Letter, London 4 Apr 1663.
From Herbert to Sir Edward Hopton sent with the commission of Mar 1662, appointing Hopton a Lieutenant Colonel in Somerset’s regiment of ‘militia foot’.
Requests Hopton to ensure that the militia have plenty of exercise before a ‘general Rendezvous’ which he hoped to hold ‘before long’.
From a collection of photographs of 27 documents in Hereford City Library relating to Sir Richard Hopton and his son Sir Edward, knighted in 1604 and 1645 respectively.
Associated with the English Civil War (1642-1649).