THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT
TICHBORNE
(Sir Roger, Arthur Orton, 1834-1898, The Tichborne Claimant, Son of a Butcher who claimed to be the long lost son of Sir Roger Tichborne)
Unsigned albumen carte de visite photo by the London Stereoscopic Company
of a cartoon, showing the Claimant's head superimposed on a large oyster, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in the background, captioned "Caught at Westminster a 'Wapping Native'", 4¼" x 2½", no place, no date, mounted with a gilt fillet and a signature and laid down together, 7½" x 5", no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
41297
£175
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TODD
(Rev. Henry John, 1763-1845, from 1820 Rector of Settrington, East Yorkshire)
Interesting correspondence about his buying back the lease
of Richard Stelling jr., tenant of one of the "three or four" Rectory farms, being the originals or drafts kept by Todd's solicitor Alfred Simpson of Malton, including letters from Robert Rayson (Todd's agent and rent collector) and Joseph Barns (Stelling's solicitor), his chief aim seems to have been to get a tenant of whom his parishioners would approve, Stelling put it about that Todd had broken his word as to his successor if Stelling surrendered the lease, with other untoward incidents, including Todd's taking off Stelling's hat with his whip (against all Todd's previous behaviour), "I need hardly tell you, that several of my parishioners have regretted to me the injury he is doing to my lands", with details of the negotiations and price finally paid for the surrender, 11 items on 18 sides 4to and 1 side oblong 8vo, Settrington, Malton and Stockton on Tees, 5th March - 19th June
Item Date:
1830
Stock No:
54277
£175
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TOLL
(Charles, d. c. 1691, Clerk of the Bakehouse, 1671, also (1685) of the Poultry, Woodyard, Scullery & Pastry, Joint Clerk of the Spicery 1689), LOWNDES (William, Clerk of the Treasury c. 1675, Senior Secretary 1695-1724), DOVE (Humphrey), TOWNSEND(Thomas), TWITTY (Charles)
Signatures on lower portion of an Exchequer document
for payment of £602 4s 5d, annotated in Latin "Entered in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer of the Lord the King" and "Entered in the Office of the Clerk of the Pells", 1 side 5¼" x 9½", 15th October
lacks top portion
Item Date:
1686
Stock No:
51636
£175
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[TOWNSHEND
(Gwladys Ethel Gwendolen Eugénie, d. 1959, née Sutherst, wife of the 6th Marquess, 1866-1921)]
Press photo by Central News, unsigned,
showing her seated at her desk, half length, turned full face, at her home in Regent's Park, no date, c.
Item Date:
1912
Stock No:
52663
£35
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TOZER
(John, 1806-1877, Sergeant-at-law (1858), from 1852 assessor to the Chancellor of Cambridge University)
Autograph Letter in the third person to Dr George Phillips, 1804-1892,
Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, accepting for dinner on 9th June to meet the new Chancellor, the Duke of Devonshire, with autograph envelope front, 1 side 8vo., Temple, 28th May
Item Date:
1862
Stock No:
50075
£20
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