Documents relating to the Commonwealth,

A collection of documents, 1651-[19 cent., first ½], relating to the Commonwealth and Protectorate in England. They include a warrant, 7 November 1651, from the Council of State, signed by its president John Bradshaw, authorising the merchant Charles Longland to act as their agent in Livorno, Tuscany, in supplying the parliamentarian fleet and providing intelligence (item i); a commission, 15 October 1655, from Oliver Cromwell (signed 'Oliver P.'), appointing George Langford as chirurgeon [surgeon] in Col. Goffe's regiment of horse (item ii); and a further commission, 11 July 1659, from Parliament, signed by W[illia]m Lenthall, Speaker, appointing Langford to the rank of Cornet in a troop of horse under Col. Thomas Saunders (item iii).
Also included is an engraving, 1793, of a 1654 portrait of William Lenthall (item iv); and an engraving, [19 cent., first ½], depicting the trial of Charles I (item v). Two of the documents have papered seals affixed: Cromwell's private seal (item ii) and the seal of the Council of State (Item i).

Arranged chronologically at NLW.

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NLW; Internal transfer (with NLW MS 23981E, f. 53); January 2012; 006206237.

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 24022G.

Text

Item (v) damaged at upper edge.

January 2013.

Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;

Usual copyright laws apply.

Discovered in an administrative office at NLW in 2012, along with an Edmund Burke letter (now NLW MS 23981E, f. 53); their provenance is unknown, other than that the prices marked in the same hand on items i-iii (see above) and on the Burke letter suggest they were bought from the same seller at some point, probably prior to 1928.

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