Papers of Robert Bennet [manuscript], 1603-1678.
Bennet, Robert, 1605-1683, author.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.; Upcott, William, 1779-1845, former owner.; Vyvyan, Hannibal.; Mulys, John.; England and Wales. Parliament (1657); Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1671); Folger Shakespeare Library. Manuscript. X.d.483 (1-209)
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Papers of Robert Bennet [manuscript], 1603-1678.
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209 items (4 boxes)
Associated name
Bennet, Robert, 1605-1683, author.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Upcott, William, 1779-1845, former owner.
Vyvyan, Hannibal.
Mulys, John.
England and Wales. Parliament (1657)
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1671)
Folger Shakespeare Library. Manuscript. X.d.483 (1-209)
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Upcott, William, 1779-1845, former owner.
Vyvyan, Hannibal.
Mulys, John.
England and Wales. Parliament (1657)
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1671)
Folger Shakespeare Library. Manuscript. X.d.483 (1-209)
Scope and content
Most of these papers (primarily ALS) are his official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Among the family papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, 1656. There are also several miscellaneous manuscripts including The office of an attorney by John Mulys of Halmpstone, Devon, with a few lines of verse, n.d. (196); a copy of the letter from the "agitators" to Sir Thomas Fairfax and others, April [28], 1647 (198); Reasons wherefore the officers of the mint should be freed from payment of any assessments, ca. 1650 (200); The humble proposals of the ministers who presented the petition to Parliament, [March 1653] (202); The resolution on religious toleration, Dec. 15, 1654 (206); a report of a speech by Cromwell to a Parliamentary Committee refusing the kingship, [1657] (207); reports of other speeches by Cromwell to officers of the army, [Feb. 1658] (208); and The alarum, a paper presented to the speaker of the House of Commons criticizing the King's ministers, April 1671 (209).
Cite as
Preferred citation: Folger Shakespeare Library MSS X.d.483 (1-209). [Formerly Folger MSS Add. 494].
Historical background
Colonel Robert Bennet of Hexworthy in Lawhitton, Cornwall, was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the south-west of England during the Commonwealth. He was at different times governor of Pendennis Castle, governor of St. Michael's Mount, an M.P. and a member of the Council of State and of other commissions.
Finding aid
Finding aid available in typescript (Calendar of the Robert Bennet Papers, 1603-1678, compiled ca. 1967. Z6621.F61 B5 R.R.) and online (Guide to the Robert Bennet Papers, 1603-1678); added entries have been made in manuscript card catalogue (published by G.K.Hall, 1971) for the majority of people mentioned in the finding aid. All poems are listed in the Folger index of first lines of poems, and in the microfilm, First line index of manuscript poetry in the Folger Shakespeare Library (published by Adam Matthew, 1998).
Finding aid identifier
B46763
Provenance
Formerly part of the collections of William Upcott (1779-1845), and later of Sir Thomas Phillipps, bart., (1792-1872). Phillipps MS 11015. Possibly also the same as or part of Phillipps MS 12102. See: The Phillipps manuscripts. Holland Press, 1968.
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Guide to the Robert Bennet Papers, 1603-1678.
Guide to the Robert Bennet Papers, 1603-1678.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
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X.d.483 (1-209)