Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum, 1658-9. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1885.
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'Warrants of the Protector and Council: May 1658 - June 1659', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum, 1658-9, (London, 1885) pp. 576-583. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/interregnum/1658-9/pp576-583 [accessed 21 April 2024]
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May 1658–June 1659
| Date. | To | Subject. | References. | |
| 1658. | I. 78. | I. 114. | ||
| May 4 | Pass | For Dorothy Paston, Frances Bedingfield, and Frances Thompson, to the Spa | 598 | 119 |
| " 6 | License | For John Banister to transport 2 horses from Gravesend to Holland " | — | 119 |
| " " | " | For Hen. Howard, of co. Berks, to come to London and Westminster on business | 598 | — |
| " " | " | For Fras. Finch, of Rushock, co. Worcester, to come to London on business | 601 | — |
| " 9 | Pass | For Hugh Cholmley and 2 servants to France | — | 119 |
| " 13 | " | For John Clavering, of Calloby, and servant | 618 | 120 |
| " " | " | For Anne Moseley and 2 servants to France | 618 | 120 |
| " " | License | For—Anderson to come to London for 10 days and return, under the same restraint as at present. | 617 | — |
| " 20 | " | For—Kirton, now in custody, to reside at his house co. Oxon, on security to remain there, and give himself up when required. | 631 | — |
| " 25 | " | For Sir Wm. Russell to come up to London and reside there till next Trinity term | 637 | — |
| " " | John Lord Barkstead. | To receive Fras. Witherington and Wm. Weyfell, and keep them in the Tower for corresponding with Charles Stuart. | — | 120 |
| " " | " " | To allow Col. Roger Broadridge, prisoner in the Tower, to go abroad and prosecute his lawsuit, on his former security. | 634 | — |
| June 1 | License | For the 3 officers of Col. Salmon's regiment going from Portsmouth, and the 3 of Col. Guibon's from Deal to Mardike, to export their horses, not exceeding 9, custom free. | 662 | — |
| " " | Pass | For Thos. Yates, wife, and 2 servants, beyond seas | 657 | 121 |
| " " | " | For Ant. Craven to Holland | 657 | 121 |
| " " | " | For Wm. Meples and servant to Holland | 657 | — |
| " 4 | " | For Allan Lockhart and 3 servants to Mardike | 672 | 122 |
| " 8 | License | For John Barrington to export a horse from Rye to France | 673 | 122 |
| " " | Pass | For " and one horse from Dover to France | 673 | 122 |
| " " | Serj. Dendy | To apprehend—Sheldon, and deliver him to the Lieutenant of the Tower, for carrying a challenge to a duel from the Earl of Chesterfield to Capt. John Whalley. | 666 | 122 |
| " " | Lieutenant of the Tower. | To receive and detain him in custody | — | 123 |
| " " | Serj. Dendy | To deliver the Earl of Chesterfield and Capt. John Whalley, now in his custody for fighting a duel, to the Lieutenant of the Tower | 666 | 123 |
| " 13 | License | For Fras. Finch, Rushock, co. Worcester, to come to London next Trinity term on private affairs. | 669 | — |
| " " | " | For Hum. Walrond, of Ottery St. Mary, co. Devon, to pass to Dorsetshire and Devonshire, and return to Scotland on his own business. | 669 | — |
| " 15 | " | For Lord Powys to return to his house in the country | 686 | — |
| " " | Pass | For Rich. Roe to Venice | 689 | 123 |
| June 15 | Pass | For Sir Walter Vane and 2 servants to Holland | 692 | 123 |
