Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
November 1926
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/691
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bnotber Property. AUTOGRAPHS OF THE RULERS OF ENGLAND. The Collection (lots 717 to 789) will first be offered as a single lot ; but of the reserve price be not reached, each lot will then immediately be sold separately as catalogued. 717. Henry VII. ‘Sign Manual “ Henricus Rex” to a letter, on vellum, 1 p. folio, Windsor, 21st December, 1490, to Maximilian I, Emperor of Germany, requesting the Emperor to order the Count Palatine and the Margrave of Baden to release the Milanese merchants who were arrested (by virtue of a decree of reprisals issued by Henry’s predecessors, which the king had revoked) on the Rhine, whilst travelling to England, UNPUBLISHED AND IN FINE STATE [See ILLUSTRATION ]. 718 JAMES I and ANNE OF DENMARK. Doc. s. by the King and Queen, on vellum, Ldinburgh, 20 July, 1597, Grant by the latter with the consent of the former, of lands in Dunfermline, four witnesses 719 ELizABETH OF BOHEMIA, 1618-1680, grand-daughter of James I, L. s. with autograph subscription, 2 pp. folio, Herford Abbey, 27th June, 1675, congratulations on the birth of a princess 720: CuHaARLEs I, as Prince of Wales. Doe. s. “ Charles P.” on fine vellum, 1 p. oblong folio, Greenwich, 23 June, 1622, Order to Sir Adam Newton to “ pay to James Martin £29 19 0 for hedging, ditching, setting and planting trees and for divers other works” done about our park of Richmond and £4 for the “ travell & paynes” of the said James Martin in procuring the trees and overseeing the work 721 CuHarues Il A. Ls. (initials) 1 p. 4to, Mriday afternoon, n. d., 6 i) For the Chancelor” : There are many things of great importance to be thought of, in parti- cular that of Ireland, as likewise there is some intelligence come to me this day, tho’s rogues in the army are hatching villany against me wch must be truly prevented. It would be very necessary that insteed of going tomorrow to the Parmt. you would come hether, at least that you would dine here. 722 CHARLES II’s HousEHOLD EXPENSES DURING EXILE. A Series of Eleven Documents signed, dated Beawvais, Gaunt and Breda, 5th to 29th March, 1650, Authorisations of payment for “ hire of two horses for Mr. John and Edward Nicholas,” ‘500 livres tournois to Thomas Johnson Clerke of our Kitchin for the Expenses of our household” (3) ; “one hundred livres Tournois for things to be provided by Thomas Lisle for our service at Paris ; Expenses of the YRe