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Extracts from General Monck’s Order Book - Sir William Clarke, The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, vol. 4 [1901]

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The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, Secretary to the Council of the Army, 1647-1649, and to General Monck and the Commanders of the Army in Scotland, 1651-1660, ed. C.H. Firth (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901). 4 vols.

Part of: The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, 4 vols.

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Extracts from General Monck’s Order Book

xlix. f. 100.Lettres to the Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Magistrates of Burghes in the severall shires in Scotland. That his Lordshippe desires they will bee pleased to agree among themselves to send one of their number to meete with his Lordshippe heere att Edinburgh uppon the 15th of November, because his Lordshippe hath speciall occasion to speake with them about some affaires that concerne the countries att that time. His Lordshippe is likewise to desire one favour from them to gett him NA serviceable horses as may bee able to carry 200 weight, to inable us for our march, and a man with pack saddles and crookes, for which each man and horse shall have eighteenepence a day, and that these horse may nott faile to bee heere uppon the 20th of November.

Aberdene15Lanerkshire15
Kincardine6Renfrew6
Forfar12Linlithgowshire12
Perth15Ayre-shire15
Fyff and Kinros15Wigton12
Sterlingshire12Dumfreize12
Clackmannonshire4Berwickshire12
Dunbartonshire4Roxburghshire10
Haddington-shire12Selkirkshire6
95Peblis6
Edinburghshire15
111
95
206

Lettre to the Sheriffs. Inclosing the former letters, and desiring them to summon the gentlemen of each shire speedily, and communicate the lettre to them, and to send the letter to the Burghes.

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Lettre to the Magistrates of Berwick. That his Lordshippe thought fitt to desire him, that what excise is raised in their towne for the publique use may bee paid to the souldiers of the garrison, being they cannott receive any monies att present from London, and the excise being to continue till the first of January next.

Lettre to Justice Ogle. That the excise in Northumberland may bee secured for the garrison of Berwick, or the forces in Scotland.