INITIAL LETTER PORTRAIT OF GEORGE II
GEORGE II
(1683-1760, King of Great Britain)
Exemplification of the Common Recovery, with Double Voucher,
by Richard Weale and Thomas Wroughton from Jonathan Evendon, Gent., of "3 messuages, 7 gardens, 70 acres of land, fifty acres of meadow, 50 acres of pasture and 10 acres of wood" in Bromley Chart next Sutton Valence, Boughton Monchelsea, Langley and Erith, Kent, heard before Sir John WILLES, 1685-1761, from 1737 Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and implemented by Thomas Hodsdon Esq., Sheriff of Kent, Evendon vouches [calls upon] to warrant him in possession the original owners in tail Charles and his wife Sarah Raymond, John and Thomas Webster, who are thereupon sued by Weale and Wroughton, so the original owners in tail call upon Samuel Ward as common vouchee, fine large portrait of George II in elaborate initial 'G', 8¾" x 7½", the heading continues along the top with a wide border of female figures including Britannia, and the Royal Arms, all engraved, vellum tab, Seal of the Court of Common Pleas in green-brown wax, 4½ inch diameter, the obverse bears George II enthroned, with figures emblematic of power and justice, the reverse bears the Royal Arms supported by a dragon and greyhound, below are the remains of the legend 'PRO BREVIBUS CORAM IUSTICIARIIS', the document vellum 28¼" x 33", Westminster, 7th May, 17th year of George II,
seal defective at top near tab and on sinister side of the king's figure, lacking about one third in all, worn and legends faint, rust offset of former metal seal case affects several words near end (all can be supplied) and has caused three small holes in the decorative heading
Item Date:
1744
Stock No:
16507
£325
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GEORGE II
(1890-1947, King of Greece)
Presentation photo signed as King and inscribed
to Sir Sydney Waterlow, (1878-1944, British Minister at Bangkok, Addis Adaba, Sofia and Athens) showing him full length in uniform, in original hand beaten silver frame with monogram at the head, 17½" x 14", Athens
Item Date:
1939
Stock No:
36348
£1750
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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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GEORGE III
(1738-1820, King of Great Britain)
Engraved Portrait from a Deed,
with Royal Arms below including Hanover, vellum, approx. 5" x 5", date in pencil on verso 24th March
Item Date:
1761
Stock No:
19768
£75
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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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