1652. Autograph (except the first sixteen lines) and signed. Printed in the Letters, etc., ed. Carlyle, xvi, p. 218. f. 1. On the flyleaf (f. 2) have been pasted two snips, containing (a)'God blesse the now Lord Protector' and above it 'Marquis Worcester writt it' (sc. Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester 1667 and Duke of Beaufort 1682);-and (b) the signature of Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax.

(2) Petition of 'Sir Ralph Hopton' (Baron Hopton 1642) to the Commonwealth, protesting against the sale of his lands; n.d. f. 3.

(3) Henry Cromwell to'? Gen. Charles Fleetwood. n.d. Imperfect. f. 5.

(4) Parole of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair, to deliver himself to the Governor of Berwick; April 1652. Signed and sealed. f. 7.

(5) The Irish Council to the Lord Deputy (Gen. Charles Fleetwood), on victualling and other matters; Dublin, 12 Dec. 1655. Signed by Henry Cromwell, Miles Corbett, Richard Pepys, Chief Justice, Robert Goodwin and Matthew Thomlinson. Thurloe State Papers, iv, p. 307. f. 8.

(6) Philip Sandys to Gen. Charles Fleetwood; 9 Jan. 165 5/6. The latter part has been erased but a copy supplied. Printed in op. cit. iv, p. 407. ff. 10, II.

(7) Charles X Gustavus, King of Sweden, to the Lord Protector advising the continuance of the war against Denmark; Otterslöfft, nr. Copenhagen, 18 Aug. 1658. Copy. Op. cit. vii, p. 342. ff. 14-17b.

(8) Gen. George Monck and twenty-four others to Gen. Charles Fleetwood 'to be communicated to the Generall Councill of Officers at Wallingford House' advising as to their line of conduct; Dalkeith, 12 May 1659. Op. cit. vii, p. 669. ff. 19-20.

(9) Henry Cromwell to the Speaker, on the treatment of Ireland by the new Parliament, and expressing a wish to resign his command; Dublin, 15 June 1659. Copy. Op. cit. vii, p. 683. f. 21.

(10) Oliver Cromwell to the 'Commissioners for regulating the Customs', recommending a friend for 'a place in the outports'; October 1653. Autograph. Printed in the Letters, ed. Carlyle, xvi, p. 268. f. 25.

(11) Capt. Clement Nedham to Gen. Charles Fleetwood, on his dissatisfaction with the Committee of Officers; 4 Oct. 1659. Thurloe State Papers, vii, p. 754. ff. 31-32.

(12) Gen. John Lambert and nine others of the Committee of the Council of Officers to commanders of garrisons or regiments enclosing a petition for signature; Whitehall, 5 Oct. 1659. Signed by J. Lambert, John Disbrowe, Robert Barrow, John Mason, Thomas Kelsey, James Berry, Richard Ashfeild, Ralph Cobbett, Richard Creed, William Packer. Op. cit. vii, p. 755. f. 33.

(13) Gen. John Lambert and eleven others, to the same; 19 Oct. 1659. Printed, but signed by J. Lambert, J. Disbrowe, Ed. Salmon, T. Biscoe, John Daberon, S. Clarke, John Mason, Thomas Talbot, Thomas Kelsey, Oliver Edge, Jeremiah Camfield, Francis Allen; 19 Oct. 1659. Op. cit. vii, p. 766. f. 34.

(14) Certificate nominating Capt. William Gough to be Major, and Lieut. Robert Fox, to be Captain; 22 Oct. 1659. Signed by Generals John Lambert, John Disbrowe and James Berry. f. 35.

(15) Request by the same three generals to Gen. Fleetwood to give effect to the resolution of the General Council, for renewal of officers' commissions; 29 Oct. 1659. Op. cit. vii, p. 77 1. f. 37.

(16) Petition from Col. Herbert Morley and other officers to Gen. Fleetwood, against the proceedings of the Army; 1 Nov. 1659. Signed. Op. cit. vii, p. 771. ff. 38b-39.

(17) Sir Arthur Hesilrige, Col. Herbert Morley, and Valentine Walton to Gen. Fleetwood on the latter's attitude to the Parliament; 14 Dec. 1659. Op. cit. vii, p. 795. ff. 45-46.

(18) Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, Thomas Scot, Josiah Berners and John Weaver, to Gen. Fleetwood, acknowledging their designs to seize the Tower and urging him to declare for Gen. Monck; 16 Dec. 1659. Op. cit. vii, p. 797. ff. 47-48.

