Commissioners to Cromwell in 1655. 375 



resenting them, as most just and reasonable, and most conduceinge to the end 

 therein specifyed ; will and doe most cordially ingage o'^selves in the worke, and 

 both in this and all other thinges else, shalbe ready to observe and obey yo"^ high- 

 nes commands, who are^ 



" Yo"^ highnes most humble 



and faithfull sei-vants, 

 " New Sarum the 7"^ (Signed), John Dote,* 



day of Dec 1655 " Will" Ludlowe, Hum: Etee, 



T. Rede, Nich: Gueene, 



Richard Hill Liol: Holton, 



W" Blissett Tho: Eyee 



Ja: Hely James Beidges" 



" A letter fro' the Commiss'^s 

 for the county of Wilts, ex- 

 pressing their readinesse to put 

 in execuc'on the instructions re- 

 ceived from Major Gen. Disbrowe 

 Sam' Dec y» 7'" (55) " 



[_Addressecri 



" To his highnes att 



Whitehall, these 

 present 

 for y* service of spd 



y' com' wealth " 



Seal in red wax : a cross charg-ed with a leopard's head, within a 

 bordure ; crest, a man's head in profile ppr, couped at the shoulders, 

 wreathed about the temples, and tied in a knot.^ 



[Bawl. MS. A. 33. fo. 157.] 



Original Letter from two of the Commissioners of Wilt- 

 shire, TO Cromwell, dated from Salisbury, 13th March, 1655 : — 



"May it please yo"^ Highness, 



" It haveing beene your pleasure, to appoint us two of yo'' Highness 

 Commissio"^^ for this county of Wilts, who with others have made it our business 

 faithfully to pursue our Instruccons, as alsoe to discover such of yo'" Highness 

 Enemies, as heretofore hath beene concealed, divers whereof have beene brought 

 under this new Assesment ; but finding their have beene Applicacons made to 



• Colonel John Dove was High Sheriff of Wilts in 1655. 

 * These are the arms of Bridges, Lord Mayor of London, 1520. 



