Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major-General John Desborough, London, to Colonel Robert Bennet Image Details Advises Bennet not to proceed further in the business about Scilly till he hears from him. The Prince of Orange is certainly dead. Source Created or Published 1650 November 9 Physical Description 1r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (70) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major-General John Desborough, London, to Colonel Robert Bennet Image Details Advises Bennet not to proceed further in the business about Scilly till he hears from him. The Prince of Orange is certainly dead. Source Created or Published 1650 November 9 Physical Description 1v Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (70) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major-General John Desborough, London, to Colonel Robert Bennet Image Details Advises Bennet not to proceed further in the business about Scilly till he hears from him. The Prince of Orange is certainly dead. Source Created or Published 1650 November 9 Physical Description 2r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (70) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major-General John Desborough, London, to Colonel Robert Bennet Image Details Advises Bennet not to proceed further in the business about Scilly till he hears from him. The Prince of Orange is certainly dead. Source Created or Published 1650 November 9 Physical Description 2v Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (70) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major-General Desborough to Colonel Bennet Image Details Of the enemy's design in Norfolk and of the order of State. Source Created or Published 1650 November 30 Physical Description 1r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (73) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major-General Desborough to Colonel Bennet Image Details Of the enemy's design in Norfolk and of the order of State. Source Created or Published 1650 November 30 Physical Description 1v Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (73) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major-General Desborough, London, to Colonel Robert Bennet Image Details Of the breaking of the Norfolk design. Source Created or Published 1650 December 3 Physical Description 1r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (74) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major-General Desborough, London, to Colonel Robert Bennet Image Details Of the breaking of the Norfolk design. Source Created or Published 1650 December 3 Physical Description 1v Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (74) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major-General Desborough, London, to Colonel Bennet Image Details Has received Bennet's information against several disaffected persons in Cornwall and desires his continued care. Edinburgh Castle is surrendered. Source Created or Published 1650 December 31 Physical Description 1r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (80) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major-General Desborough, London, to Colonel Bennet Image Details Has received Bennet's information against several disaffected persons in Cornwall and desires his continued care. Edinburgh Castle is surrendered. Source Created or Published 1650 December 31 Physical Description 1v Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (80) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major-General John Desborough, Plymouth, to Colonel Bennet Image Details Encloses excerpts from a letter from Bishop in Scotland, April 26, Bennet not to stir from the Mount till he is assured there will be no danger in his absence. Source Created or Published 1651 April 29 Physical Description 1v Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (89) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major-General John Desborough, Plymouth, to Colonel Bennet Image Details Encloses excerpts from a letter from Bishop in Scotland, April 26, Bennet not to stir from the Mount till he is assured there will be no danger in his absence. Source Created or Published 1651 April 29 Physical Description 1r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (89) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from George Kekewich, Governor of St. Mawes, St. Mawes Castle, to Major-General Desborough and Colonel Bennet, Launceston Image Details Sets forth why the gentlemen under restraint could not appear at Launceston. Source Created or Published 1651 July 24 Physical Description 1r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (94) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from George Kekewich, Governor of St. Mawes, St. Mawes Castle, to Major-General Desborough and Colonel Bennet, Launceston Image Details Sets forth why the gentlemen under restraint could not appear at Launceston. Source Created or Published 1651 July 24 Physical Description 1v Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (94) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from George Kekewich, Governor of St. Mawes, St. Mawes Castle, to Major-General Desborough and Colonel Bennet, Launceston Image Details Sets forth why the gentlemen under restraint could not appear at Launceston. Source Created or Published 1651 July 24 Physical Description 2r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (94) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from George Kekewich, Governor of St. Mawes, St. Mawes Castle, to Major-General Desborough and Colonel Bennet, Launceston Image Details Sets forth why the gentlemen under restraint could not appear at Launceston. Source Created or Published 1651 July 24 Physical Description 2v Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (94) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major-General John Desborough, Plymouth, to Colonel Bennet Image Details During his absence in London, Bennet is to obey the orders he receives from Colonel Blake. Source Created or Published 1651 August 14 Physical Description 1v Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (96) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major-General John Desborough, Plymouth, to Colonel Bennet Image Details During his absence in London, Bennet is to obey the orders he receives from Colonel Blake. Source Created or Published 1651 August 14 Physical Description 1r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (96) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Sir Hardress Waller at the camp before Limerick to Colonel Robert Bennet, Hexworthy Image