GUERNSEY -- AN IMPORTANT SERIES OF THIRTEEN LETTERS AND ONE DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE DEFENCE OF CASTLE CORNET BY SIR PETER OSBORNE, ROYALIST GOVERNOR OF GUERNSEY, DURING THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR, 9 December 1642 - 25 October 1646, including : CHARLES I ( King of England , 1625-1649). Two letters signed. Charles II ( King of England , 1660-1685). Five letters signed and one document signed. OSBORNE, Sir Peter (1584-1553). Four letters ( retained copies in a scribal hand ). RICH, Robert ( 2nd Earl of Warwick , 1587-1658, Parliamentary Lord High Admiral and Governor of Guernsey ). One letter ( scribal copy ). HYDE, Edward ( 1st Earl of Clarendon , 1609-1674). One letter signed; altogether approximately 19½ pages, folio (the date annotated at the head of each letter, annotations on the versos in later hands and by Ferdinand Brock Tupper, author of The Chronicle of Castle Cornet, 1853 ). The series comprises 1. CHARLES I. Letter signed to Earl Danby (Governor of Guernsey), his Deputy (Sir Peter Osborne) and the Bailiff and Jurats of Guernsey, Oxford, 9 December 1642 , referring to false reports by 'some factious ambitious spirits' who 'doe nothing but disperse Untruthes of o r person, Councill and Government', and requiring that they make known in the island the King's care for the Protestant religion and the islanders' liberties, also ordering them to punish disloyal offenders and put down insurrection, signed at the head, 2 pages written on one leaf, 290 x 190mm., fragment of red wax seal in upper margin (small tear repaired with tape ). 2. OSBORNE, Sir Peter. Letter ( retained scribal copy ) to the Parliamentary Commissioners for Guernsey ('Gentlemen'), Castle Cornet, 23 February 1643[44] , declining to 'forfeit my reputation to save an estate', refusing to come over to the parliamentary side and enjoining them to consider 'against whome you serve and for whome, against your Lawfull and gracious King and for these Islanders faithflesse and unthankfull', one page, 285 x 185mm. 3. OSBORNE, Sir Peter. Letter ( retained copy ) of instructions for Seigneur Sausmarez n.p. [Castle Cornet], n.d. [September 1643] , ordering him to go with all speed to Prince Maurice to represent the distressed state of the garrison and seek supplies and men, 'For men you shall both neede to require more for the Castle and to come in ships for landing upon the Island; five hundred are as fewe as you can demand that may reduce the island and secure us from a second revolt', also instructing him to discover if the island is considered 'for a retreate in extremity' and advising against extending the general pardon to the parliamentary commissioners in Guernsey, 1½ pages, 300 x 205mm. 4. RICH, Robert, 2nd Earl of Warwick . Letter ( a copy in a late 17th century hand ) to Sir Peter Osborne, On board the James 'at Anchor before Lyme', 7 June 1644 , urging him to come over to Parliament, and offering him and Lady Osborne a safe convoy to Portsmouth and other inducements, 3 pages, 285 x 185mm. 5. OSBORNE, Sir Peter. Letter ( a copy in a later 17th century hand ) to Lord Warwick, Castle Cornet, 22 June 1644 , refuting the islanders' complaints against him and refusing to surrender, recalling that the islands 'have never had to doe w th Parlia t s whose Ordinances and Commands not to extend hither hath ever been accounted one of their Cheifest freedomes', also acknowledging Warwick's consideration of 'that desolate fugitive my wife, driven to seek refuge and her safety amongst stangers', 3 pages, 285 x 185mm. 6. OSBORNE, Sir Peter. Letter ( retained copy ) to Charles I, Castle Cornet, 3 October 1644 , representing the impossibility of his situation, 'Whilst I had the ability and credit to subsist I strove upon my owne strength against all necessities the best I could. But now unable longer to struggle with them, become too many for me, I am forced to crave assistance', and recalling that his estates have been sequestered, 1½ pages, 300 x 205mm. 7. CHARLES I.
