GEORGE III
(1738-1820, King of Great Britain)
Exemplification of the Common Recovery with fine initial letter portrait of the King at the head,
with double voucher, before Sir John Eardley WILMOT, 1709-1792, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1766-1771, of 2 dwellings, 1 granary, 3 gardens and 100 acres in the parish of Titchfield, Hants, owned by tenant in tail John Paffard, fine engraved portrait 8" x 7¼" of George III, elaborately engraved border on three sides of the document, the vignettes include Neptune ruling the waves and Hercules slaying the Hydra, vellum, 27¼" x 35¾", Westminster, 14th June
lacks seal, a little creased in some folds
Item Date:
1769
Stock No:
17632
£225
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CORONATION OF GEORGE III
[GEORGE III
(1738-1820, King of Great Britain) and his Queen CHARLOTTE (1744-1818, née Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)]
'An Exact Representation of the Coronation ... at Westminster' and of 'The Coronation Dinner in Westminster Hall',
2 hand-coloured woodcuts, copied from the illustrations in The Universal Magazine for October and November 1761, the first, taken as the Archbishop of Canterbury places the Crown on the King's head, is lettered with explanations of the crowded scene, including at (h) 'The Dukes of Normandie and Acquitain and other great officers', the second, similarly explained, shows the King's Champion, flanked by the Earl Marshal and Lord High Constable, riding up the centre between the long tables, watched by the diners and the others present in the galleries, printed within a 'Greek Key' border, both referring to 22nd September 1761, laid down on two separate album leaves 10" x 7¾", with other items on the versos, the two prints no date, circa
edges worn and border trimmed in places without loss to text or image
Item Date:
1820
Stock No:
56023
£375
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GEORGE III
(1738-1820, King of Great Britain)
Fine firm signature on top portion of a commission document
appointing James Hay of Seggieden, (1771-1838), as Captain Lieutenant in the Perthshire Regiment of Fencible Cavalry commanded by Colonel Charles Moray, in the Troop of which Hay is already Captain, and further he is to rank as “Captain in the Army during the Establishment of the said Regiment in the Army only”, engraved with manuscript additions, papered seal of Royal Arms, 1 side vellum 5” x 15”, no date, circa
lower portion has been cut away in a rather irregular line, three other small portions cut out affecting two words (easily supplied)
Item Date:
1805
Stock No:
53782
£175
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GEORGE III
(1738-1820, King of Great Britain)
Fine document signed at the head,
printed with manuscript details, appointing Richard Ward to be "Captain of Dragoons in Our Army", countersigned by "Dunk HALIFAX" (George Montague-Dunk, 1716-1771, 2nd Earl of Halifax, uncle of Lord North), as a Secretary of State, and by the Hon. Robert WALPOLE (d. 1810, Clerk of the Privy Council, Ambassador to Portugal), for the War office, vellum, 1 side oblong folio with papered seal and revenue stamp, Court at St James's, 17th November
Item Date:
1762
Stock No:
51577
£750
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BANK RESTRICTIONS IN THE NAPOLEONIC WAR
GEORGE III
(1738-1820, King of Great Britain) and the Third Duke of PORTLAND (William H. Cavendish Bentinck, 1738-1809, Prime Minister)
Fine document signed at the head addressed to Messrs William and Thomas Raikes & Co.,
printed with manuscript details, giving “Our Royal Licence, authorizjng them to pay two Bills of Exchange for the respective sums of £290 & £473.19.10, the former drawn on themselves the other on Messrs Boyd Benfield & Co drawn at Leghorn...”, the printed side states that “by these Presents and by the Powers vested in us by the Act passed in the Thirty-fourth Year of Our Reign, intitled ‘An Act for preventing Money or Effects in the Hands of His Majesty’s Subjects, belonging to, or disposable by, Persons resident in France, being applied to the Use of the Persons exercising the Powers of Government in France, and for preserving the Property thereof’...”, countersigned by Portland, 1 side folio with papered seal, Court at St James’s, 1st April
Item Date:
1799
Stock No:
42237
£675
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