King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (born 1600) from 1625 until his execution in the wake of the English Civil War in 1649. LS signed “Charles R.,” one page, 8.75 x 13, August 25, 1640. Letter to William Stanley, the Earl of Derby, and James Stanley, Lord Strange, urging them to muster the trained bands of Chesire in the northern part of the country and to raise further forces “for the securing and defence of your owne families, and estates.” In part: “Being in our owne royall person thus farre advanced towardes the fronters of this kingdome, to repell those Rebells of our kingdome of Scotland, who have now invaded us, and our subjects, And finding in our good people of the County of Yorke great readiness and resolution…to attend, and march along w’th us w’th all the trayned bands, and forces therein, towards the borders…Wee doe hereby require you…to draw togeather into a body…all our trayned bands both horse and foote.” Signed at the top by Charles. The original white paper seal present but no longer affixed. In very good to fine condition, with most of the red wax seal no longer present; the seal itself is detached but present. In an attempt to blockade the recent swell of Scottish Presbyterian forces, Charles ordered an advance northward from London to York in response to the Covenanter invasion. In spite of his attempts to rally trained militias in the north county, Charles’s forces were soundly overwhelmed at Newburn on August 28, and he was ultimately forced to negotiate a truce at Ripon, a pact that led to the end of the Bishops’ War.
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