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From: "David Ford" <>
Subject: More Annals of Yorkshire snippets - Volume 3 1866-1874 - last one for now.
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 23:39:45 +0100


And finally....

29th August 1868


The original of the following notice from Sir Thomas Fairfax, the
Parliamentary General, to the Constable of Mirfield, in 1642, was
discovered among the Turner MSS., and placed in the collection of
the Huddersfield Archaeological Association :-

"To THE CONSTABLE OF MIRFIELD.
"Whereas the Earle of Newcastle Sir Wm. Savile Sir Marmaduke Langdale
Sir Ingram Hopton Francis Nevile Esq., and others of that pty, have
brought into this county a great army of Papists and persons ill
affected to
the peace of the country under a pretence of mainteying the ptestant
Religion
and the lawes of the land intending no other than the utter overthrow of
both religion and lawes as apeareth by their irreligious and unlawfull
practices in grinding the faces or his Mats. best subjects by pillaging
and
plundring their houses, inprisoning and abusing of their psons and
imposing
on them such grievous tax and intollerable pressure as hath already in
pt consumed and will shortly exhaust the whole treasure of this
flourishing County, for the penting of wch injuries having at lenath
received many armes more strength, and commandes to assist the
inhabitants of these pts wch through God's assistance have resisted the
said Popish army with incredible success I do hereby require you to give
Notice hereof to all the Inhabitants in yor constablery that bee of able
bodyes from the age of 16 to 60 to command them to repair to Almondbury
or some other place near Mirfeld upon Saturday next being the 29th day
of this instant January by 9 a.m. eache with the best weapons they can
procure, and there to stay till they receive further orders from mee
that by unanimous consent wee may through the help of God drive out the
Popish army, establish peace in this county and obteyne free trading
again to the comfortable support of poore and rich. Let evy man that is
able bring with him 4 or 5 dayes pvision and let the poorer sort bee
furnished by yu the Constable out of yr comon pocke for ye like time
Hereof
fail yu not at ye prill as yu tende yor owne good and the good of this
bleeding and distressed country. Given under my hand at Bradford the
19th day of January, 1642. "THO. FAIRFAX."

The words in italics are interlined, in lieu of the words " Bradford
upon Friday" 28th, and "I shall furnish every man with
arms befitting him that is unprovided for ;" and lead to the conclusion,
that it was a general notice addressed originally to Bradford
and altered to other constableries. It is endorsed " To the Constable
of Mirfield."


David


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