Order by the commissioners for the militia for raising of one or two troops of horse by Sir Horatio Townshend; signed by Robert Woode, Ant. Smythe, Robert Suckling, Edward Denny, Edward Chamberleyne, and Thomas Townshend.
Sir William Hovell, Hillington, to [un-named]: in the absence of Sir Horatio Townshend is ordered to give notice that horses and men (with a week's pay in their pockets and powder and bullets proportionable) are to meet at Hillington on 24 April. [draft]
Sir Horatio Townshend to Captain William Hovell: orders him to draw together the troop of horse belonging to Townshend's regiment and to march to King's Lynn to secure the peace of that town.
Henry Partridge to Lord Townshend: recommends John Fenn and his brothers-in-law Shephard and John Frere to be justices, and gives details of Fenn and the Frere family. [Photocopy of letter sold by Bradfer-Lawrence]
Henry Partridge to Lord Townshend: leaves Ireland without waiting upon him as it would have been too painful; Townshend's disposal of his vacant chaplainship to another leaves him unable to provide for the necessities of his family. [Photocopy of letter sold by Bradfer-Lawrence]
