Sir Thomas Herbert's Memoirs

The memoirs of Charles I. by Sir Thomas Herbert were published in 1702. I transcribe the title from a copy in my possession:— "Memoirs of the two last years of the reign of that unparall'd prince, of ever blessed memory, king Charles I. By sir Tho. Herbert, major Huntingdon, col. Edw. Coke, and Mr. Hen. Firebrace, *etc*. London, Rob. Clavell, 1702, 8vo." The volume, for a publication of that period, is of uncommon occurrence. It was printed, as far as above described, "from a *manuscript* of the Right Reverend the Bishop of Ely, lately deceased." The remainder of the volume consists of reprint…