Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 50/1-2
Title	Unattributed memorandum concerning raising a 'puisant army sodainely'; n.d. [c.1642-1648]
Date	1642-1648
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Lays out the ways in which 'in Tenne dayes tyme to raise men and provide maintenance for a puissant Armie both for offence and defence without interrupting the Trade of the Cittie and Kingdom or preiudeceinge the poore'; sets out in detail a number of suggestions including for Sir William Waller to raise 40,000 men in London with Sir Arthur Haslerrige [Hesilrige] through the Aldermen and guilds. This memorandum is undated, the range provided is based on the contents of the document.
Term	military campaigns, England 1640s

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA28680	Waller; William (c.1597-1668); Sir; Parliamentary general	c.1597-1668
NA28603	Hesilrige; Arthur (-1661); 2nd Baronet; M.P. and Parliamentarian	-1661

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