Autograph: The Council of State, 1653.

Autograph: Letter on the occasion of the proclamation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth, written to the Lord Mayor of London desiring him and the Aldermen to be present at the proclamation in two days' time. 17 December 1653. Signatures: John Disbrowe, Philip Sidney, Viscount Lisle, John Lambert, Edward Montagu, Sir Gilbert Pickering, Philip Jones, Walter Strickland, Richard Maijor, Francis Rous, Sir Charles Wolseley, William Sydenham, Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper and Henry Lawrence. Source: British Museum. Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the department of manuscripts, British Museum. Edited by George F Warner 1899, Longmans & Co