| " " | " | For Lieut. Wellmore, lieutenant in Maj.-Gen. Morgan's troop, with servants and 2 horses to Flanders, he having also a pass from Gen. Monk. | 692 | 123 |
| " " | " | For Wm. Gale, appointed one of the preachers to the forces in Flanders | — | 124 |
| " " | License | For " to transport 2 horses custom free | — | 124 |
| " " | Pass | For Rich. Pettus, Bradwardine Tindall, and Peter Linne to France | — | 124 |
| " " | " | For And. Balfour and servant to France | 689 | — |
| " " | License | For Lord Powys and his family to return to his house in the country | 686 | — |
| " 17 | " | For Thos. Stourton and servant to France | 703 | 125 |
| " " | " | For Thos. Dobson " " | 703 | — |
| " " | " | For Sam. De Valoys for France, on desire of Lord Claypole | 703 | — |
| " 22 | Pass | For Walter Thynne to Holland | — | 124 |
| " " | " | For Roger Bretteridge and 2 servants from London to any convenient port, and thence to France, according to the tenor of a pass of 25 May 1654. | 709 | 124 |
| " " | " | For Lord and Lady Strangford and Lady Diana Sidney, with 7 men and 3 women servants to France. | 705 | 125 |
| " 24 | " | For Rob. Douglas, with 3 horses and 2 servants, to Flanders | 719 | — |
| " " | " | For Walter Thynne to Holland | 719 | — |
| " " | " | For Wm. de Gerbert, Frenchman, to France | 724 | 125 |
| " " | " | For Sir Edw. Witherington, lady, and 3 men and 2 maid servants to the Spaw | 719 | 126 |
| " " | " | For Leonard Grey, younger son of the Earl of Stamford, and servant to France | 719 | 129 |
| " 29 | " | For Rich. Bridgman, wife, and 2 maids, to Holland | 724 | 126 |
| " " | " | For Sam. Kevett to Holland | 724 | 126 |
| " " | " | For—Fountaine and 2 servants to France | — | 125 |
| " " | " | For John Lumley, eldest son of Viscount Lumley, with wife, two children, gentlewoman, maid, and 3 men, to France | 724 | 125 |
| " " | " | For And. Mollet, wife, and servant, to Hamburg | 724 | 125 |
| " " | " | For the Countess of Arundel to France, for recovery of her health, with 14 servants, coach, 2 horses, furniture of a chamber, apparel, &c. | 692 | 125 |
| July 1 | " | For Wm. Jones and 1 horse to Flanders | 727 | 128 |
| " " | " | For—Beck and Ferdinando Gorges to France | 727 | 128 |
| " " | " | For Ralph Sheldon, wife, and 3 servants, to France | 730 | 128 |
| " " | " | For Sir Hen. Goring, lady, and 4 servants, to France | 730 | 129 |
| " " | " | For Gab. Mollett and 1 servant beyond seas | 730 | — |
| " " | Keeper of Newgate | To receive Jonathan Hancock, John Goodwin, and Hum. Breach, suspected to have had a hand in the late traitorous design in London, and John Tirwhitt, suspected to be a Romish priest, and keep them in safe custody. | — | 128 |
| July 6 | License | For M. de Sanguin, agent from the King of France, to transport 7 horses to France custom free. | 731 | 129 |
| " " | Pass | For Edw. Rich and Hen. Selby to France, on desire of Chas. Rich, his Highness's avenor | 737 | 129 |
| " " | " | For Hen. Killigrew and John Browne to Holland, on desire of the Earl of Barrimore | 737 | — |
| " 8 | " | For Fred. Kretzchmar, sent to solicit his Highness about the 20 Bohemian families, beyond seas. | 745 | 130 |
| " " | " | For Hen. Thornhill and 2 servants to France | 745 | 130 |
| " " | " | For Wm. Scott and servant to France | 745 | — |
| " " | " | For Gab. Mollett and servant to France | 745 | — |
| " 13 | " | For John Atkinson, Stowell, co. Gloucester, and servant, to the Spaw | 749 | 130 |
