Autographs of royal, noble, learned, and remarkable personages conspicuous in English history, from the reign of Richard the Second to that of Charles the Second; with some illustrious foreigners; containing many passages from important letters. Engraved under the direction of Charles John Smith. Accompanied by concise biographical memoirs, and interesting extracts from the original documents / by John Gough Nichols.

  • John Gough Nichols
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1829
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Credit: Autographs of royal, noble, learned, and remarkable personages conspicuous in English history, from the reign of Richard the Second to that of Charles the Second; with some illustrious foreigners; containing many passages from important letters. Engraved under the direction of Charles John Smith. Accompanied by concise biographical memoirs, and interesting extracts from the original documents / by John Gough Nichols. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PARLIAMENTARIANS AND ROYALISTS. J°hn PAMBARi, Major-General in the Parliamentarian army, has been characterized as second to Cromwell in courage, prudence, and capacity; but equal to him only'in ambition. He distinguished himself J ; 1S/^Ur c C<?nJl11Ct °n many occasions during the Civil War, particularly at the battle of Naseby, at at of fife in Scotland, and by his victory over Sir George Booth in Cheshire, for which last important ser- vice t le ar lament presented him with ,^100 to buy a jewel. His further career, however, was stopped by le rotector, w 10, on ambart s refusal to take the oath of fealty to his government, deprived him of his com¬ mission, an sent 1m into retirement with a pension of ^2000. But this, perhaps, proved his safety at the estoration, e escape with banishment to Guernsey, where he survived thirty years. [Portraits by Hou- braken and others.] “ Self denying<Ordinance’’S ^Ut°^Fa^1 *s ta^en *s *n Sloane MSS. 1519, art. 14, and announces the important proposition of the For ye truely hon’ed Sr Thomas ffairfax, knt. at York, p’sent. n/r a ’ mCe aS*^ °„ ^ Hothom hath reed sentence to bee beheaded, and this day an order came forth for his execution upon ^.e.Xt‘ , ,6 tF^a ° a^t* *^°‘ ^ now in agitation, who in all probability will rece. the same doome. le liaSe atl ao now eged ye Parliamt to bee ye Par, of Enlarge, and hath sent to desire a safe convoy for ye Duke of Rich- non e an or out ampton, wch is accoidingly granted ; so that now wee all expect a peace. Yesterday ye housse of Commons sate e j c osse, an after a ong debate past a very unexpected vote, viz. that all yc Members of both housses imployed either in civi.ll or milli- ary p aces of onor or projitt shall resinge [resign] ther places and commissions, and attend yc housse. Ye Ordinance is yet unpast, so that untdl then all commissions are in force. This all for ye present, but that I desire to expresse myselfe, “ London, Decern, ye 10 [1644]. Sr, yor most faithfull grvant> Jo. Lambart.” 2. Sir Allen Apsley, of Apsley in Sussex, occurs in the funeral solemnity of King James the First, as bearing one of the bannerols which surrounded the Royal corpse, being at that time Lieutenant of the Tower. He was afterwards Falconer to Charles the Second; and Treasurer of the Household and Receiver-general to James Duke of York. He died in St. JamesVsquare, Oct. 15, 1683. His grandson, Allen Bathurst, was the first Earl of that name, and father to the late Earl, who on becoming Lord Chancellor in 1771 took the title of Lord Apsley. Sir Allen had a daughter Joice, who was married to the Earl of Dalhousie, and of whom there is a fine monumental statue in the Savoy Chapel, London. Sir Allen’s Signature is from a letter to the Duke of Buckingham in the year 1623, preserved in Harl. MSS. 1581, fol. 304. 3. John Lindsay, Earl of Crawford-Lindsay, succeeded his father Robert as tenth Lord Lindsay of Byres in 1616. He was created Earl of Lindsay in 1633, and in 1644, having just been constituted Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, he obtained by Act of Parliament the ancient Earldom of Crawford, which had been declared forfeited by his distant kinsman, the head of his family. This injustice was afterwards confirmed by those Stuarts for whom the loyal Earl of Crawford had suffered; and the title, which would otherwise have been enjoyed by the present Earl of Balcarras, has not yet been restored to its right channel. The subject of this notice, who from that period styled himself the Earl of Crawford-Lindsay, was on the contrary, in oppo¬ sition to the Court. In 1645-6 he was chosen President of the Scottish Parliament; but he was deprived of his offices for engaging for the King’s rescue in 1648. In 1651 he was taken prisoner; and he endured along confinement till the Restoration. He was then restored to the important post of Lord Treasurer, but retired in 1664; and died at Tyningham in 1676, aged 80. The Earls Signature is from the following note to Lord Fairfax in the Sloane MSS. 1519, art. 40: “ My Lord,—The key of such addresses as past betwixt his Ma. and P. Rupert were found at Longmarston, and delivered unto yor sone Sr Thomas. Wee have now found some 1 res that by it may be unlokt. And desire yor l’p to cause it be sent hither by the first occasion unto “ Yor most humble servant, Crafurd-Lindesay. “ Yor l’p will be pleased to cause this be conveyed to the L. Manchester.” 4. Miles Corbet, one of the Regicides, was of an ancient family in Norfolk, a lawyer by profession, and Recorder of Yarmouth. He represented that town in Parliament, and at the period of the Restoration had sat in the House of Commons for no less than thirty-seven years. The Parliament made him in 1644 Clerk of the Court of Wards, and in 1647-8 a Registrar of the Court of Chancery. He had afterwards the principal management of the sequestration of the property of the Royalists, which made him an object of much odium. His integrity, however, was proved on investigation; and from 1652 to 1659-60, his name occurs in all the commissions for the government of Ireland. At the Restoration he escaped to the Continent; but impru¬ dently venturing into Holland, he was there taken, and finally executed at Tyburn, April 19, 1662. [Old Por¬ trait, copied by Richardson.] His Signature is from the same volume, art. 52. No. 5.—E.