COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Tatton_Wallington_060
Reference Number:
Tatton Park MS 68.20
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Colonel Fox and Colonel Massey
Parent Work Title:
Great marcys continued, or yet God is good to Israel
Creator:
Wallington, Nehemiah
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1644-1658
Page/Sheet:
42
Image Sequence Number:
042
Description:
10 February 1645: letters arrive from Warwickshire certifying that Colonel Fox and his men attacked the town of Dudley, which was under the Royalist command of Colonel Leveson, without any losses. Letters were also received on the same date from Colonel Massey recounting how, on Monday 3 February, he gallantly opposed the Kings forces near Gloucester and encountered them again the following day. Catchword at the foot of the page.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History--Civil war, 1642-1649
Subject:
Diaries--Authorship--History--17th century
Subject:
Letters
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Diaries
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Gloucestershire: Gloucester
Places Covered:
England: West Midlands: Dudley
Places Covered:
England: Warwickshire
People Covered:
Massey, Edward, Sir, 1619?-1674?
Item Height:
211 mm
Item Width:
168 mm
Item Depth:
52 mm
Current Repository:
National Trust, Tatton Park, Cheshire
Rights Holder - Image:
National Trust
Rights holder - Work:
National Trust
References:
Booy, David., 'The Notebooks of Nehemiah Wallington, 1618-1654: a selection' (Aldershot, 2007), 215-234.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2010-10-18
Multi Page Number:
300
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
Colonel Fox and Colonel Massey
