INITIAL LETTER PORTRAIT OF GEORGE I
[GEORGE I
(1660-1727, King of Great Britain, Creator of the Cabinet system of Government)]
Fine Exemplification of the Common Recovery with Double Voucher,
in Latin with transcription and translation, by Joseph Biscoe, (Demandant), from John Hanchett, (Tenant to the Praecipe or Writ), of "one messuage 200 acres of land 5 acres of meadow 20 acres of pasture 100 acres of gorse and heath freedom of foldage and common of pasture for 400 sheep with the appurtenances in Foulmore [Fowlmere] Duxford Ickleton Crisall alias Chrishall and Heydon and all and all manner of tithes whatsoever of animals crops growth and regrowth" in the same villages, heard before Sir Peter KING (1669-1734, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1714-1725, Lord Chancellor 1725-1733) or his brethren, and implemented by Maximilian Western, Esq., Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, involving Nicholas Polloxfen (the original Tenant in Tail), and Barrett Edmonds (Common Vouchee), headed by a fine engraved initial letter portrait of George I, surrounded by elaborate penmanship, 6½" x 5½", and continuing with a fine engraved border embodying the first line of the royal titles, 4½" x 21½", vellum, ruled in red, 23¼" x 29" in frame 28½" x 34", Westminster, 12th February 1717, postscript added in Easter fortnight
lacking seal
Item Date:
1717
Stock No:
53842
£475
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GEORGE I
(1660-1727, King of Great Britain & Ireland, Creator of the Cabinet System of Government)
Common Recovery Document in Latin with fine engraved Initial Letter Portrait at the head,
Country of Lowth Hill, 1 skin,
fragment of Great Seal
Item Date:
1722
Stock No:
6512
£300
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[GEORGE I
(1845-1913, from 1863 King of the Hellenes, assassinated at Salonika)]
Fine unsigned cabinet photograph by Cassirer & Danziger,
showing him head and shoulders in uniform with decorations, Berlin, no date, circa
Item Date:
1890
Stock No:
51550
£225
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[GEORGE I
(formerly Prince Wilhelm of Denmark, 1845-1913, King of Greece)]
Unsigned carte de visite by F. R. Window,
showing him full length in profile, 4" x 2½", no place, (London), no date, circa
Item Date:
1863
Stock No:
23419
£125
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GEORGE I
(1660-1727, King of Great Britain & Ireland, Creator of the Cabinet System of Government)
Fine letter signed in German with translation,
with an autograph subscription, sending his "friendship and duty and, moreover, affection and best wishes to begin with, Serene Highness and Prince, beloved Cousin. From your Highness's cousinly and kind letter of the 26th December We learn that it has pleased God to recall from this temporal life your youngest son, Prince Friedrich August ... And out of our Christian sympathy with your Highness because of this untimely death, We therefore hope that the Almighty may compensate you by granting you great and lasting prosperity and many happy and joyous events ...", he has ended the letter after his titles "My dear Prince, Ever ready to serve you, Your loyal Cousin Georg Ludewig, Elector", 2 sides folio with impression of his papered seal on half of the conjugate blank, Hanover, 15th January
lacking bottom half of conjugate leaf, edges frayed, rather browned overall
Item Date:
1708
Stock No:
21839
£850
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