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RefNoKMAN1/A/32/5/1
AltRefNoM32/5/1
TitleLetter from Edward 2nd Earl of Manchester to the House of Lords
DescriptionDefending himself from accusations that he has been "a discountenancer of honest and godly men" and wondering at the slander levelled against him and his army. With comments on the Lieutenant General [Oliver Cromwell]: his "expressions were sometimes against the nobility... he [Cromwell] hoped to live to see never a nobleman in England".
Datec.1644
CreatorNameThe Montagu family of Kimbolton Castle: estate and family papers
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives

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CodePersonNameDates
P/0069Montagu; Sir; Edward (1602-1671); 2nd Earl of Manchester (1642-1671); of Kimbolton Castle1602-1671
P/0001Cromwell; Oliver (1599-1658); Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (1653-1658)1599-1658
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