Whitelocke, Sir Bulstrode Memorials of the English Affairs, Or, an Historical Account of What...
Whitelocke, Sir Bulstrode Memorials of the English Affairs, Or, an Historical Account of What Passed From the Beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First, to King Charles the Second His Happy Restauration. Printed for Nathaniel Ponder, 1682. Folio, boards backed with later pebble-grain cloth. Whitelock was a jurist, Parliamentarian and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. He managed to maintain a dignified position during the Commonwealth and was seen as supporting Cromwell not for Parliamentary zeal, but rather for the continuance of good government. As a result he was able to buy his way back into Royal favour after the Restoration. This work was principally a compilation from other sources and (according at least to the Encyclopaedia Britannica) abounds with errors.