Details News of the progress of the siege. Source Created or Published 1651 September 11 Physical Description 2v Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (100) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Sir Hardress Waller at the camp before Limerick to Colonel Robert Bennet, Hexworthy Image Details News of the progress of the siege. Source Created or Published 1651 September 11 Physical Description 1v-2r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (100) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Sir Hardress Waller at the camp before Limerick to Colonel Robert Bennet, Hexworthy Image Details News of the progress of the siege. Source Created or Published 1651 September 11 Physical Description 1r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (100) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from General John Desborough, Spring Garden, to Colonel Robert Bennet, Cornwall Image Details About Captain Whitton who is to be discharged from his position of trust. Desborough undertakes to tell Cromwell about Bennet's request for repairs to his castle, (i.e. St. Michael's Mount). Source Created or Published 1657 November 17 Physical Description 2v Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (121) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from General John Desborough, Spring Garden, to Colonel Robert Bennet, Cornwall Image Details About Captain Whitton who is to be discharged from his position of trust. Desborough undertakes to tell Cromwell about Bennet's request for repairs to his castle, (i.e. St. Michael's Mount). Source Created or Published 1657 November 17 Physical Description 1r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (121) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from General John Desborough, Spring Garden, to Colonel Robert Bennet, Cornwall Image Details About Captain Whitton who is to be discharged from his position of trust. Desborough undertakes to tell Cromwell about Bennet's request for repairs to his castle, (i.e. St. Michael's Mount). Source Created or Published 1657 November 17 Physical Description 1v-2r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (121) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major Peter? Ceely, St. Ives, to Colonel Robert Bennet, governor of St. Michael's Mount Image Details Of the fleet of fifty or sixty sail at Land's End. Source Created or Published 1658 April 29 Physical Description 1r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (122) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major Peter? Ceely, St. Ives, to Colonel Robert Bennet, governor of St. Michael's Mount Image Details Of the fleet of fifty or sixty sail at Land's End. Source Created or Published 1658 April 29 Physical Description 1v-2r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (122) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from Major Peter? Ceely, St. Ives, to Colonel Robert Bennet, governor of St. Michael's Mount Image Details Of the fleet of fifty or sixty sail at Land's End. Source Created or Published 1658 April 29 Physical Description 2v Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (122) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from (?) Vernon, Ford, Ireland, to his "brother" Colonel Robert Bennet, M.P. Image Details Of his having rejoiced at the laying aside of the worthy old Parliament, expecting an end to certain oppressions, but his hopes were short-lived. Ashamed of the army's behavior in Ireland. Also, Bennet's note of his answer in which he said that Cromwell's pride was trampled with great etc., May 17, Source Created or Published 1659 May 14 Physical Description 1r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (123) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from (?) Vernon, Ford, Ireland, to his "brother" Colonel Robert Bennet, M.P. Image Details Of his having rejoiced at the laying aside of the worthy old Parliament, expecting an end to certain oppressions, but his hopes were short-lived. Ashamed of the army's behavior in Ireland. Also, Bennet's note of his answer in which he said that Cromwell's pride was trampled with great etc., May 17, Source Created or Published 1659 May 14 Physical Description 1v-2r Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (123) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)

Image Field Data Digital Image File Name Source Title Letter from (?) Vernon, Ford, Ireland, to his "brother" Colonel Robert Bennet, M.P. Image Details Of his having rejoiced at the laying aside of the worthy old Parliament, expecting an end to certain oppressions, but his hopes were short-lived. Ashamed of the army's behavior in Ireland. Also, Bennet's note of his answer in which he said that Cromwell's pride was trampled with great etc., May 17, Source Created or Published 1659 May 14 Physical Description 2v Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number X.d.483 (123) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Uniform Title (Hamnet) Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, Title (Hamnet) Papers [manuscript], n.d., Physical Description (Hamnet) 209 items (4 boxes) Subject (Hamnet) Anabaptists. Subject (Hamnet) Bennet, Robert, Subject (Hamnet) Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Correspondence Subject (Hamnet) Cromwell, Oliver, Subject (Hamnet) Deeds Subject (Hamnet) Devon (England) -- History -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet) Family papers Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, Subject (Hamnet) Great Britain. Army. Subject (Hamnet) Law. Subject (Hamnet) Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D. C.) Subject (Hamnet) Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Subject (Hamnet) Mints. Subject (Hamnet) Personal papers Subject (Hamnet) Poetry. Associated Name (Hamnet) England and Wales. Parliament Associated Name (Hamnet) Folger Shakespeare Library. Associated Name (Hamnet) Great Britain. Parliament. Associated Name (Hamnet) Mulys, John. Associated Name (Hamnet) Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Upcott, William, , former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Vyvyan, Hannibal. Notes (Hamnet) Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions. Notes (Hamnet) Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209). Notes (Hamnet) Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494]. Provenance (Hamnet) Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott ( ), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., ( ). Phillipps MS Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, Call Number (Hamnet) X.d.483 (1-209)