Commissioners to Cromwell in 1655. 



375 



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

 therein specifyed ; will and doe most cordially ingage o 1 selves in the worke, and 

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

 no s commands, who are^ 



" Yo r highnes most humble 



and faithfull servants, 

 " New Sarum the 7 th (Signed), John Dove * 



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



T. Rede, Nich: Greene, 



Richard Hill Liol: Holton, 



W M Blissett Tho: Eyre 



Ja: Hely James Bridges" 



[Endorsed'] ■ , 



" A letter fro' the Commiss rs 

 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 e 7 th (55) " 



(Addressed'] 



" To his highnes att 



Whitehall, these 

 present 



for y e service of spd 

 y e com' wealth " 



Seal in red wax : a cross charged 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. 1 



[Bawl. 318. A. 33. fo. 157.] 



Original Letter prom two of the Commissioners of Wilt- 

 shire, to Cromwell, dated from Salisbury, 13th Maech, 1655 : — 



"May it please yo r Highness, 



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

 Commissio rs 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 r Highness 

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

 under this new Assesment ; but finding their have beene Applicaeons made t<> 



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

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



