Detail View: Rylands Collection: The taking of the Earl of Chester's house

Image Number: 
Tatton_Wallington_317
Reference Number: 
Tatton Park MS 68.20
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
The taking of the Earl of Chester's house
Parent Work Title: 
Great marcys continued, or yet God is good to Israel
Creator: 
Wallington, Nehemiah
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
1644-1658
Page/Sheet: 
295
Image Sequence Number: 
295
Description: 
5 November 1645: letters arrive from Colonel General Poyntz relating to the taking of the Earl of Chesterfield's house, Shelford Manor. 8 November 1645: letters confirm the capture of a royal ship heading for Ireland to help the Rebels. 10 November 1645: letters certify that Captain Collins attacked the rear of King Charles I's party, capturing prisoners and horses.
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Subject: 
Great Britain--History--Civil war, 1642-1649
Subject: 
Diaries--Authorship--History--17th century
Subject: 
Letters
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Diaries
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
17th Century CE
Places Covered: 
Ireland
Places Covered: 
England: Leicestershire: Leicester
Places Covered: 
England: Nottinghamshire: Newark-on-Trent
Places Covered: 
England: Nottinghamshire: Shelford
People Covered: 
Goring, George Goring, Baron, 1608-1657
People Covered: 
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649
People Covered: 
Stanhope, Philip, 1st Earl of Chesterfield, 1584-1656
People Covered: 
Poyntz, Sydenham
People Covered: 
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671
Item Height: 
211 mm
Item Width: 
168 mm
Item Depth: 
52 mm
Current Repository: 
National Trust, Tatton Park, Cheshire
Rights Holder - Image: 
National Trust
Rights holder - Work: 
National Trust
References: 
Booy, David., 'The Notebooks of Nehemiah Wallington, 1618-1654: a selection' (Aldershot, 2007), 215-234.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2010-10-19
Multi Page Number: 
1585
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2011-02
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB