History of the Holy War

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This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2010-12-15T10:21-0500 Finding aid is written in English. March 2010 Converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 in March 2010 and further revised by Alison E. Bridger in 2010. Papers of the Goodricke family of Ribston Hall, Nidderdale, Yorkshire Folger MS V.b.333 (1-39) Folger Shakespeare Library 1.0 volume 1639?-1689 Contains 28 letters and 11 documents relating to the careers of Sir John Goodricke, his son Sir Henry Goodricke and their family, spanning the reigns of Charles I through the ascension of William & Mary. In English with some French and Spanish. Goodricke family Goodricke, John, 1617-1670 Goodricke, Henry, 1642-1705 Related Materials

Autograph letter signed from Sir Henry Goodricke, Madrid, to unknown recipient, 1680 October 3. Folger MS V.b.265, after p. 112

Provenance

Bookplate on inside front cover of Albert Fairfax, Baron Fairfax of Camron.

Bloomsbury Book Auctions, cat. 556 (January 26, 2006), lot 69.

Acquisition Information

The Papers of the Goodricke family of Ribston Hall, Nidderdale, Yorkshire were acquired by the Folger Shakespeare Library from Christopher Edwards in February 2006.

Preferred Citation

[Item title and date], Papers of the Goodricke family of Ribston Hall, Nidderdale, Yorkshire, Folger MS V.b.333 [item number], Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC.

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Biographical Note

Sir John Goodricke (1617-1670) was the first baronet of Ribston, Yorkshire. He was the son of Sir Henry Goodricke (1580-1641) and Lady Jane Savile (1583?-ca. 1648). During the Civil War, Sir John fought on the Royalist side with the Duke of Newcastle's army and was imprisioned and fined. He married firstly Catherine Northcliffe (d. before 1645) and secondly Elizabeth, Dowager Viscountess Fairfax of Elmley (d. 1692).

Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705), second baronet of Ribston, was the eldest son of Sir John Goodricke and Catherine Northcliffe. In 1668, he married Mary Legge (ca. 1647-1715), daughter of William Legge (1607/8-1670) and Elizabeth Washington. Over the course of his prolific political career, Sir Henry Goodricke was Justice of the Peace for the West Riding, sat in Parliament for Boroughbridge, and served as envoy-extraordinary to Spain. Goodricke also played a significant role in bringing William and Mary to the English throne in 1689, after which he served as lieutenant-general of the ordnance, a post his father-in-law William Legge had previously held.

Scope and Content

The Papers of the Goodricke family of Ribston Halll, Nidderdale, Yorkshire, contain 28 letters and 11 documents relating to the careers of Sir John Goodricke, his son Sir Henry Goodricke and their family, spanning the reigns of Charles I through the ascension of William & Mary.

The collection includes some important letters such as one by Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester (26), on the state of Charles II's treasury; a newsletter "separate" from Tangier (25); letters from Sir Marmaduke Langdale (10) and the Duke of Leeds (16); a letter on the Popish Plot by the Earl of Burlington (23); and other political letters. There are also several domestic letters such as a letter between brothers Sir Francis Goodricke and Sir John Goodricke discussing the portrait of their recently deceased brother Savile (4), and one from Mary, Countess of Arran, commiserating with Lady Goodricke on a miscarriage (29).

Other documents include ones concerning troops, Sir Henry's (1642-1705) tenure as envoy-extraordinary to Spain and a printed indenture of receipt completed by hand (not found in Wing).

Arrangement

The 39 documents of the Goodricke family are tipped into a bound volume, which are arranged roughly in chronological order.

