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The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660

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20, 1656).
*Sir Richard Onslow.
*Sir Thomas Pride (Colonel Pride, knighted by Cromwell Jan, 17, 1655-6).
*Sir William Roberts.
*Sir Robert Tichbourne (_Alderman_, knighted by Cromwell Dec.

10, 1656).
Sir Matthew Tomlinson (_Colonel_, knighted in Dublin by Lord Henry Cromwell.Nov.25, 1657).
Others.
*James Berry (_the Major-General_).
John Clerke (_Colonel_).
*Thomas Cooper (_Colonel_).
John Crewe.
*John Fiennes.
*William Goffe (_the Major-General_).
*Richard Ingoldsby (_Cousin's son and Colonel_).
*John Jones (_brother-in-law and Colonel_).
*Philip Jones (_Councillor and Colonel_, and now "_Comptroller of our Household_").
*Richard Hampden (son of the great Hampden).
William Pierrepoint.
Alexander Popham.
*Francis Rous (_Councillor and Provost of Eton_).
*Philip Skippon (_Councillor and Major-General_).
*Walter Strickland (_Councillor_).
*Edmund Thomas.[1] [Footnote 1: In compiling the list I have used the enumerations in Parl.Hist.III.

1518-1519, Whitlocke, IV.

313-314, and Godwin.

IV.
469-471 (the last two not perfect): also a Pamphlet of April 1659 called _A Second Narrative of the Late Parliament_.] Such were "Oliver's Peers or Lords," remembered by that name now, and so called at the time, not because they were Peers or Lords in the old sense, but because they were to be members of that "Other House" which, by Article V.of the _Petition and Advice_, was to exercise some of the functions of the old House of Lords.


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