Shelfmark
MS 654
Author
Title
Passport of safe passage for Walter Curll, bishop of Winchester, to travel with three men, his horse and a portmanteau to his house at 'Sobberton', 1645 October 6. manuscript.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Winchester, England, 1645 October 6.
Physical description
1 item : paper ; 15 x 15 cm.
Note
Title devised by cataloguer.
Note
Place and date of production taken from the text.
Note
A folded sheet of two leaves. Written in black ink.
Note
Bears autograph signature of Oliver Cromwell.
Note
Issued to Walter Curll following the surrender of the city of Winchester to Cromwell. The ODNB recods that Curll was almost destitute after the siege, and that the house to which he retired in Soberton, Hampshire, mentioned in this passport, was the home of his sister.
Binding
Stored in an envelope in a blue leather and buckram box, with 'An act for the abolishing the Kingly office'.
Subject
Subject
Winchester (England) History 17th century.
Added entry--place
England Winchester.
Identifier
B49656