GUERNSEY -- AN IMPORTANT SERIES OF THIRTEEN LETTERS AND ONE DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE DEFENCE OF CASTLE CORNET BY SIR PETER OSBORNE, ROYALIST GOVERNOR OF GUERNSEY, DURING THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR, 9 December 1642 - 25 October 1646, including : CHARLES I ( King of England , 1625-1649). Two letters signed. Charles II ( King of England , 1660-1685). Five letters signed and one document signed. OSBORNE, Sir Peter (1584-1553). Four letters ( retained copies in a scribal hand ). RICH, Robert ( 2nd Earl of Warwick , 1587-1658, Parliamentary Lord High Admiral and Governor of Guernsey ). One letter ( scribal copy ). HYDE, Edward ( 1st Earl of Clarendon , 1609-1674). One letter signed; altogether approximately 19½ pages, folio (the date annotated at the head of each letter, annotations on the versos in later hands and by Ferdinand Brock Tupper, author of The Chronicle of Castle Cornet, 1853 ). The series comprises 1. CHARLES I. Letter signed to Earl Danby (Governor of Guernsey), his Deputy (Sir Peter Osborne) and the Bailiff and Jurats of Guernsey, Oxford, 9 December 1642 , referring to false reports by 'some factious ambitious spirits' who 'doe nothing but disperse Untruthes of o r person, Councill and Government', and requiring that they make known in the island the King's care for the Protestant religion and the islanders' liberties, also ordering them to punish disloyal offenders and put down insurrection, signed at the head, 2 pages written on one leaf, 290 x 190mm., fragment of red wax seal in upper margin (small tear repaired with tape ). 2. OSBORNE, Sir Peter. Letter ( retained scribal copy ) to the Parliamentary Commissioners for Guernsey ('Gentlemen'), Castle Cornet, 23 February 1643[44] , declining to 'forfeit my reputation to save an estate', refusing to come over to the parliamentary side and enjoining them to consider 'against whome you serve and for whome, against your Lawfull and gracious King and for these Islanders faithflesse and unthankfull', one page, 285 x 185mm. 3. OSBORNE, Sir Peter. Letter ( retained copy ) of instructions for Seigneur Sausmarez n.p. [Castle Cornet], n.d. [September 1643] , ordering him to go with all speed to Prince Maurice to represent the distressed state of the garrison and seek supplies and men, 'For men you shall both neede to require more for the Castle and to come in ships for landing upon the Island; five hundred are as fewe as you can demand that may reduce the island and secure us from a second revolt', also instructing him to discover if the island is considered 'for a retreate in extremity' and advising against extending the general pardon to the parliamentary commissioners in Guernsey, 1½ pages, 300 x 205mm. 4. RICH, Robert, 2nd Earl of Warwick . Letter ( a copy in a late 17th century hand ) to Sir Peter Osborne, On board the James 'at Anchor before Lyme', 7 June 1644 , urging him to come over to Parliament, and offering him and Lady Osborne a safe convoy to Portsmouth and other inducements, 3 pages, 285 x 185mm. 5. OSBORNE, Sir Peter. Letter ( a copy in a later 17th century hand ) to Lord Warwick, Castle Cornet, 22 June 1644 , refuting the islanders' complaints against him and refusing to surrender, recalling that the islands 'have never had to doe w th Parlia t s whose Ordinances and Commands not to extend hither hath ever been accounted one of their Cheifest freedomes', also acknowledging Warwick's consideration of 'that desolate fugitive my wife, driven to seek refuge and her safety amongst stangers', 3 pages, 285 x 185mm. 6. OSBORNE, Sir Peter. Letter ( retained copy ) to Charles I, Castle Cornet, 3 October 1644 , representing the impossibility of his situation, 'Whilst I had the ability and credit to subsist I strove upon my owne strength against all necessities the best I could. But now unable longer to struggle with them, become too many for me, I am forced to crave assistance', and recalling that his estates have been sequestered, 1½ pages, 300 x 205mm. 7. CHARLES I.
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