CHARLES II (1630-1685), king of England, Scotland and Ireland. Document signed (at head, 'Charles II'), Whitehall, 10 March 1671/2, an order to the attorney general, Sir Heneage Finch, to prepare a bill of pardon for Christopher Pearson of Skaleby in Cumberland 'for Manslaughter, and the felonious killing of Rowland Thompson yeoman, With a Grant and Restitution of all his Goods & Chattells Lands & Tenements forfeited unto Us by reason thereof: With a Provisoe that Our said Pardon shall not extend to the Pardoning of Murther', countersigned by Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, one page, folio, docket (somewhat soiled).