WALPOLE
(Spencer, 1806-1898, M.P. for Cambridge, Home Secretary)
Autograph Letter in the third person to Dr George Phillips, 1804-1892,
Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, accepting for dinner on 9th June (to meet the new Chancellor, the Duke of Devonshire), with autograph envelope front, 2 sides 8vo., 9 Grafton Street, London, 22nd May
Item Date:
1862
Stock No:
50076
£25
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WALPOLE
(Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, 1st British Prime Minister)
Top Portion of a Document Signed by him on the verso,
under a manuscript transfer note, saying "I Doe hereby assigne & transfer all my Right, title & Interest in the within order & the Tally thereto belonging with Interest due and to grow due thereupon unto the Governor and Company of the Bank of England ...", with a note below, "Reg[iste]red J Hay", the printed text on the recto is the beginning of an Order in virtue of the main annual tax Act, first passed in 1711, for duty on many goods and renewed annually, this time "Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, for the Service of the Year One thousand Seven hundred and fifteen and for making forth Duplicates of Exchequer Bills and Lottery Tickers, lost, burnt or destroy'd ...", 1 side oblong 8vo., Pay Office, Horse Guards, 30th September
Item Date:
1715
Stock No:
34619
£375
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WALPOLE
(Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, 1st British Prime Minister)
Small Portion of Printed Exchequer Document with a fine signature on the verso
"Robert Walpole Esq: In Repayment of Loans on Several Impositions, Additional Impositions and Duties, for the Service of the War, Anno 1710, without Interest, till my Lord Treasurer's Warrant directs it ...",
Item Date:
1710
Stock No:
39158
£125
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WALPOLE
(Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, 1st British Prime Minister), Sir William YONGE (4th Baronet, dc. 1693-1755, Politician, Secretary at War) & George DODINGTON (1691-1762, MP, Lord of the Treasury)
Lower part of a Manuscript Exchequer Document signed by all three, addressed to Lord Onslow,
also signed by Wm. Strickland, the charge "bearing date of 30th day of June 1720 that you deliver and pay of such his Majt Treasures as remains in your Charge unto Charles Duke of Queensbury or his assigns the sum of Two hundred and fifty pounds without amount for one quarter of a year due ... on his Annuity of one thousand pounds as one of the Gentlemen of his Matys Bedchamber ...", with a note underneath to Lord Onslow to "pay this order Out of Duty on Tea ...",examined by Halifax, bottom two thirds of 1 side folio, Whitehall, 8th January
Item Date:
1725
Stock No:
39218
£375
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KENTISH MUSTER SIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE'S PATRON
WALSINGHAM
(Sir Thomas, 1561-1630, of Scadbury, Chislehurst, Courtier to Queen Elizabeth I and literary patron to Christopher Marlowe and other poets)
Extremely Rare Letter Signed 'Thos Walsingham', at the foot of an Autograph Letter by Sir John Scott of Kent,
being a Kentish Muster addressed to Sir William TWYSDEN (1566-1639, 1st Baronet, Politician), requiring Twysden to have his company in full effect, that it "may be fitt to appeare before the muster maister at Cockesheath, uppon the fivetenth day of October, by eight of the clock in the morning ...", the text almost certainly in the hand of Sir John Scott, signed by Scott, Walsingham and John Levyt, 1 side folio with integral autograph address leaf with remnant of a small seal, no place, 28th July
Item Date:
1608
Stock No:
41602
£2750
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