The Life and Letters of Sir Lewis Dyve 1599-1669

H. G. Tibbutt

doi:10.1017/9781800107151

Sir Lewis Dyve was born in Bromham on 3 November 1599; matriculated at Oxford in 1614; and was knighted in 1620. He was an MP, although not sitting for Bedford or Bedfordshire. During the Civil War he was a staunch royalist. His correspondence and other papers are transcribed in this volume and arranged to recount his life under the headings: early years; life in Dorset and London; the approach of war; first campaigns; war in Bedfordshire; war in the south-west; the siege of Sherborne; imprisonment in London; Preston, the Isle of Man, Ireland; the Low Countries and Paris; France; France and Italy; London and Somerset.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iii

Contents
pp iv-iv

Notes
pp v-v

Preface
pp vi-vii

I - Early Years
pp 1-7

II - Life in Dorset and London
pp 8-16

III - The Approach of War
pp 17-25

IV - First Campaigns
pp 26-34

V - War in Bedfordshire
pp 35-50

VI - War in the South-West
pp 51-64

VII - The Siege of Sherborne
pp 65-79

VIII - Imprisonment in London
pp 80-90

IX - Preston : The Isle of Man : Ireland
pp 91-101

X - The Low Countries and Paris
pp 102-115

XI - France
pp 116-125

XII - France and Italy
pp 126-140

XIII - London and Somerset
pp 141-146

Appendix
pp 147-149

Pedigree of the Dyve, Digby and StrangwaysFamilies
pp 150-150

Index
pp 151-156

Miscellaneous Endmatter
pp 157-157

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