Discussing aspects of the turbulent year leading up to the Civil War, including the outbreak of the plague at court, relations with Scotland, and the disorders of soldiers in Yorkshire and Essex
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Dated: Oatlands, Aug. 2, 1640. Signed: W. Cant. Endorsed: Aug. 2 1640; from my Ld. Bp. of Cant
Bifolium. With intact red wax seal
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Formerly MS Add 1271
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Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, William Laud, sometime Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. Oxford : J.H. Parker, 1847-1860, v. 7, p. 606-7
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Extended title: Autograph letter signed from William Laud, Oatlands, to Edward Conway 1640 August 2