Seventeenth-Century Parliamentary and Financial Papers
Camden Miscellany XXXIII

A collection of seventeenth-century documents on parliamentary and financial matters.

David R. Ransome (Author), Mike J. Braddick (Author), Mark Greengrass (Author), J. T. Cliffe (Author)

9780521281317, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 9 June 2011

500 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.63 kg

"...the letters provide a marvelous insight into the life and interests of a country squire during two of England's most tumultuous decades." Marl E. Kennedy, Albion

The Camden volumes, published by the Royal Historical Society, offer collections of skilfully edited primary source material for historians. The Camden Miscellany collections contain a variety of shorter documents and papers. This volume comprises seventeenth-century documents on parliamentary and financial matters. These include the parliamentary papers of Nicholas Ferrar (1624), the letters of Sir Cheney Culpeper (1641–57) and the assessment lists for the Cromwellian decimation tax of 1655.

Part I. The Parliamentary Papers of Nicholas Ferrar, 1624, ed. David R. Ransome: Acknowledgements
Introduction
Editorial conventions
The Parliamentary Papers of Nicholas Ferrar 1624
i. Nicholas Ferrar's diary, 12 February – 5 March 1623/4
ii. Speeches in committee
A. Touching the pppressions in matter of tobacko
B. Fragment of a speech by Lord Cavendish 28 April 1624
iii. Nicholas Ferrar's diary, May 1624
Appendix I: Other diaries of proceedings in the House of Commons, 1624
Appendix II: Parliament men mentioned in Nicholas Ferrar's diary
Part II. The Letters of Sir Cheney Culpeper, 1641–57, ed. M. J. Braddick and Mark Greengrass: Preface
Abbreviations
Genealogical table: The immediate family of Sir Cheney Culpeper
Introduction
The letters of Sir Cheney Culpeper (1641–57)
Index
Part III. The Cromwellian Decimation Tax of 1655. The Assessment Lists, ed. J. T. Cliffe: Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Appendix: Expenditure on the County Militia
The Decimation Lists.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], British & Irish history [HBJD1]