AN UNCOMMONLY FINE TURTLE
WILLIAM HENRY
(1743-1805, 1st Duke of Gloucester, 1764, brother of George III)
Autograph Letter in the Third Person to Graham Clarke, Esq.,
at Newcastle, returning him "many thanks for the Turtle he has been so good as to send him & which arrived very safely & is uncommonly fine", he will "take an early opportunity to thank Mr. Graham Clarke personally", conjugate leaf with autograph address initialled "W.P.", Creswell, 22nd September
on conjugate leaf, two neat nicks for removing seal from blank portion and traces of former laying down by one margin without loss
Item Date:
1796
Stock No:
55505
£175
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[WILLIAM III
(1650-1702, King of England)]
Attractive exemplification of a common recovery document with engraved initial letter portrait at the head
concerning land at North Tuddenham and Elsing, both near Derham in Norfolk, involving Nathaniel Athill and Richard Warner together with the fictitious 'Hugh Hunt', 1 side oblong folio on vellum, no place, c.
lacking seal
Item Date:
1698
Stock No:
16222
£500
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INITIAL LETTER PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM III
[WILLIAM III
(of Orange, 1650-1702, King of Great Britain)]
Fine Exemplification of the Common Recovery with Double Voucher,
in Latin with transcription and translation, by Robert Snell, (Demandant), from Nathaniel Athill & Richard Warner, (Tenants to the Praecipe or Writ), of “4 dwellings 4 gardens 60 acres of land 10 acres of meadow and 60 acres of pasture”, in North Tuddenham, Elsinge, Lyng, Swanton Morley, Bylaugh and Hockering, villages E or NE of Dereham in Norfolk, heard before Sir George TREBY, (circa 1644-1700, from 1692 Chief Justice of the Common Pleas) or his brethren, and implemented by Richard Mason, Esq., Sheriff of Norfolk, involving William Browne (the original Tenant i.e. Owner in Tail), and John Craike (Common Vouchee), headed by a fine engraved initial letter portrait of William III, surrounded by elaborate penmanship, 8½” x 8”, and continuing with a magnificent engraved border embodying the Lion & Unicorn defying Neptune and Jupiter, 6¾” x 20¾”, vellum, ruled in red, 19¾” x 29¼” in frame 21½” x 30¾”, Westminster, [12th February] 1698, postscript added in Easter fortnight
lacking seal, line 19 folded over in order to insert original postscript, obscuring text (easily supplied) and clerk’s name
Item Date:
1698
Stock No:
53840
£475
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WILLIAM IV
(1765-1837, King of Great Britain)
Autograph letter cover franked 'Clarence'
to Sir William De Crespigny, Bart., 1765-1829, at Southampton, black seal of Royal Arms with his motto 'Nec temere nec timide', 1 side 7¼" x 9" unfolded, London, 17th April
worn at folds, tear in blank on opening seal, seal a little chipped mostly at edge but writing clear
Item Date:
1818
Stock No:
53582
£75
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WILLIAM IV
(1765-1837, King of Great Britain)
Autograph letter cover, unsigned, to Mrs Griffenhoofe in Hampton,
Middlesex, portion remaining of black seal speckled with gold bearing 'AFC', 7½" x 6½", no place, no date, circa
lacking blank right hand folding portion
Item Date:
1825
Stock No:
53583
£40
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