Evidence: | "This morning my Lord showed me the King's declaration and his letter to the two Generalls to be communicated to the fleet. The contents of the letter are his offer of grave to all that will come in within 40 days, only excepting them that the Parliament shall hereafter except. .. The letter dated at Breda, April 4/14 1660, in the 212th year of his raigne. Upon the receipt of it this morning by an express, Mr. Phillips, one of the messengers of the Council from Generall Monke, my Lord summoned a council of war, and in the meantime did dictate to me how he would have pass this council. Which done, the commanders all came on board, and the council set in the coach (the first council of war that hath been in my time), where I read the letter and the declaration; and while they were discoursing upon it, I seemed to draw up a vote; which being offered, the passed.? |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | 3 May 1660 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Samuel Pepys |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 22 Feb 1633 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Member of Parliament and naval administrator |
Religion: | Christian |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Members of the Privy Council |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | Declaration of Breda |
Genre: | Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Broadsheet, Handbill |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 3684 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
Editor: | Robert Latham | |
Title: | The Diary of Samuel Pepys | |
Place of Publication: | Berkeley, California | |
Date of Publication: | 1971 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 123-4 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Berkeley, California, 1971), p. 123-4, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3684, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
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