Folio Range: [seq 16-25, 28-40, 51-86, 106-121; folios 5-39]. Case Reference: [William,...

Folio Range: [seq 16-25, 28-40, 51-86, 106-121; folios 5-39].

Case Reference: [William, Lord Craven].

Description: [seq 16; folio 5] 'Reasons to be humbly offered why the Lord Craven's lands should not be sold.'.

[seq 18-20; seq 22-24; folios 6-9] 'Brief of the Lord Craven's case as it stands upon the General Pardon.' (By a vote in Parliament, Craven declared an offender under an Act of 24 August 1649). Two copies.

[seq 28; folio 10] Copy of an order by the Commissioners for Compounding, 18 February 1651, to the sequestration committees of Shropshire, Warwickshire, Sussex, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Middlesex and London, that the estate of William Lord Craven be seized and secured.

[seq 31; folio 11] Copy of letter, 24 March 1652, from the Somerset committee at Taunton, advising that [the central committee] should act quickly to secure for the Commonwealth a large quantity of standing timber on land recently sold by Lord Craven. Signed: John Gorges, Nathaniel Quash, Samuel Whetcombe.

[seq 33; folio 12] Copy of an order by the Commissioners for Compounding, 8 January 1652, that the Oxfordshire committee refrain from felling any oak trees in Causham [Caversham] Park formerly belonging to Lord Craven, that timber being reserved for the use of the Navy.

[seq 35; folio 13] Copy of an order by the Commissioners for Compounding, 11 March 1651, to the county committees of Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Sussex, Shropshire, Herefordshire, London and Berkshire, that they sequestrate the estate of William, Lord Craven.

[seq 38-40; folio 14] Copy of an order by the Commissioners for Compounding, 18 November 1651, that the Oxfordshire committee are not to fell or sell any timber from Causham [Caversham] Park without special orders.

[seq 51-53; folio 15] Copy of an order, 25 February 1651, to the Warwickshire committee to seize Lord Craven's horses at Combe.

[seq 54; folio 16] 'A memorial concerning the Lord Craven's business' (relating to proceedings in Parliament against Lord Craven and Sir Edmond Sawyer).

[seq 57; folio 17] 'Reasons to be humbly offered why the Lord Craven's lands should not be sold.'.

[seq 59-60; folio 18] 'Reasons why the Lord Craven should be admitted to a favourable composition'.

[seq 61-63; folios 19-20] 'Brief of the Lord Craven's case as it stands upon the General Pardon.'.

[seq 64] Wrapper: 'Lord Craven's case at Haberdashers' Hall 24 April 1652'.

[seq 65-66; folio 21] Brief on Craven's case, describing the difference between confiscation and sequestration.

[seq 67; folio 22] Petition of William, Lord Craven, for remission of the sentence on his life and to be permitted to be restored to his estates upon payment of a reasonable sum.

[seq 69; folio 23] Memorandum on Lord Craven's case.

[seq 71-76; folio 24-26] Depositions of Major Richard Falconer of Westbury in Hampshire, Captain Thomas Kitchenman and Colonel Hugh Reyley, testifying that they saw Lord Craven at Breda in April and May 1650, conspiring with the King of the Scots [Charles II]. Printed (three copies).

[seq 77; folio 27] 'The Brief State of the Lord Craven's Case'.

[seq 79; folio 28] Memorandum on Lord Craven's case.

[seq 81; folio 29] Petition of Lord Craven that his case should come under the terms of the free general pardon.

[seq 83-85; folio 30-31] 'Brief of the Lord Craven's case as it stands upon the General Pardon.'.

[seq 106; folio 32] Part of brief on Lord Craven's case dealing with the difference between confiscation and sequestration.

[seq 108; folio 33] 'Observations on some parts of the Act of Oblivion which seem to need explanation or amendment'.

[seq 110-113; folios 34-35] List of manors in several counties with annual values and fines, 9 November 1603. Counties mentioned: Essex, Yorkshire, Warwickshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Dorset, London, Somerset, Herefordshire, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Glamorgan, Wiltshire, Shropshire, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Norfolk.

[seq 114-121; folios 36-39] Abstract of Acts of Parliament insofar as they relate to the treason of 'A.B.' [Lord Craven] in conspiring with Charles II and the Queen of Bohemia at Breda, and whether the general pardon applies to him; related papers.

People Mentioned: Sir Edmund Sawyer; Charles Howard; Nicholas Wilkinson; Richard Wyatt; Henry Holdice; Thomas Hutton.

Places Mentioned: Byndon, Dorset; Wool, Dorset; Kingston, Dorset; Bovington, Dorset; Blandford, Dorset.