(19) Thomas Belasyse, Viscount Fauconberg, and Mary, his wife, to Gen. Fleetwood; Newborough, 5 Dec. circa 1659. f. 49.

(20) Petition of twenty-five 'subordinate officers of the Navy at Chatham' to the Parliament, asking to be reinstated; 1659. f. 50.

(21) Protest by John Mills, Quaker, 'who was turned out of the Army by General] Monck and the rest of his Councell', to the Council of Officers; 1659. f. 51.

(22) Thomas Morford, Quaker, to Richard Cromwell, Protector, on the reasons for his imprisonment; Oct. 1658. f. 53.

(23) Col. John Jones (executed 1660) to ? Gen. Fleetwood; 1659- 1660. Imperfect. f. 58.

(24) 'An act constituting C[harles] F[leetwood] Esqre. Lt.-Generall and Commander in Cheife of ye forces raised and to be raised by authoritie of Parliament'; June 1659. Op. cit. vii, p. 679. f. 59. Paper; ff. 63. Folio. 1652-1659, 1666.

General Charles Fleetwood: Letters to, and rel. to: 1652-1659.

includes:

f. 1 General Charles Fleetwood: Correspondence with O. Cromwell: 1652-1654.
f. 1 Oliver Cromwell of England: Correspondence with Gen. Fleetwood: 1652-1654.
f. 2 General Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax: Signature: n.d.
f. 2 Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort 1682: Sentence written by: temp. Commonwealth.
f. 3 Ralph Hopton, Baron Hopton: Petition to Parliament: circ. 1651.
f. 4 Walter Cradock, Puritan divine: Letter to the Customs Commissioners: 1649.
f. 5 Henry Cromwell, Governor-General of Ireland: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood (?): n.d.: Imperf.
f. 5 Sir Richard Pepys, Chief Justice of Ireland: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1655.
f. 6 C Glock, of Norwich: Letter to.: 1651.
f. 7 John Stewart, Ist Earl of Traquair: Parole: 1652.
f. 8 Robert Goodwin, Irish Privy Councillor: Letter to Gen. C. Fleetwood: 1655.: Signed.
f. 8 Matthew Thomlinson, Knight 1657; Councillor of State in Ireland: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1655.
f. 8 Henry Cromwell, Governor-General of Ireland: Letter to Lord Deputy Fleetwood: 1655.
f. 8 Miles Corbet, regicide: Letter to Lord Deputy Fleetwood: 1655.
ff. 10-11 Philip Sandys: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1656.
f. 12 J. V: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood,: 1656.
f. 14 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letter to, from Charles X of Sweden: 1658.: Copy.
f. 14 Charles X of Sweden: Letter to O. Cromwell: 1658.: Copy.
f. 19 Richard Heath: Letter to Gen. C. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 James Wright: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 John Hubbelthorne: Letter to Gen. C. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 Thomas Johnson: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 Abraham Holmes, army officer: Letter to Gen. C. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 Ethelbirt Morgan: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 Thomas Deane: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 [?Capt.l William Hellin: Letter to Gen. C. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 Daniel Davison: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 William Davis: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 John Crispe: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 Ralph Cobbett, Colonel: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.: Signed.
f. 19 John Clobery: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 Henry Brightman: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 Henry Dorney: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 Philip Watson: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 Thomas Richardson: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 Thomas Reade: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.: Signed.
f. 19 Robert Reade: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.: Signed.
f. 19 Admiral Jeremiah Smyth, Knight 1665: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 Joseph Wallington: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 John Paddon: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 Colonel Timothy Wilkes, Deputy Govemor of Leith: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 19 Robert Winter: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 21 England; Parliament: Letter from H. Cromwell to the Speaker: 1659.: Copy.
f. 21 Henry Cromwell, Governor-General of Ireland: Letter to the Speaker: 1659.: Copy.
f. 23 Sir Henry Vernon, 1st Baronet: Letter to, from J. Gilbert: 1666.
f. 23 Thomas Gilbert, nonconformist minister: Letter to Sir H. Vernon: 1666.
f. 25 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letter to the Commissioners for the customs: 1653.
f. 29 Timothy Jordan, Pastor of Eckington: Letter to Gen. C. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 29 Robert Brown, schoolmaster at Eckington, county Worcestershire: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 29 Richard Fincher, Rector of All Saints, Worcester: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 31 Captain Clement Nedham: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 33 Colonel Richard Ashfeild: Letter to commanders of garrisons, signed by: 1659.
