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A letter sent from Mr Sergeant Wilde and Humphrey Salwey, Esq., … to William Lentall

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prattinton/10/23/04
Title
A letter sent from Mr Sergeant Wilde and Humphrey Salwey, Esq., … to William Lentall
Date
18 July 1642
Level of description
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Scope and content
“A Letter Sent from Mr. Sergeant Wilde, Esq and Humphrey Salwey, Esq Both Members of the House of Commons, To the Honorable, William Lentall Esquior, Speaker of the House of Commons; Concerning divers Passages at the Quarter Sessions in Worcester, about the execution of the Commission of Array, and the Ordinance of the Militia: At which Sessions was the greatest Assembly that hath been seen for many yeers past.
Together with The humble Petition of the Grand-Jury-men of that Sessions to the Knights, and Justices of that County; wherein it appears they are well satis­fied of the Illegality of the Commission of Array; with their Desires of the speedy execution of the Mi­litia, by them who are intrusted therewith.”
Creator
Wilde, John (1590-1669), lawyer and politician
Salwey, Humphrey (1575?-1652), politician