| " 22 | " | For Capt. Nicholas for Dunkirk | 763 | — |
| " 27 | " | For Jasper Maine, Lord Cavendish's tutor, to Paris | — | 131 |
| " 29 | " | For Fras. Vernon to Holland | 770 | 131 |
| " " | " | For Lieut. Hen. Berry, wife, child, and maid, to Holland | 770 | 131 |
| " " | " | For Thos. Draper and 2 servants to France | 770 | 131 |
| Aug. 3 | " | For Sir Mat. Tomlinson, one of the Council of Ireland, to come to England and remain 3 months. | 772 | — |
| " " | " | For John and Lady Frances Tufton, children of the Earl of Thanet, with Nath. Powell and 4 servants, to the Spaw. | 775 | 132 |
| " " | " | For Chas. Ross to Flanders | 776 | — |
| " " | " | For Lady Anne Brudenel, Frances and Anna Maria, her children, Peter Savage, 4 men and 2 women, to France. | 776 | 132 |
| " 6 | " | For Thos. Arden, John Wyniff, of Lincoln's Inn, Rich. Read, M.D., of Witham, and Hen. Ayloffe, of Branstead, both co. Essex, with 3 servants, to France. | — | 133 |
| " " | " | For Sir John Chichester and 4 servants to France | — | 123 |
| " 12 | " | For Sir John Ogle, lady, and 4 servants, to Ireland | 791 | — |
| " " | " | For Chas. Ross, with horse, arms, &c., to Dunkirk | 791 | 134 |
| " 13 | " | For John Pye, Esaias Ward, and Thos. Rainton, to Holland | 791 | 134 |
| " 17 | Serj. Dendy | To take into custody a person apprehended, and now at the Falcon, Perpoole Lane, suspected to be engaged in a dangerous design, and bring him before Council this afternoon. | 791 | 133 |
| " " | Pass | For Isabella Barber and maid to Middleburg | 796 | 134 |
| " " | License | For John Henley to export a horse to use in one of his Highness's troops in Flanders | 792 | 134 |
| " " | " | For Amb. Lockhart " 6 horses for his own use custom free | 792 | 134 |
| " 19 | Pass | For Grace Jenkinson, of Covent Garden, Paul and Alice Neale, both young, with man and maid, to Holland. | 802 | 134 |
| Aug. 19 | Pass | For Sir Ant. Morgan, Elizabeth his wife, Mary their daughter, 2 men, and 2 maids, to France. | 803 | 135 |
| " " | Col. John Bingham, Governor of Guernsey. | To cause Wm. Ashburnham, prisoner there, to be conveyed under guard to Windsor Castle for his health, and delivered to the Governor there. | 797 | 135 |
| " " | Col. Chris. Whichcott, Governor of Windsor. | To receive Ashburnham and keep him in safe custody | 797 | 135 |
| " " | Col. Rob. Guibon | To cause George, Duke of Buckingham, to be conveyed under guard to the Tower, and delivered to the lieutenant. | — | 135 |
| " " | John, Lord Barkstead. | To keep him in safe custody in the Tower | — | 136 |
| " " | Pass | For Mustapha Dargeir, a Turk, many years slave to the Spaniards, but escaped through France, to Turkey. | 802 | 136 |
| " 24 | Keeper of Newgate | To receive Rob. Pyne, charged with speaking traitorous words against the Protector, and keep him in custody. | — | 136 |
| " 26 | License | For Col. Edw. Cooke to export 4 horses for his officers, now bound for Flanders, in his Highness's service. | 814 | 136 |
| Sept. 2 | Col. Whichcott | To cause John, Earl of Lauderdale, prisoner in Windsor Castle, to be removed to Warwick Castle. | 820 | 138 |
| " " | Governor of Warwick Castle. | To receive " " and keep him prisoner till further order | 821 | 138 |
| " " | Col. Whichcott | To cause John, Lord Sinclair, to be removed to Carisbrook Castle | 821 | 138 |
| " " | Governor of Carisbrook Castle. | To receive " and keep him prisoner there till further orders | 821 | 138 |
