Detail View: Rylands Collection: The taking of Hartlebury castle

Image Number: 
Tatton_Wallington_466
Reference Number: 
Tatton Park MS 68.20
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
The taking of Hartlebury castle
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: 
450
Image Sequence Number: 
450
Description: 
20 May 1646: letters come from Colonel Morgan regarding his capture of Hartlebury castle. Dated 17 May 1646. 22 May 1646: Ludlow castle surrenders, the last garrison in Shropshire to do so. Page has been erroneously numbered.
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Subject: 
Castles--England
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: 
England: Shropshire: Ludlow
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: 
2330
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2011-02
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands