| Content Description | Asks the earl to look at his case; says that his grandfather forfeited his lands in Ireland in 1641 for 'taking up arms for King Charles the first and K[ing] Charles the second against the usurper Oliver Cromwell'; states that the 'small benevolence' granted by King Charles after the Restoration has been lost in the 'late revolution'; reports that the Duke of Ormond and Lord Lansdowne are assisting him in attempts to find a place in the army; asks that Oxford add his voice to their campaign. |