| Description | 1. 22 Dec 31 C II [1679]
i) Charles II
ii) Robert, Earl of Sunderland, Principal Secretary of Charles II
Investing powers in ii) as Lieutenant of Staffordshire (during the minority of Charles, Earl of Shrewsbury). Recites Act of Parliament 8 May 13 C II [1661] and 18 Feb 14 C II [1662] ‘An Act for the Ordering the Forces in the Severall Counties of this Kingdome’.
2. 19 Dec 31 C II [1679]
Robert, Earl of Sunderland, one his His Majesty's Privy Council and Secretaries of State, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire Appoints as Deputy Lieutenants: Edward, Lord Ward, Sir Henry Litleton [Lyttleton] Bt, Sir Walter Bagott Bt, Sir Edward Litleton [Lyttleton] Bt, Sir Walter Wrothesley Bt, Sir Francis Lawley Bt, Sir John Bowyer Bt, Randolph Egerton Esq., Edward Vernon Esq., Henry Gray Esq., Thomas Thynn Esq., George Rodny Bridges Esq., Walter Chetwind [Chetwynd] Esq., William Leveson Gower Esq., Thomas Lane Esq. and William Suede Esq.. At Westminster.
Signed [seal missing].
Endorsed: '5/7' |