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DUNCH, Edward (1602-1678)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0447

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: DUNCH, Edward (1602-1678)

Date(s): 1639

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres.

Name of creator(s): Privy Council

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Edmund Dunch (1602-1678) was the son of Sir William Dunch of Little Wittenham, Berkshire. He was a cousin of Oliver Cromwell through his mother Mary, and supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War. The document in this collection was issued when Dunch refused to pay ship money to Charles I. He was tried but not punished.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Royal Writ of Privy Seal proclaiming Edmund Dunch a rebel because of his non-appearance at the Court of the King's Council at Whitehall, and ordering that he be arrested, 1639.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One document.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited in March 1952.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Privy seal warrants | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Ship money | Taxation | Fiscal policy | Finance

Personal names
Dunch | Edmund | 1602-1678 | Member of Parliament

Corporate names
Privy Council

Places