Manuscript letter, 1pp, mailing folds, torn at head with loss of text, occasional fold tears, integral blank, red wax seal, signed “O Cromwell”, overall size 310 x 200mm, 5th September, 1651.
This document orders the protection of a local citizen and his family. Addressed “To all Officers & Soul[ie]rs und[e]r my Comand” ordering that no violence be offered to William Baker and his family, and to “forbeare to take anie more of their goodes by way of plunder[…]”.
Cromwell led the Parliamentarian forces against the Royalists in the English Civil War. Fighting continued for years and finally ended at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651, with a Parliamentarian victory. The battle destroyed any lasting hopes the Royalists may have had of regaining power by the use of military force; as well as setting the stage for Cromwell’s republican rule, commonly known as the Protectorate. Charles escaped into exile in France and the long and bitter Civil War was finally over.
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