English Civil War interest: letter from the Duchy Chamber dated December 1646 addressed to the Standing Committee for the City and County of Norwich regarding compliance with ordnances issued by both Houses of Parliament, letter signed by members of the Chamber, namely William Heveningham, Abraham Burrell, Miles Corbett, William Leman and Thomas Dacres. Note: "Ordnances" were issued during the Long Parliament due to the refusal of King Charles I to sign legislation as an Act. William Heveningham was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1633 and Member of the "Eastern Association" which established Parliamentary control over East Anglia during the Civil War. Heveningham refused to sign the death warrant of King Charles I in 1649. Miles Corbett, MP for Yarmouth during the Long Parliament, and a signatory to the death warrant of Charles I, was subsequently executed following the restoration of King Charles II in 1662. Thomas Dacres, MP for Hertfordshire 1642-48. Sir William Leman, son of William Leman of Beccles and MP for Harford, Abraham Burrell, MP for Huntingdon and a member of the High Court, he refused to take part in the trial of Charles I.