f. 33 Colonel Robert Barrow: Letter to commanders of garrisons: 1659.
f. 33 Colonel James Berry, Commissioner of the Exchequer: Letter to commanders of garrisons signed by: 1659.
f. 33 Colonel William Packer: Letter to commanders of garrisons signed by: 1659.
f. 33 Major Richard Creed: Letter to the commanders of garrisons signed by: 1659.
f. 33 Ralph Cobbett, Colonel: Letter to commanders of garrisons signed by: 1659.
ff. 33, 34 Major-General John Lambert, Parliamentary commander: Letters to commanders of garrisons signed by: 1659.: Partly printed.
ff. 33, 34 Major-General Thomas Kelsey, MP: Letters to commanders of garrisons signed by: 1659.: Partly printed.
ff. 33, 34 Major-General John Disbrowe, MP: Letters to commanders of garrisons signed by: 1659.: Partly printed.
ff. 33, 34 Colonel John Mason: Letters to commanders of garrisons: 1659.: Partly printed.
f. 34 Major John Daberon: Letter to commanders of garrisons, etc., signed by: 1659.: Printed.
f. 34 Colonel Edward Salmon: Letter to commanders of garrisons, etc., signed by: 1659.: Printed.
f. 34 Colonel Thomas Talbot: Letter to commanders of garrisons, etc., signed by: 1659.: Printed.
f. 34 Colonel T. Biscoe: Letter to commanders of garrisons, etc., signed by: 1659.: Printed.
f. 34 Colonel Samuel Clarke: Letter to commanders of garrisons, etc., signed by: 1659.
f. 34 Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremiah Camfield: Letter to commanders of garrisons, etc., signed by: 1659.: Printed.
f. 34 Major Oliver Edge: Letter to commanders of garrisons, etc, signed by: 1659.: Printed.
f. 34 Captain Francis Allen: Letter. to commanders of garrisons, etc., signed by: 1659.: Printed.
f. 35 William Gough, parliamentarian soldier: Appointment as major: 1659.
f. 35 Robert Fox: Certificate nominating him captain in the army: 1659.
ff. 35, 37 Major-General John Lambert, Parliamentary commander: Certificates: 1659.
ff. 35, 37 Colonel James Berry, Commissioner of the Exchequer: Certificates: 1659.
ff. 35,37 Major-General John Disbrowe, MP: Certificates: 1659.
f. 38 Major Nathaniel Barton: Petition to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.: Signed.
f. 38 Colonel Henry Markham: Petition to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.: Signed.
f. 38 John Streater, soldier and pamphleteer: Petition to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.: Signed.
f. 38 Colonel Thomas Sanders: Petition to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.: Signed.
f. 38 William Harley, army officer: Petition to Gen. C. Fleetwood: 1659.: Signed.
f. 38 Colonel Matthew Alured: Petition to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.: Signed.
f. 38 Colonel Herbert Morley, of the Council of State: Petition to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.: Signed.
f. 38 Colonel John Okey: Petition to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.: Signed.
ff. 38-42 Major Arthur Evelyn: Petition to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.: Signed.
f. 43 John Turnor: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 45 Colonel Valentine Walton, regicide: Letter to Gen. C. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 45 Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 2nd Baronet: Letter to Gen. C. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 45 Colonel Herbert Morley, of the Council of State: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 47 Colonel Josiah Berners: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 47 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 47 John Weaver, MP: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.
f. 49 Mary Belasyse, wife of Thomas Belasyse: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: circ. 1659.
f. 49 Thomas Belasyse, 2nd Viscount and (1689) 1st Earl Fauconberg: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: circ. 1659.
f. 50 Navy; England: Petition of officers at. Chatham for reinstatement: 1659.
f. 50 England; Parliament: Petition of naval officers at Chatham for reinstatement: 1659.
f. 51 John Mills, Quaker: Protest to the Council of Officers: 1659.
f. 53 Richard Cromwell of England: Letter to, from T. Morford: 1658.
f. 53 Thomas Morford, Quaker: Letter to the Protector, Richard Cromwell: 1658.
f. 54 Giles Medowcroft: Letter to -: 1659.
f. 55 Gilbert Gardne: Complaint of: circ. 1659.
f. 56 John Collins, Chaplain to General Monck's army: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: circ. 1659.
f. 58 Colonel John Jones: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood(?): circ. 1659.: Imperf.
f. 59 England; Parliament: Act constituting C. Fleetwood, Lieut.-Generailand Commander in Chief of the Forces: 1659.
f. 59 General Charles Fleetwood: Act appointing him Commander in Chief: 1659.
f. 63 Rowland Nevet, Pastor at Oswestry: Letter to Gen. Fleetwood: 1659.: Imperf.
f. 65 Thomas Gilbert, nonconformist minister: Letter to Gen. C. Fleetwood: 1659.: Imperf.

