UK Parliamentary Archives

• Held At: Parliamentary Archives: GB-061
• Catalogue Reference: WDR
• Former Archival Reference: Historical Collection 49
• Ref No: WDR
• Date: c1607-c1640
• Level: Fonds
• Extent: 1 File
• Creator Name: Drake; Sir; William, 1606-1669
• Administrative or Biographical History: Sir William Drake represented the borough of Amersham both in the Long and Short Parliaments but took no active part in the Civil War nor in the Interregnum years. He was Chirographer in the Common Pleas, 1652-1659, Commissioner for Defence for the Midland Association in 1642, Justice of the Peace for Buckinghamshire, 1647-1653 and from 1661 to his death in 1669. Also Commissioner for Militia in 1648 and Deputy Lieutenant, 1660-1661. Although Drake resumed his seat in February 1660, he is not known to have stood at the general election, but he was returned to Parliament in 1661, after the Restoration of Charles II to the throne.
• Acquisition: Purchased from Sotheby's, Auctioneers, on 7 April 1970. Accession No. 814
• Category: Personal/Political Papers
• Description: Common-Place Book containing proceedings from several Parliaments under James I and Charles I.
• Terms:
  • Politicians,
  • Parliament,
• Related Material: There are other Common-Place Books as well as papers held at University College London, Manuscripts Room Reference : MS OGDEN 7; see Guide to archives and MSS in University of London volume 1 1984.
• Access Status: Open
• Physical Description: Manuscript

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