ARGENTAN, 1613
HELLOUIN
(Gilles) and LE MOLINET (Guillaume, Notaries of Argentan, Normandy)
Document Signed, in French, with transcription and translation,
in a neat hand, their signatures with elaborate flourishes against forgery, certifying that 'honneste homme' (respectable person) Pierre Vallée of Argentan, with his wife Marie Guilbert and wife's brother Filipet Guilbert, have renounced to Ravan de Morel, Sieur of Aubigny [2 miles north of Falaise], all their rights in an annual 40 livres from Martin Vieillot (part of an annual mortgage of 50 livres contracted in 1592), in consideration of the Sieur d'Aubigny's single payment to the husband of 400 livres, vellum, 3 sides 12½" x 9", contemporary summary on side 4, Argentan (35 miles south of Caen), 16th April
first occurrences of names neatly underlined in later blue pencil
Item Date:
1613
Stock No:
54555
£325
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HENIE
(Sonja, 1912-1969, Norwegian Ice Figure-Skater)
Fine Signature with the place on a card
3½” x 2½”, Oslo, Norway
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
41887
£40
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HENSON
(Hubert Hensley, 1863-1947, Bishop of Durham 1920-1939)
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Davey,
widow of Horace, (1st Lord Davey, 1833-1907, Appeal Judge), saying he would "be very pleased to add your kind donation (£5) to the amount collected in S. Margaret's yesterday for the Khartoum Cathedral fund ... a good cause which touches one's imagination", 1 side 8vo., 17 Dean's Yard, Westminster Abbey, S.W., 26th June
transparent strip in blank margin of first side
Item Date:
1911
Stock No:
15014
£15
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HENSON
(Herbert Hensley, 1863-1947, Bishop of Hereford and then Durham, Scholar and Controversialist)
Early Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr Librarian'
recommending "Mr J. Wood, Non-Collegiate Student as a fit person to use the Codrington Libaray ...", 1 side 8vo., All Soul's College, Oxford headed paper, 10th February
Item Date:
1885
Stock No:
40677
£35
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HERCULES
(Steam Engine)
Delightful lithograph in colours
showing the 2-2-2 locomotive and tender hauling a coach and part of the next, about to halt at a country station, passengers are leaning out of the windows with excitement and a man is sitting on the roof of the second carriage waving his hat, "Tintorette printing" by Dean & Son, Threadneedle Street, the circular image 6¼ inches across, no date, circa
laid down on sheet 12" x 9½", some stains and small areas of damage to the sky
Item Date:
1850
Stock No:
52874
£75
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