OXFORD (Aubrey de Vere, 1627-1703, K.G., from 1632 20th and last Earl of the 1142 creation) and his second wife DIANA (d. 1719, née Kirke)

Clerk written receipt signed by both, with transcription, with transcription, from "the Officers of the Tally Court" of "One Tally Struck upon the Rec[eive]r of the First Fruites amounting to Five hundred Pounds for One Quarter of a years Pension ... due at Xmas 1688 to Us by vertue of Lres. Patents granted by King Charles the second the 19th of June 1673", 1 side folio, 11th January

The Earl was in the Dutch service as a young man. His estates were sequestrated and himself twice imprisoned as a Royalist under the Commonwealth. In 1688 he joined the Prince of Orange and fought at the Battle of the Boyne.
The Countess (d. 1719) was the daughter of George Kirke, the well-known groom of the bedchamber. He bore the sword Curtana at the coronation of Charles II, and the Sword of State at the next three coronations.
At this date payments were still carefully allotted to particular funds, in this case the receipts from the first year's income of the various bishoprics.

Item Date:  1688

Stock No:  51748      £275

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