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Total number of records: 77

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Books and printed items73
Archives4

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Brotherton Collection74
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse1

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obedience3
militia2
christian poetry, english1
church property1
detention of persons1
english poetry1
great britain1
impeachments1
military discharge1
soldiers1

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Great Britain66
London (England)10
Bristol (England)1
Hertfordshire (England)1
Surrey (England)1
Wales1
York (England)1
Yorkshire (England)1

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Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax Baron (1612-1671)77
Great Britain. Army60
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax56
Great Britain30
Great Britain. Parliament27
City of London6
City of London. Corporation6
Charles I, King of England, 1600-16495
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-16715
Gataker, Thomas3

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From 15001
From 160076

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Short memorials of Thomas Lord Fairfax

Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax Baron (1612-1671); Fairfax, Brian (1633-1711); Buckingham, George Villiers Duke of (1628-1687)

1699

Publisher's advertisements: pp.[5]-[12] at end. Appended: Thomas lord Fairfax, his epitaph made by the Duke of Buckingham. Wing F235. T. C. III 154. Pp. 93-128: Short memorials of some things to...

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A declaration of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and his Councell of Warre, on behalfe of themselves and the whole Armie; shewing the grounds of their present advance towards the City of London

Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax Baron (1612-1671); Great Britain. Army

1647

Dated July 30 by Thomason. Madan 1951 is Oxford ed. "An important declaration of the events leading up to the Army's entrance into London on Aug.6. Fairfax invites the members of Parliament who absent...

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BC MS Lt 105, f. 49r : Thomas Fairfax's poem
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Collection of poems, predominantly religious, by Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron, professionally transcribed, with annotations by his uncle, Colonel Charles Fairfax.

Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax Baron (1612-1671)

c.1670

Contains 194 seventeenth-century English poems, mainly Biblical paraphrases, chiefly the Psalms and the Song of Solomon, but also from Exodus, Deuteronomy, Judges, Samuel, Proverbs, and Luke; also, di...

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A declaration from his Excellency Sir Tho: Fairfax and the General Councel of the Army, of their resolutions to the Parliament in their proceedings concerning the King. 11 Januarii, 1647. Read twice in the honorable House of Commons, and upon the question approved, and ordered to be forthwith printed and published. H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com

Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax Baron (1612-1671); Great Britain. Army

Jan. 12. 1647. [i.e. 1648]

Dated on p.7: "January the 9th 1647". Years are given according to Lady Day dating. Indexed in: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), Indexed in: Thomason,

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A letter from his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, in answer to the Petition of the eleven Members, and the votes of the House, for bringing in a particular charge against them. An order by his Excellency, for appointing a Committee of the Army to hold a treaty with the Commissioners of Parliament. And a proclamation by his Excellency, forbidding any abuse or obstruction to the levying the excize or other assessments

Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax Baron (1612-1671); Great Britain. Army; Great Britain. Parliament

July 5. 1547, [i.e. 1647]

Refers to two orders of Parliament, June 26 and 28, and the votes taken on June 29. Proclamation, order and letter each dated July 1, 1647. The petition was signed at the end: Denzel Holles. Phill...

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