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APPENDIX A: Certificates extracted from General Monck’s Order-Book, Clarke MS. Vol. XLIX. - 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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APPENDIX A

Certificates extracted from General Monck’s Order-Book, Clarke MS. Vol. XLIX.

[During his command in Scotland, and still more frequently after the restoration of Charles II., Monck was asked to certify the loyalty of particular persons who, for political reasons, needed such testimonials. The following are a few specimens selected from the many such entries which his order-books contain.]

March 11, 165.—

Certificate, that the bearer, Mr. Robert Pittilloch, Advocate, hath for severall yeares past expressed much affection to the interest of the English in Scotland, and was in the beginning of November 1654 appointed Sollicitor for his Highnesse the Lord Protector and the Commonwealth: In which office hee continued till the 11th of February 1656, att which time hee was appointed by his Highnesse’ Councill in Scotland to serve as Advocate to the State, in which hee served till June 1659. And during the said imployments (as well as before) hee behaved himself faithfully, honestlie, and diligentlie, and exercised the same with much ability and advantage to his Highnesse’ interest.

October 20, 1660.—

Certificate, that wheras there is a rumour that Captain [Walter] Dundasse, who was Governor of Edinburgh Castle in the yeare 1650, did deliver uppe the said Castle to the English forces then before itt for a certaine summe of monie. To certifie that the said report is untrue, and that there was noe monie given to the said Captain Dundasse uppon the delivery of the said Castle, which his Excellency can the rather testifie, being then one of the commissioners who treated for the rendition of the Castle, and when they had concluded of the termes, Oliver Cromwell, then Generall, was nott satisfied with them, butt would have had the officers that came from Captain Dundasse to have returned; yett uppon further consideration agreed to the said articles.

Dec. 7, 1660.—

These are to certifie all whom these may concerne that the occasion of Archibald, Lord Marquesse of Argyll, his being present att the Crosse at Edinburgh, for the proclayming of Richard Cromwell in the yeare 1657 (sic) was uppon a desire of the Councill of Scotland that all noblemen of that kingdome then in Edinburgh should appeare there.

Jan. 3, 166.—

Certificate that Dougall McFerson of Powry was nott imployed by his Grace as a guide in the Highlands in the yeare 1654, butt came to his Lordshippe at Sterling, and from thence went to Aberfoyle about some affaires of Badgenoth, which was after the Engagement at Lough Gary.

May 2, 1661.—

Certificate that William Lenthall, Esq., formerly Speaker to the House of Commons, was instrumentall to his Grace when hee was in Scotland, sent severall officers to him (which hee stood in neede of) to Berwick, assisted in the bringing in the secluded Members, and was very active for the restoring of his Majesty, and performed many other services which tended much to the good of the Kinge and Kingdome, which could nott have bin soe well effected without his helpe.

May 28, 1661.—

Certificate that in October 1659 there being divers souldiers of Capt. Ashby’s troope in Col. Twisleton’s regiment, afterwards Sir John Cloberies, who refused to joyne with his Grace, his Lordshippe gave order to Captain John Hill, uppon his taking the command of the said troope, to dispose of 10 weekes pay which belonged to them for buying of horses for the mounting of divers foote souldiers and others in their roome, and for supplying the officers with horses instead of those they had lost or spoyled in the service.

Oct. 10, 1661.—

Certificate that Col. John Hills was very faithfull to his Grace in all the late transactions in Scotland, and singularly active and instrumentall in his Majestie’s happy Restauration.

Nov. 13, 1662.—

Certificate that John Pradman, Fellow of King’s Colledge in Cambridge, from his Grace’s first declaring in Scotland in October 1659 till his march into England, was very usefull and serviceable to his Grace in conveying of letters from his friends and correspondents in London by the way of Cambridge for Scotland, and was very active in order to his Majesty’s most happy Restauration.

Dec. 26, 1662.—

Certificate that Mr. William Carre was in the yeare 1659 examined at the Councill of State, uppon the discoverie of a plott intended against the army then under his Grace’s command immediately after their coming to London, and then produced a blanke commission sealed with the pretended state armes, signed Tho. Scott, President to the Councill, for raising forces under severall Anabaptists to oppose the army, and alsoe informed mee that Francis Scott, sonne of the said Thomas Scott, had vowed to kill mee, att which time the said Mr. Carre did behave himself very active and loyall to his Majesty, and afterwards, in the beginning of May 1660, went over with his brother Clarges to his Majesty, then at Bredah.