| " " | License | For Rob. Browne, consul at Algiers, to export, custom free, parcels of silver, viz., a tankard, 2 salt cellars, 4 trencher plates, a candlestick, extinguisher, pair of snuffers, 2 spoons, poringer, caudle cup, and tumbler. | 826 | — |
| " " | Pass | For Sir Rob. Stone and servant to Holland | 827 Missing Order Book. (fn. 1) | — |
| " 7 | " | For Eliz. Cartwright, Abigail Hobart, her daughter, and 2 servants to Holland | 24 | 139 |
| " " | License | For Lord Widdrington to stay in the country | 22 | — |
| " " | " | For Ralph Davison to come to London | 23 | — |
| " 9 | Pass | For M. de Rohan and servants to France | 29 | 139 |
| " " | " | For Wm. Dormer and servant to France | 29 | 139 |
| 1658. | Missing Order Book. | I. 114. | ||
| Sept. 9 | Pass | For Marquis de Neufchastel and servants to France | 29 | 139 |
| " " | " | For Capt. Moore and one horse beyond seas | 29 | — |
| " 14 | " | For Rob. Baker and servant to France | 36 | 140 |
| " " | " | For Hen. Mills, Richard his son, and servant to Holland | 36 | 140 |
| " " | " | For William, Lord Herbert, John Denham, and 5 servants beyond seas | 36 | 140 |
| " 16 | " | For Lord Bruce, eldest son of the Earl of Elgin, his lady, 12 men and women servants, his coach, &c., to France. | 39 | 141 |
| " " | License | For Lord Bruce to export 3 horses from Dover to France | 39 | 141 |
| " " | " | For Rob. Honeywood to export 1 horse from Gravesend to Holland | 39 | 141 |
| " " | Pass | For " and 3 servants to Holland | 39 | 141 |
| " " | " | For Lieut. Jas. Watts and servant to Holland | 39 | 142 |
| " " | " | For Mahomet, Mustaoth, Hamal, and Abdullah, all Turks; Abducadir, Achmet, Sillan, and Hamel, all of Sally, to their native countries. | 39 | 141 |
| " " | License | For Sir Phil. Mountaine to come to London | 41 | — |
| " 24 | " | For Alley and Achmet, Turks of Algiers, from any port to their own country | — | 142 |
| " " | " | For Rich. Fanshaw beyond seas— | 54 | — |
| " " | Serj. Dendy | To apprehend and bring Caleb Burton in custody before Council | 53 | 143 |
| " 30 | Pass | For John Marsley and Arnold Harris to Flanders | 65 | 143 |
| " " | " | For Rich. Clifton and servant to France | 65 | 143 |
| " " | License | For Col. Wm. Cromwell to export a horse | 61 | 143 |
| Oct. 5 | Pass | For John Paulet, eldest son of Lord Paulet, with Mr. Boyle his tutor, and servants to France. | 69 | 143 |
| " " | " | For Nich. Lanière and 2 servants to come from Flanders, and bring such pictures of his as he thinks fit. | — | 144 |
| " 7 | " | For And. Mollett and wife beyond seas | 74 | 144 |
| " 19 | Governor of Cornet Castle, Guernsey. | On a Council order of this day, to send John Ashburnham, prisoner there, in safe custody to the Tower. | 96 | 144 |
| " " | Lord Barkstead | To receive and keep him prisoner in the Tower | 96 | 144 |
| " 20 | Pass | For Lieut. Heningham and servant to Flanders | 101 | 145 |
| " " | " | For Capt. Alvarez Pinckney, Wm. Pinckney, and servant to Holland | 103 | 145 |
| " 25 | " | For Wm. Babb beyond seas | 104 | — |
| " " | " | For Rob. Geere beyond seas | 104 | — |
| " " | " | For Geo. Symond beyond seas | 104 | — |
| " 26 | " | For Mary Ledger, with a little box, to Dunkirk, to her husband, a trooper under Capt. Mills. | 103 | 145 |
| " 28 | " | For Edm. Hobart and servant to France | 112 | 145 |
| Nov. 1 | Pass | For Edw. Noel, son to Viscount Camden, Wm. Leech, and servants to France | 114 | 146 |
