PERVERANGES
(Jehan de, Marshal of Lodgings for Don Francisco Daist's Company of 30 Lances)
Document in French, with translation, signed,
being a receipt from the treasurer of the King's wars, Francois PASCAL, Sieur de Mons, via company paymaster Anthoine Montat, for "37 livres 10 sols tournois ordained by our lord the King for our position of Marshal of the Lodgings for the quarter of July, August & September last past over and above our place as man-at-arms ...", 1 side oblong 4to., on vellum with traces of seal, no place, 24th November
Item Date:
1560
Stock No:
2580
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PIRIE
(Sir Gordon Hamish, b. 1918, Group Captain, Director of Operations R.N.Z.A.F. in 1939-1945 War)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Coysh
sending £1.62 for Hieronymus' book 'Orders, Medals & Decorations', 1 side 4to., Cottage Row, Tarrant Gunville, Blandford, Dorset, 25th August
Item Date:
1973
Stock No:
13097
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PLAYFAIR
(Sir Robert Lambert, 1828-1899, F.R.G.S., Soldier, Diplomat and Writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to Evelyn, 1st wife of the historian J.E.C. Bodley, 1853-1925,
explaining kindly that as consul he has "no right whatever to interfere in family matters, or in ... law and politics - France is supposed to be a civilised country" in spite of "recent events ... Consuls have none of the the powers given to them in partibus infidelium", he reassures her that her mother "could not sell if she would" and that her affairs are in good hands, she is no worse than last season, "Miss Holmes is a great success & Sybil's governess as far as I can judge", 4 sides 8vo., British Consulate General, Algiers, 30th November
Item Date:
1895
Stock No:
18710
£65
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PLUMER
(Annie Constance, née Goss, wife of Field Marshal Sir Horace Plumer, 1857-1932, 1st Viscount)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs D.F. Franklin,
inviting her and Colonel Franklin "to tea on Saturday", when her husband will thank the Colonel "verbally" for his letter, 3 sides 8vo., Leigh house, Farnham, Surrey, 'Thursday' no date, c.
light traces of tabs on blank portions of sides 3 and 4
Item Date:
1905
Stock No:
52482
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POLE-CAREW
(Sir Reginald, 1849-1924, Lieutenant-General, M.P. for Bodmin 1910-1916) and his wife, 1901, Lady BEATRICE (1876-1952, née Butler, daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Ormonde)
Bold Signatures each on a card
2¼" x 3½", with a striking magazine full page photograph of him as Brigadier-General, showing him full length, full face, arms folded and feet astride, in military jacket, boots and riding breeches, on a leaf from 'With the Flag to Pretoria' for 7th March 1900 (p. 533, map of the advance on Bloemfontein and text on verso), 12½" x 8¾", and with a magazine full page photograph by Richard N. Speaight of Lady Beatrice, showing her seated full length, three quarter face, in an elegant day dress and hat, a garden basket on her lap, next to her eldest daughter and second child Marye Frances (b. 19th April 1903), on the opening leaf from 'Country Life' for 30th January 1904 (Vol. XV, no. 369), 14" x 9", together 4 items, the signatures
Item Date:
1903
Stock No:
54892
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