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XII. Copy of a Letter from King Charles the Second, to Colonel Thomas Veel, and Blank Commissions from the same Monarch, to the Colonel, to raise Troops for his Service; with Observations on them, by William Veel Esq. F.A.S. in a Letter to Samuel Lysons, Esq. F.R.S. Director

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

William Veel Esq.
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I send you herewith an original letter in the nature of a Credential, every word of which is in the hand-writing of king Charles the Second. According to the tradition of my family it was delivered by that monarch, during his residence at Antwerp, to my ancestor colonel Thomas Veel, of Alvestone in the county of Glocester; and also four blank commissions (from among several others now in my possession), to raise soldiers for the royal cause: which letter and commissions appear to me mutually to illustrate and explain each other. The following are exact and literal copies.

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Archaeologia , Volume 14 , 1803 , pp. 75 - 83
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1803

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page 81 note [a] Page 112.

page 81 note [b] The best account of Massie's attempt to surprise Glocester in 1659, is in a MS. of the Rev. Mr. Furney, archdeacon of Surry, now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

page 81 note [c] Grandson to colonel Veel, whose eldest son, William, died S, P. 1656, at Symonds-Hall.