| " 9 | " | For Charles, Lord Buckhurst, Edw. Sackville, Thos. Barton, John Jenyngs and George Potts beyond seas. | 124 | 146 |
| " " | License | For Sir Nich. Cole to come to London | 124 | — |
| " 11 | Pass | For Wm. Colegrave and servant to France | 138 | 146 |
| " " | " | For Charles, Viscount Dungarvan, Rich. Boyle, his brother, and 2 servants, to France | 138 | 146 |
| " " | " | For the Earl of Middlesex and 5 servants to France | 138 | 147 |
| " " | " | For Lord Peters and servants to France | 137 | 147 |
| " 12 | License | For Wm. Tillis to export 2 horses to Flanders, custom free | — | 147 |
| " 16 | Pass | For Nich. Bagnall and 3 servants to France | 143 | 148 |
| " " | " | For Thos. Bury beyond seas | 143 | — |
| " " | License | For Sir Fras. Cobb to come to London | 156 | — |
| " " | " | For Thos. Davison " | 156 | — |
| " 20 | Serj. Dendy | To apprehend Major John Harris, and bring him in custody before Council | 152 | 148 |
| " 27 | Pass | For Don John of Austria | 163 | — |
| Dec. 1 | " | For Rowland Bellasis, Mr. Moone his gentleman, and servant, to France | 174 | 147 |
| " 2 | Marshal-General | To deliver Wm. Howard, in custody at St. James's, to Serj. Dendy, to be kept in Lambeth House. | — | 148 |
| " " | Serj. Dendy | To receive " and keep him in safe custody at Lambeth House | — | 148 |
| " 3 | Pass | For Chas. Povey and servant beyond seas | 183 | 148 |
| " " | " | For John Ridley, servant to Lord Carbery, to France | 174 | 149 |
| " " | License | For Lady Mary Stuart, daughter to the Duchess of Richmond, to export 2 horses from Dover. | — | 149 |
| " 9 | Pass | For John Bond, beyond seas | 208 | — |
| " " | Lord Barkstead | To receive Major Henshaw prisoner in the Tower | 204 | 150 |
| " " | Governor of Guernsey. | To send Sir Thos. Payton, husband of Lady Payton, now in his custody, to Windsor Castle | 201 | 150 |
| " " | Governor of Windsor Castle. | To receive " " " and keep him in custody | — | 150 |
| " 14 | License | For M. Serinchamp to export 3 horses | — | 151 |
| " " | Pass | For George Kirk and servant to France | 239 | 151 |
| " 17 | " | For Morris Griffin, to Holland | 239 | 151 |
| " 23 | " | For John Paston and servant to France | 258 | 151 |
| " 28 | " | For Wm. Edwards, merchant, consul to Aleppo, beyond seas | 263 | 152 |
| " " | Serj. Dendy | To apprehend Major Rob. Harlow, and bring him in safe custody before Council | 266 | 152 |
| " " | " | To seize his papers and writings, and bring them before Council | 266 | 152 |
| Dec. 30 | Pass | For Jas. Pepin, Protestant merchant of Rochelle, to Acadia in America, to recover his debts. | 273 | 153 |
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| Jan. 20 | Serj. Dendy | To apprehend Sir Hen. Jones, and bring him in custody before Council, and also to search for, seize, and bring in all his letters and papers. | 320 | 155 |
| " " | Lord Barkstead | To receive Rob. Harley [or Harlow], and keep him in custody in the Tower, on suspicion of high treason and other misdemeanours. | 320 | 153, 154 |
| " 25 | " | To receive Jas. Halsall, committed on suspicion of high treason, and keep him prisoner in the Tower | — | 155 |
| " " | " | " John Sturgeon " " " | — | 155 |
| " " | " | " Sir Hum. Bennett " " " | — | 155 |
| " " | " | " Rich. Bins, alias Barton, or Mason " " " | — | 155 |
| " " | " | " Greg. Baldwin " " " | — | 156 |
