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Development of Tunbridge Wells
printed in the Reports of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, backed by the authority of Pepys and the Due de Cominges.
Henry Coventry to James, Earl of Ormond.
May 12, 1663. . . . The Queen intendeth next month for Tunbridge. . . .1
Extract from the Diary of Samuel Pepys.
July 22, 1663.
To-morrow, the King and Queen for certain go down to Tunbridge. But the King comes back again against Monday to raise the Parliament. . . .
Arthur, Earl of Anglesey to James, Earl of
Ormond.
July 25, 1663.
. . . The Queen went to Tunbridge on Thursday last. . . .2
Arthur, Earl of Anglesey to James, Earl of
Ormond.
July 28, 1668.
. . . The King, immediately after the prorogation went to Tunbridge to visit the Queen, and is not expected back till Thursday. . . .3
1 Hist. MSS. Com. Reports—Ormond MSS., III. 58.
2 Ibid., III. 63. 8 Ibid., III. 64.
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