^a He was a Catholic, and Groom of the Chamber to Queen Henrietta Maria, and after the Restoration is described as her Equerry. His history has recently been traced by Professor A. H. Church, I'.K.S., in an interesting article in the Genealogist, 1897, entitled " Percy Church, a forgotten Royalist." He belonged to an Essex family, of Maldon and elsewhere, and since writing the above-mentioned article Professor Church has found proof that he was the only son of Rocke Church, Surveyor to James I, He died on 27th July, 1675.

^b Several of Bennet's letters, written from the French camp, where he was in attendance on the Duke of York, contain nothing but unimportant military details, and are consequently not printed.

^a He was evidently connected with Wiltshire, and was probably the Henry Manning of Salisbury who compounded for the modest fine of £3 6s. 8d. on 12th December, 1650 (Cat. of Comm. for Compounding, pt. iv. p. 2649). He is said to have served as a Royalist captain (Thurloe St. Pap. iv. p. 249).

^b This is Clarendon's account. Manning gave rather a different version himself after his arrest (p. 150).

^a The Calendar for 1655 contains a series of eleven deciphered letters from him to Thurloe, written between May and July.

^b His pay is said to have been £120 a month (Thurloe St. Pap. iv. p. 292), but this is very donbtful.

^c In the Thurloe St. Pap. iii. p. 190, signed Henry Jackson. He speaks of having written before to the Protector and " my Lord President," but without receiving any answers.

^a He had an interview near Frankfort with Queen Christina of Sweden (p. 87). De Vic has something to say of this eccentric lady on p. 57. This is Jane's term (p. 141), but it is also used by Clareudon in his History, CAMD. SOC. VOL. III.

^a A son of the well-known General Preston, 1st Viscount Tara. A letter in this volume (p. 91) gives the date of the latter's death, hitherto doubtful.