| Feb. 15 | Pass | For Luke Skippon and Thos. Pockley, with 2 servants to France | 364 | 156 |
| " " | " | For 6 hoy masters employed by Ralph Smith to carry stores from Queenborough Castle to Whitehall, for service of the State. | — | 156, 157 |
| " 24 | License | For a servant of Lord Bruce to export a horse to France for his lord's use | — | 157 |
| March 3 | Pass | For Charles, Viscount Dungarvan and ship, and Rich. Boyle, beyond seas | 381 | — |
| " " | " | For John Pope beyond seas | 381 | — |
| " " | " | For Sir Walter Vane and servants to Holland | 381 | 157 |
| " " | " | For Rich. Graham beyond seas | 381 | — |
| " 10 | " | For Capt. Gilbert Cooke and servant, in service of the States General, to Holland | 389 | 157 |
| " 17 | License | For William, Earl of Bedford, to export a horse from Rye to France | 396 | 157 |
| " 22 | Lord Barkstead | To receive Capts. Papachine and Boniface, pirates taken in the Straits, and keep them in custody | 401 | 158 |
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| Mar. 31 | Protection from impress. | For 29 harpooners and steersmen named, and others not named, taken up by the Muscovy Company for this year's voyage to Greenland, and needful for the killing of whales. | — | 158 |
| " " | Pass | For John Middleton, of Stockeild, co. Durham, being a child of 7 years old, with his tutor and 2 servants, to France. | — | 158 |
| Apr. 1 | " | For Wm. Till, surgeon to Lord Lockhart's regiment of horse at Dunkirk, to Dunkirk | — | 159 |
| " 8 | " | For Clemence Griffith, child, and 2 maids, to Holland | — | 160 |
| " 9 | Serj. Dendy | To apprehend Rob. Bowden of Dover, and bring him in custody before Council | 420 | 159 |
| " " | " | " Cornelison Peterson Swart, captain of a galliot hoy, and bring him before Council. | 421 | 159 |
| " 18 | Pass | For Susan Neile, child of 5, man, and maid, to Holland | — | 160 |
| " 26 | " | For Sir Thos. Mackworth, Bart., and 2 servants, to France | — | 160 |
| 1659. | Missing Order Book. (fn. 1) | I. 114. | ||
| May 5 | Pass | For Daniel, son of Col. Norton, and 2 servants to France | — | 161 |
| " 26 | " | For Wm. Dormer beyond seas | 26 | — |
| June 7 | " | For Col. Brettridge " | 56 | — |
| " " | " | For Phil. Gerard " | 56 | — |
| " 9 | " | For Hen. Carr " | 59 | — |
| " " | " | For Edw. Howard " | 59 | — |
| " 13 | Warrant | For 2 brace of bucks to Lord Lambert | 65 | — |
| " " | " | For a buck to Col. Thompson | 65 | — |
| " 15 | " | For one buck each to Cols. Walton, Rich, and Morley | 69, 70 | — |
| " " | " | " Wm. Cawley | 69 | — |
| " " | " | " Mr. Harby | 79 | — |
| " " | " | " Sir Art. Hesilrigge | 69 | — |
| " " | " | " Lord Whitelock | 77 | — |
| " " | " | " " Hen. Hungerford | 74 | — |
| " " | " | " " Hen. Martin | 74 | — |
| " " | Pass | For Wm. Carter beyond seas | 70 | — |
| " " | " | For John Bloomer | 67 | — |
| " " | " | For Thos. Neale and others | 70 | — |
| " " | " | For Wm. Stoddard | 70 | — |
| " " | " | For Chas. Taliaffer Desovetast | 74 | — |
| " 17 | Warrant | To deliver a buck to Josias Berners | 82 | — |
| " " | " | " " Hen. Nevill | 82 | — |
| " " | " | " " Col. White | 82 | — |
| " " | " | " two brace to Lord St. John and his son | 82 | — |
| " 21 | " | " 13 bucks, persons not named | 90 | — |
| " " | " | " " Henry Smith | 93 | — |
| " " | Pass | For Lord Petre beyond seas | 93 | — |
| " 23 | " | For Lieut. Rob. Woldborne beyond seas | 101 | — |
| " 27 | Warrant | To deliver a brace of bucks to Sir Art. Hesilrigge | 111 | — |