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Charles, II, King of England, 1630-1685 -- Death and burial -- Manuscripts Dawney , John, Sir, fl. 1660 Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1640-1707 Fairfax, Ferdinando Fairfax, Baron, 1584-1648 -- Death and burial -- Manuscripts Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. Historie of the holy warre Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661 Goodricke, Francis, ca. 1621-1673 Goodricke, Savile, 1618 or 9-1651? -- Death and burial -- Manuscripts James, II, King of England, 1633-1701 -- Abdication, 1688 Ke´roualle, Louise-Rene´e de, Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny, 1649-1734 Leeds, Thomas Osborne, Duke of, 1631-1712 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Manuscripts Mazarin, Hortense Mancini, duchesse de, 1646-1699 Methuen, Paul, 1613-1667 Reynolds, Robert, ca. 1601-1661? Blank forms Ciphers -- Manuscripts Invoices -- Manuscripts Letters -- England -- Manuscript Letters -- Spain -- Madrid -- Manuscripts Manuscripts -- England Manuscripts, French Manuscripts, Spanish Newsletters -- Manuscripts Popish Plot, 1678 Pregnancy -- England Royalists -- England Tangier (Morocco) Papers Autograph letter signed from Sir Henry Goodricke (1580-1641), Ribston, Nidderdale, to Savile Goodricke, Magdalen Hall, Oxford V.b.333 (1) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1639/40 February 8

Thanking Savile for copy of Thomas Fuller's History of the Holy War, sending a twenty shilling piece and asking him to visit his nephew Wat, "for a recreation to yourselfe." Also, a postscript from Savile's mother, Lady Jane Goodricke.

Savile was then a student at Magdalen Hall, Oxford.

Bill for Sir William Fairfax V.b.333 (2) 1 leaf ca. 1640

Bill for medicine, headed "The Lord Willia[m] Fayrfax his bill."

Autograph letter signed from Lady Jane Goodricke to Sir Francis Goodricke V.b.333 (3) 3 leaves (bifolium and one singleton) 1647/8 March 17

To her son reporting on the accidental wounding and death of Ferdinando Fairfax: "my Lord Fairfax dyed of a short Lameness ... it seems it struck up to his Hart from his foot." Also, a docket written by Sir Francis Goodricke recording this as his mother's last letter to him.

Autograph letter signed from Sir Francis Goodricke, Lincoln's Inn, to Sir John Goodricke, Ribston, Nidderdale V.b.333 (4) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1651 November 25

To his brother requesting an "Accurate Dyall for York Meridian" and discussing the portrait of their brother Savile who had died recently in Vienna: "I have newly rec[eive]d his deer Picture w[hi]ch he sent by one Mr Chamberlain very well taken . . . but somewhat fatter then he was when he left England, you will not imagine [th]e contrary passions I was in at [th]ye the first sight of it, I intend to take a Copy of it & to send it [th]e downe . . ."

Autograph letters signed from Sir Francis Nevill, Cheart, Surrey, to Sir John Goodricke, Ribston, Nidderdale V.b.333 (5-7)

Three letters complaining of the "common calamities" besetting loyalist landed families during the protectorate, mentioning Lord Lambert's efforts on his behalf, "but what the Commissioners will doe then I know not; as what his highness [i.e., Cromwell] will doe more, but I thincke it concerns us all to woorke our selves from under this blacke cloude of suspi[cion]; under which it will be hard to live longe" and the high taxation imposed upon them by Cromwell.

V.b.333 (6) 1 leaf 1655 December 3 V.b.333 (7) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1655 December 6 V.b.333 (5) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1655/6 January 22 Autograph letter signed from Sir Francis Goodricke to Sir John Goodricke, Ribston, Nidderdale V.b.333 (8) 2 leaves (bifolium) ca. 1660 June

To his brother giving news from London of the Restoration, business in Parliament and the Act of Oblivion and those excepted from its provisions.

Clearly dating from the early summer of 1660, as it refers to "this tyme of Jubilee," and probably from mid-June as it refers to the recent knighthood of Robert Reynolds, which was granted on June 4.

Letter from unidentified correspondent to unidentified recipient on account of the Court of York V.b.333 (9) 1 leaf 1660?

Giving an account of the Court at York on the day Sir John Goodricke was chosen Knight for the Shire: "I an two frends went to visit him and findeing him retired alone we began to speak about that Court I argueing for it and hee against it to this effect . . ."

Possibly incomplete.

Autograph letter signed from Sir Marmaduke Langdale, Baron Langdale, Doncaster, to Sir John Goodricke, Ribston, Nidderdale V.b.333 (10) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1660 October 20

Informing him that Sir John Dawney and other gentlemen of the West Riding are sending warrants to the "Cheife Constables" to find out what "private & common armes are within their Constableries."

Provision for the clothing of each man for the Honorable Sir Henry Goodricke V.b.333 (11) 1 leaf 1667 March 11

Specifying the clothing to be provided "For [th]e Clothing each man For the Honorable Sir Henry Goodricke," numbering a thousand complete suits of clothing (Tindall to provide 400, Henry Browne and Paul Methuen 300 each). Signed by William Tindall, Henry Browne and Paul Methuen.

This is presumably to clothe a regiment in Yorkshire, commanded or at least under the management of Sir Henry.

Paul Methuen (1613-1667) was the greatest clothier of his time; although originally from Somerset, he was buried at Bradford in July 1667, so this document must date from 1667 and not early 1668.

Order in Council, Court at Whitehall, about Sir William Temple, Ambassador at the Hague, August 26, 1668 : copy V.b.333 (12) 2 leaves (bifolium) ca. 1668

Contemporary copy commanding Temple to observe the same course as the French and other Ambassadors do.

Autograph letter signed from Charles Boyle, Lord Clifford of Lanesborough, Lansbrough to unidetified recipient V.b.333 (13) 2 leaves (bifolium) between 1689 and 1694

Expressing the value he places on his correspondent's friendship, and his desire to serve him. "I doe long very much to waite on you . . ." Possibly to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705).

Dated: Lansbrough Sep the 10. Signed: Clifforde.

This letter has previously been ascribed to Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, but the fact that it was written from "Lansbrough" [i.e. Londesborough, Yorkshire, the family seat] strongly suggests that it was written by Lord Clifford of Lanesborough, and thus presumably Charles Boyle, son of the first Earl of Burlington, who was summoned as Lord Clifford of Lanesborough in 1689 and who died five years later.

Autograph letter signed from Richard Grahame, Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705), Ribston, Nidderdale V.b.333 (14) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1672/3 March 26

Grahame was the nephew of first Viscount Preston.

Stating that Preston has been asked by Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire to stand for Parliament, but has rejected the offer to allow Grahame to take the seat. However, Grahame understands that Sir Henry is standing, if that is so he will withdraw and if not he asks for Sir Henry's support.

Autograph letter signed from Richard Hutton to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705), London V.b.333 (15) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1674/5 February 12

Asking aid in gaining the "Sheriffalry of this County" (i.e. Yorkshire), having been informed that unless he has the influence of the Dukes of York and Monmouth or the Lord Treasurer it will not be possible, discussing London politics and the shrievalty of York.

Addressed: These for S[i]r Henry Goodricke Kn[igh]t & Bar[o]n[e]t at Madam Leggs in Charles streete St. James's London.

Autograph letter signed from Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby, Wallingford House, to Lord Henry Fairfax, Denton V.b.333 (16) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1675/6 March 8

About the re-delivery of distress taken for the non-payment of the Duty for Smith's forges which the Attorney General says are not exempt, but Blowing Houses are, as they are places for melting iron and lead ore.

Impeachment of Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby V.b.333 (17) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1679?

Contemporary account of the impeachment of Sir Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby. Danby was impeached in the winter of 1678/9 and imprisoned in the Tower until 1684.

Also includes pencil notes on leaf 2v.

Agreement to raise troops V.b.333 (18) 1 leaf 1677/8 March 12

Agreeing to raise "one hundred men besides Officers" for Sir Henry Goodricke, as Colonel of a Regiment of foot, to serve the King. Signed by: Henry Fairfax, Richard Buller, Jonathan Jennings, William Stow, Christopher Tanckred, S. Packe, and W. Lesley.

Indenture between Sir Thomas Chicheley and Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705) V.b.333 (19) 1 leaf 1677/8 March 21

Printed document with manuscript insertions, signed by William Fortrey. Goodricke acknowledges receipt of muskets, bandoliers, pikes, drums, etc., from the King. (Not in Wing).