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Allen, Francis, Captain; of Add MS 4165
Alured, Matthew, Colonel; of Add MS 4165
Ashfeild, Richard, Colonel; of Add MS 4165
Barrow, Robert, parliamentarian officer, fl 1659
Barton, Nathaniel, New Model Army officer, fl 1659
Belasyse, Mary, wife of Thomas Belasyse
Belasyse, Thomas, 2nd Viscount and (1689) 1st Earl Fauconberg
Berners, Josiah, Colonel
Berry, James, Colonel; Commissioner of the Exchequer
Biscoe, T., Colonel
Brightman, Henry
Brown, Robert, schoolmaster at Eckington, county Worcestershire
Camfield, Jeremiah, Lieutenant-Colonel
Charles X, of Sweden
Clarke, Samuel, Colonel
Clobery, John
Cobbett, Ralph, Colonel
Collins, John, Chaplain to General Monck's army
Cooper, Anthony Ashley, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, politician, 1621-1683
Corbet, Miles, regicide
Cradock, Walter, Puritan divine
Creed, Richard, Major
Crispe, John, of Add MS 4165
Cromwell, Henry, Governor-General of Ireland
Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1599-1658,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121005431
Daberon, John, army officer, fl 1659
Davis, William, correspondent of General Charles Fleetwood, fl 1659
Davison, Daniel, correspondent of General Charles Fleetwood, fl 1659
Deane, Thomas, correspondent of General Charles Fleetwood, fl 1659
Disbrowe, John, alias Desborough, army officer and politician, ?1608-1680
Dorney, Henry, correspondent of Charles Fleetwood, fl 1659
Edge, Oliver, army officer, fl 1659
Evelyn, Arthur, Major
Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, Parliamentarian military officer, 1612-1671
Fincher, Richard, clergyman, fl 1659
Fleetwood, Charles, Lieutenant-General; Commander-in-Chief in Ireland; Lord Deputy of Ireland 1654, c 1618-1692
Fox, Robert, of Add MS 4165
Gardne, Gilbert, author of a complaint, fl 1659
Gilbert, Thomas, of Oxford, nonconformist minister and correspondent of Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, fl 1675
Glock, C, of Norwich, correspondent of Charles Fleetwood, fl 1651
Goodwin, Robert, signatory of a letter to John Thurloe, fl 1657
Gough, William, parliamentarian army officer, fl 1659
Harley, William, army officer
Heath, Richard, of Add MS 4165
Hellin, ?Capt.l William
Hesilrige, Arthur, 2nd Baronet
Holmes, Abraham, army officer
Hopton, Ralph, Baron Hopton, royalist army officer, 1596-1652
Hubbelthorne, John
Johnson, Thomas, of Add MS 4165
Jones, John, Colonel; of Add MS 4165
Jordan, Timothy, Pastor of Eckington
Kelsey, Thomas, Major-General; MP
Lambert, John, Major-General Parliamentary commander
Markham, Henry, Colonel
Mason, John, Colonel
Medowcroft, Giles
Mills, John, Quaker
Monck, George, 1st Duke of Albemarle, army officer, 1608-1670
Morford, Thomas, Quaker
Morgan, Ethelbirt
Morley, Herbert, Colonel; of the Council of State
Navy of England
Nedham, Clement, Captain
Nevet, Rowland, Pastor at Oswestry
Okey, John, Colonel; of Add MS 4165
Packer, William, Colonel; of Add MS 4165
Paddon, John, of Add MS 4165
Parliament
Pepys, Richard, Chief Justice of Ireland
Reade, Robert, of Add MS 4165
Reade, Thomas
Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1626-1712
Richardson, Thomas, of Add MS 4165
Salmon, Edward, Colonel; of Add MS 4165
Sanders, Thomas, Colonel
Sandys, Philip
Smyth, Jeremiah, Admiral; Knight 1665
Somerset, Henry, 1st Duke of Beaufort 1682
Stewart, John, Ist Earl of Traquair
Streater, John, soldier and pamphleteer
Talbot, Thomas, Colonel; of Add MS 4165
Thomlinson, Matthew, Knight 1657; Councillor of State in Ireland
Turnor, John
Vernon, Henry, 1st Baronet
Wallington, Joseph
Walton, Valentine, Colonel regicide
Watson, Philip
Weaver, John, MP; of Add MS 4165
Wilkes, Timothy, Colonel; Deputy Govemor of Leith
Winter, Robert, of Add MS 4165
Wright, James, of Add MS 4165