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Colonel Hughes to Lieutenant-Colonel Monck 1 - 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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Colonel Hughes to Lieutenant-Colonel Monck1

My Lord,

I have herein closed sent a little booke which was found lying at Capt. Newmans doore the last night, with the portrature of a sentrye made of wood standing by it. It was brought to me about eleven of the clock in the night; upon receipt wherof I did imediatly make dilligent serch for more of them through the whole quarters, as alsoe for the finding out who had left it there; upon which with some difficulty I at last found out that my Lieut.-Colonell2 his wife had been the contrivear of it, and that hir maid had laid the booke as aforesaid. It should seeme that upon my reeding of the late paper intitled ‘The Souldiers of Scotlands information of their bretheren of England’ at the maine guard amongest the souldiers, my Lieut.-Colonell, being there, desired to communicate it to his wife, and it touching the Anabaptists soe neerly, it moved hir to that action. Since which I have ordered dilligent serch to be made for the finding out of presses, if any be in Edinburgh except what Mr. Higgins hath, and upon finding any to secure them and all destructive papers, and to take security of the owners that they shall not in the future print any thing prejudicall to the parliament. I have secured some few armes found in Mr. Welch and one Henry Clarkes howse, untill your pleaseur be knowen what shall be done with them. I have sent 2 smale bundles of the printed informacons by the post, and a great bundle to Barwick by sea, from thence to be sent to the head quarters. I this day secured one Mayer, who was formerly a waiter,1 and now inlisted a horseman in some troupe in England. He hath resided here this 3 moneths, and was reported to be a suspicious person, upon which I ordered him to give security for his peaceable demeanour; but, finding that he could not, I desired him to signe an ingadgement to act noe thing to the prejudice of the parliament or Commonwealth, the which he refused; all which I humbly certifie, with my desire to know your pleaseur concerning him, which is all at present from your devoted faithfull servant.

Leith Citydell, the 31 of October, 1659.
Posted to the other side.

There is a Letter lately come from Mr. Welch to his wife, wherin he saith, ‘Who would have thought it would have come to this?’ and doth seeme to condole their hard estate; and that he hath not a probability of seing hir as yett, though he earnestly desires it, but feares that if he should come he should be imprissoned; but bids hir bee of good comfort, and spare neither gold nor silver that may comfort hir. This day I received a Letter from your Lordship by the hands of Mr. Tomson of Edinburgh, intemating that I should forbare quartering souldiers on the vacant stipends of Heriotts Hospitall. I never ordered any to be quartered thereon, nor was desired soe to doe by any body, neither were any that ever I heard of quartered on that accompt, which is all at present from

Your Lordships devoted faithfull
servant,

Tho: Hughes.

Dated ut ante.

[1 ]Phillips MSS. in the Advocates’ Library.

[2 ]Robert Rede.

[1 ]A tide-waiter, employed in the Customs?