"This indenture made the [Twenty first] day of [March] 167[7/8] and in the [30th] year of the reign of our soveraign Lord Charles the Second . . . between the right honourable Sir Thomas Chicheley Knight, Master General of His Majesties Ordnance, and the Principal Officers of the same, for and on the behalf of His said Majesty of the one part; and [Collonell Sir Henry Goodricke] of the other part."

Fortrey was presumably a close relation of Samuel Fortrey (1622-81), author of England's Interest and Improvement (1663), and clerk of the ordnance at the Tower of London.

Warrant from Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington, to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705) V.b.333 (20) 1 leaf 1677 August 25

Allowing Goodricke to hunt game at Knaresborough.

Autograph letters signed from Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington V.b.333 (21-23)

Three letters, the first and third to Sir Henry Goodricke, the second to Lady Mary Goodricke, relating Burlington's visit to Ribston, illness and politics. The last letter apparently refers to the Popish Plot: it thanks Sir Henry for the papers, "which doe sufficiently demonstrate the deepe designe y[e]t was layd for our distruction, which I feare is of a larger extent then is yet discouered . . . the hellishnesse of it will I hope bee found out."

to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705) V.b.333 (21) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1677? September 10 to Lady Mary Goodricke V.b.333 (22) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1678? January 22 to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705) V.b.333 (23) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1678? January 23 Autograph letter signed from George Berkeley, Earl of Berkeley, Berkeley House, to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705), Madrid V.b.333 (24) 1 leaf 1679/80 March 21

Thanking Sir Henry for his kindness and hopes to be able to repay him.

"Dated at Berkeley House March 21: 1679 as yet old style"

Newsletter on Tangier V.b.333 (25) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1680 September 15

Charles II married Catherine of Braganza in 1662 and received as part of her dowry the Portuguese colony of Tangiers.

Newsletter in the form of a diary, giving an account of the fighting at Tangiers. This is a "separate" sent to London and copied by professional newswriters there.

Autograph letter signed from Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, St. James's Street to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705) V.b.333 (26) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1681 April 7

Goodricke was Charles II's envoy-extraordinary to Spain between 1679 and 1683 and found the post expensive.

About the "straight condition of his Matys revenue," and explaining that it is this "that makes us so unkind to you, for I must allow that your treatment may seem so to you, but in truth is nothing but what is unavoidable." He also encloses a letter, (which is no longer included), from the Duchess of Mazarin for "Madame de Colonna's owne hands."

Autograph letter signed from Henriette-Mauricette Keroualle, Countess of Pembroke, London, to Lady Mary Goodricke V.b.333 (27) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1681/2 January 2 In French.

Saying that she may have to return to France, and sending the compliments of her sister (Louise-Renee de Keroualle (1649-1734), Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny, and Charles II's mistress). Probably to Lady Mary Goodricke in Madrid.

Autograph letter signed from Don Juan de Idiaque L'Isaur, Madrid?, to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705) V.b.333 (28) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1683 January 21 In Spanish and French.

To "Don Henrrique Godrick"; with a draft of Goodricke's reply in French, to the effect that he will obey His Majesty's orders. Perhaps connected with Goodricke's departure from Madrid as he was back in London on March 27 the same year.

Autograph letter signed from Mary Butler, Countess of Arran, Chapelizod, to Lady Mary Goodricke V.b.333 (29) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1668? May 19

Mary Countess of Arran died in Dublin on July 4, 1668, aged only 17. She was the daughter of the Duke of Richmond and grand-daughter of the Duke of Buckingham. Mary, Lady Goodricke (herself only 21 in 1668) had married Sir Henry earlier the same year.

Commiserating with her on her miscarriage, and hoping that she will have better luck with the next; and asking if she had received a letter asking for "as light lockes you could gett," for nothing has been received by her. The last part of the letter is in cipher, and asking her "pray burne this and excuse me with troubelling you with a long letter."

Salutation: Deare Cousen Mall. Dated: Chappellesard May the 19.

Autograph letter signed from Alexander Seton, Viscount Kingston, London?, to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705) V.b.333 (30) 2 leaves (bifoluim) ca. 1683?

