CROMWELL, Richard (1626-1712). Autograph letter signed (as Lord Protector, 'Richard P'), to Captain John Dunche, Whitehall, 18 January 1658[59], one page, folio , integral address leaf (seal tear, repaired, dust-stains on verso). Richard Cromwell engages in political manipulation before summoning Parliament, suggesting a number of candidates for the forthcoming elections including Dunche's brother, and the poet George Withers 'whoe is an active man & one that Wallop hath disobleiged'. Richard Cromwell succeeded as Lord Protector in August 1658 and on deciding to call Parliament, in order to make it more favourable to the Government, reverted to the old method of election, the traditional small boroughs being more easy to influence than the new larger constituencies. The policy worked, and when Parliament met, on 27 January 1659, it included over two hundred of his supporters and only some fifty opponents.
CROMWELL, Richard (1626-1712). Autograph letter signed (as Lord Protector, 'Richard P'), to Captain John Dunche, Whitehall, 18 January 1658[59], one page, folio , integral address leaf (seal tear, repaired, dust-stains on verso). Richard Cromwell engages in political manipulation before summoning Parliament, suggesting a number of candidates for the forthcoming elections including Dunche's brother, and the poet George Withers 'whoe is an active man & one that Wallop hath disobleiged'. Richard Cromwell succeeded as Lord Protector in August 1658 and on deciding to call Parliament, in order to make it more favourable to the Government, reverted to the old method of election, the traditional small boroughs being more easy to influence than the new larger constituencies. The policy worked, and when Parliament met, on 27 January 1659, it included over two hundred of his supporters and only some fifty opponents.
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