WARRANT FOR "PAY ONE YEARS FULL PAY ... FOR THE LOSS OF HIS ARM"
GEORGE
(Prince of Denmark, 1653-1708, Consort of Queen Anne)
Document signed ('George') as "Lord High Admiral of England and Ireland &c ..." to Walter WHITFIELD
(1635-1712, Paymaster General of the Marines) instructing him to pay "out of such moneys as are or shall come to your hands by the deduction of Sixpence from every Twenty shillings by you issued pursuant to the Establishment of the Marine Regiments to pay unto Lieutenant William Squibb of the Regiment of Marines commanded by Colonel Joshua Churchill, the summ of Eighty five pounds, three shillings and four pence, or One years full pay as First Lieutenant in the marines according to His Post, which Her Majesty is graciously pleased to allow him in consideration of the Loss of his Arm; And for so doing this together with the Acquittance of the said William Squibb or his Assigns shall be you Warrant and Discharge. Given under my hand this 6th day of April ...", with a manuscript receipt on the second side, signed by Squibb, 3 sides folio., no place, 6th April
slight tape residue to the margins
Item Date:
1708
Stock No:
41745
£775
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CHRISTENING PHOTO OF PRINCE GEORGE
GEORGE
(William, Prince of Hanover, 1915-2006, 2nd eldest son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, brother-in-law of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) and his wife Princess SOPHIE (of Greece and Denmark, 1914-2001, Youngest daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece, elder sister of Prince Philip)
Fine Photo signed by both with the children named by the Princess
showing the family with the Princess seated with the infant Georg in her lap in his Christening Robe, with Prince Welf standing with his father behind them, 4½" x 3½", no place,
Item Date:
1950
Stock No:
40418
£375
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GEORGE
(Duke of Cambridge, 1819-1904, Grandson of George III, Commander in Chief of the Army)
Autograph letter signed to "My dear Duchess"
telling her that "the Empress of Germany is to come here for tea this afternoon ... If you & the Duke would look in upon me I should be most happy ..." ,2 sides 8vo.,, Gloucester House, Park Lane, 15th May
Item Date:
1876
Stock No:
41110
£75
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GEORGE I
(1660-1727, King of Great Britain)
Document Signed 'Georg Ludewig' as Elector of Hanover,
in German with transcription and translation, addressed to Oberaufseher (Chief Inspector) von Below, enclosing a petition [not present] from Christian Ludwig von EBERSTEIN ZU NEUHAUS (1650-1717, of Neuhaus in Saxony), for "restitution of what has been paid on account of the Forest of Leinungen" (the 'Leinungischer Forst' near Mansfeld, on the Saxon side of the Harz Mountains), "and deposited at the Sequestrator's Revenue Department and the Office of Mines", agreeable to von Below's report of 27th May 1711 about "the Rescript you received from Dresden the 13th February 1708", Georg Ludwig adds that "His Royal and Electoral Majesty of Saxony", (Augustus the Strong, 1670-1733, founder of the Meissen factory and King of Poland), also wrote on 20th March 1711, mentioning the same Rescript, asking him to ensure that "the Receiver of Sequestrations, or whoever else took possession of the money for the Mint", return the money "without further delay", and desiring von Below to recover it and deliver it to von Eberstein, stamped at the head 'G L C' below the Electoral bonnet, 3 sides folio, Hanover, 26th May
central fold expertly restored, side 1 somewhat faded but can all be made out, fine strong signature on side 3
Item Date:
1712
Stock No:
55242
£1250
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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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