Thanking him for the "many favours & obligations I received from your hands, whilest I stayed at Madrid," and hoping to repay his kindness.

Integral blank used as a docket for a larger packet of letters.

Autograph letter signed from Sir John Reresby, York, to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705), London V.b.333 (31) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1684/5 February 14

On the death of Charles II and the proclamation of James II at York, which took place in the Castle Yard by the sheriff of the city, the Lord Mayor, the Archbishop and Reresby himself.

Reresby, author of Travels and Memoirs.

Letter of privy seal from James II, King of England, to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705), March 31, 1685 : copy V.b.333 (32) 2 leaves (bifolium) undated

Authorising payment due to Goodricke as ambassador to Spain for James II -- presumably a new warrant was needed with the change of King.

Copie vera, signed by Thomas Watkins.

Autograph letters signed from Thomas Colepeper, London, to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705), Madrid? V.b.333 (33-34)

The first letter encloses his "Letter of Submission" to the Earl of Devonshire (which is no longer included); the second letter saying that he has received "a very gratious Message from the Kings Majestie, that he is no Longer Angrey with mee and will geve mee my Pardon in Case the Earle of Devonshire were sattisfied," which he has reason to believe is the case. As Goodricke is "very much valued by his Lordp." he asks him to speak to Lord Devonshire about it.

V.b.333 (33) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1685 July 20 V.b.333 (34) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1685 July 30 Decision of the Queen Dowager's Council regarding Sir Henry Goodricke's complaint against Mr. Calvert V.b.333 (35) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1685 November 23

Dating from the first year of James II's reign, this shows (albeit rather obscurely) the religous tensions arising from Protestant laws being administered under a strongly Catholic king. The Queen Dowager must be Catherine of Braganza (Henrietta Maria had died in 1669), whose London residence after the death of Charles II was normally Somerset House, although this summons is dated from Denmark House.

Concerning a case relating to Sir Henry Goodricke's complaint against Mr. Calvert for prosecuting two constables of Boroughbridge, who were searching and seizing the vestments and goods of priests; and summoning Goodricke to be present at the enquiry.

Signed by Richard Marryott, clerk of the Queen Dowager's council.

Don Pedro Ronguillo's last memorial to the King, and letter from Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705) : copies V.b.333 (36) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1687?

Headed "Part of Dn. Pedro Ronguillo's last Memoriall to the King," a flattering letter which gives a good account of Goodricke's embassy in Spain. The second half is headed "Mr. Hyde's Letter to me. Apll. 7/17" (a copy of V.b.333 (26)), clearly retained by Goodricke as a significant peep beneath the veil of official discretion, and a cogent explanation of why his embassy was a comparative failure. He has subscribed this "The answer to this goes by Mr Secretrys hands. H.G."

Autograph letter signed from Henry Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, Wellbeck, to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705), York V.b.333 (37) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1688 November 7

Thanking him for his kindness at York, and saying that the Earl of Danby has told him what Goodricke wrote about him: "I have an intyer respect and Honnor for you and will serve you when ever in my power . . ." Goodricke's father had served with the first Duke's father in the northern royalist army in the Civil War.

Autograph letter signed from Edward Thompson, London, to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705), York V.b.333 (38) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1689/90 January 5

Reporting on recent political events, "for the preservation of the Church of England from ye rebells who have so publickly transgressed against their avowed Doctrine on non-resistance." Apparently written at the very moment that the crown was being offered to William and Mary after the flight of James II.

Autograph letter signed from Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough, Tangier?, to Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705), Madrid? V.b.333 (39) 2 leaves (bifolium) 1680? October 6

Signed: Mordaunt.

Mordaunt was Viscount Mordaunt from his accession to the title in 1675 until he became Earl of Monmouth in 1689. This letter most likely dates from his service in Tangier in 1678-80.

About the behavior of the Governor and their vulnerability from attack by the Alcade. Apparently written during Goodricke's embassy in Madrid (1679-1683), as there is frequent mention of Spanish matters: "I . . . am asham'd you should give the Duke of Medina Celi or your self more trouble in a business of small importance . . ."