Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1651-[19 cent., first ½] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
5 items.
Placed in melinex sleeves at NLW.
Context area
Archival history
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.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
NLW; Internal transfer (with NLW MS 23981E, f. 53); January 2012; 006206237.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically at NLW.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Item (v) damaged at upper edge.
Finding aids
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Text
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 24022G.
Alternative identifier(s)
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- England and Wales. Army. Cavalry. (Subject)
- England and Wales. Navy -- Provisioning. (Subject)
- England and Wales. Council of State. (Subject)
- Lenthall, William, 1591-1662 -- Portraits. (Subject)
- Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Pictorial works. (Subject)
- Lenthall, William, 1591-1662. (Subject)
- Langford, George, fl. 1655-1659. (Subject)
- Bradshaw, John, 1602-1659. (Subject)
- Longland, Charles, d. 1688. (Subject)
- Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
January 2013.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;