UK Parliamentary Archives

The volume comprises a typescript biography of Sir Thomas Widdrington and two letters, each with a transcript. The first letter is adressed to Thomas 1st Lord Fairfax (3 June 1639) where Widdringto...

Certificate from General Monck, Duke of Albemarle, in favour of William Lenthall, late Speaker of the House of Commons. Monck was the man most responsible for the peaceful Restoration of the monar...

Letter from the Lords who went to wait on the Charles II, to the Earl of Manchester Speaker of the House of Lords, dated at Hagh [the Hague] 17 May 1660. A number of Peers had been sent to the Kin...

Letters patent signed by the Protector Richard Cromwell; to confirm and protect Thomas Bushell who has given good testimony of his abilities in mineral affairs, and of his remarkable successes in f...

Two letters from Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia, both dated at Haghe [the Hague] 14 May 1646. One to the House of Commons, thanking the House for having ordained both a present and future subsistence ...

This file contains series of letters sent from the King, the Queen, Edward Lord Herbert and Lord Jermyn.
Some letters are written in French and some items include the translation.
The items are n...

This message to both Houses of Parliament contains reasons given by the Elector Palatine for his visit to England. He states that he "thought it necessary openly in this kind to declare himself an...

Draft correspondence, warrants and commissions prepared on behalf of Charles I, Charles II and by others, comprising two separate files. The first contains draft letters, commissions and warrants m...

These papers were accumulated by the Montagu family, the Earls of Manchester. Most of the documents relate to Edward Montagu (1602-1671), 2nd Earl of Manchester. They are mainly correspondence, i...