ROGERS
(Augustus, Secretary to the Office of Ordnance)
Document signed to Thomas Binstead
of 3 Holborn Court, Gray's Inn, about "the Barracks at the Halfway houses for the Royal Artificers at Portsmouth", saying the Board has ordered that the rent and taxes already disbursed of £274.1.0 "to be paid to you by Bill and Debenture and have directed the Storekeeper at Portsmouth to pay the Rent, Taxes, and Quit Rent in future at Lady Day and Michaelmas agreeable to your request", 1 side folio, Office of Ordinance, 7th April
Item Date:
1791
Stock No:
13176
£60
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ROKEBY
(William, Colonel in the Commonwealth Army)
Receipted Account Signed, with transcription,
for seven sums totalling £153 18s 1d, beginning "Received of Lieutenant Leavens for 28 dais pay for Coronel Rokeby & 3 men the summe of £25 2s 11d upon the muster of 22th September 1651. Note that 5s 9d is abated pro incident Charges which is the Reason why it is not 25-8-8", with further entries under 7th November, 21st November, 16th December and 12th February 1651 (the latter 1652, modern calendar), neatly arranged in columns, variously received from Colonel Hatfeild, Lieutenant Leavens, Mr Shrigley, and Lieutenant John Pickering, on the 7th November the "3 men" are named as "Watkin, Bowner, Raspin", the 12th February also refers to "an Acquittance signed by Mr Samuell Nelson", the full wording for the total is also in Rokeby's hand, 1 side 12¼" x 7¾", no place, 14th April
stub of guard neatly attached to left margin
Item Date:
1652
Stock No:
54096
£975
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TWO FRENCH GENERALS
SAINT-HILAIRE
(Louis Vincent Joseph Le Blond de, 1766-1809, General de Division, 1799, from 1808 Count of the French Empire) and MONARD (Jean Baptiste Nicolas de, 1750-1831, General de Brigade, 1793, General of the French Empire, 1803)
Discharge Certificate Signed by both, in French with translation,
granting leave to retire home ("à ses foyers") on half-pay ('réforme'), "to Philippe Lemay ... of Company No. 1, 1st Battalion, native of Collé [sic, Collinée] ... Côtes du Nord, aged 26 years ... who has served from the 27th April 1793 to the 5th Complementary Day Year 8 [22nd September 1800], on which date he was fully discharged as being no longer fit to continue in service", on provisional pay "until his Retirement Pension be set by the Ministry of War", giving Lemay's Summary of Service, beginning "in the former Walsh's Regiment now part of the 47th Half-Brigade the 17th April 1793. Took part in the campaigns of the Years 2, 3 and 4 with the army of the United Côtes de Brest and Cherbourg ... Year 7 with the army of the Alps and Year 8 with the army of Italy. Received a gunshot wound to his Left Knee the 1st Vendémiaire [23rd September 1799]" and on "the 8th [30th September] took part in the withdrawal from Pignerolles in Piedmont", there follow the signatures of the 47th's Administrative Council (7, including three Captains), and in either margin "St Hilaire" as General commanding the 8th Division, and "Monard" as the Division's "Inspecteur aux Revues", with their stamps, overleaf is an interesting record, signed "Cochois" as Quarter-Master Treasurer, of 5 francs 50 centimes paid to Lemay in respect of "Linen & Footwear", and that he has received his normal pay for the last five months of Year 8, printed with a pleasing typeset border and manuscript additions, at the top is a woodcut trophy showing Marianne holding a staff bearing a cap of liberty, 11" x 13½", Marseille, 5th Complementary Day Year 8, 22nd September
very slightly rubbed at folds and marked at one place in fold on verso, one stamp faint, but an attractive document
Item Date:
1800
Stock No:
55487
£375
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SALMOND
(Sir John Maitland, 1881-1968, Marshal of the Royal Air Force)
Fine Signature and "Marshal of the RAF" with the date
on a piece of lined paper, 5" x 3", no place, June
Item Date:
1947
Stock No:
41323
£25
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[SANDRINGHAM VOLUNTEERS]
Leaflet of four hymns, beginning with 'Onward Christian Soldiers',
for their Church Parade, 4 sides 6½" x 3¼", St. Peter's, Wolferton, 21st April
Item Date:
1907
Stock No:
51503
£25
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