Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
30 July-01 August 1923
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/582
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    685 Forru (Patrick Ruthven, Harl of) General-in-Chief of Charles I Army, superseded by Prince Rupert ; Proposition for completing the fortifications and other necessaries for the better preserving of Wallingford Castle, with signature and autograph, | p. folio, instructions that the proposed work be carried out; Auto. s. also referring to Wallingford, l p. 4to 686 Hoprron (Ralph, Lord) Governor of Bristol, 1643, L. s. 4 p. 4to, Breda, 14 May, 1650, acknowledging the receipt of 100 guilders from Sir Edward Walker ; Signed Order to Walker to pay 55 livres for necessaries about His Majesty’s Chapel, countersigned by Sir Edward Nicholas, Jersey, 29 December, 1649 687 JAMES II. A collection of Twenty-five News Letters, covering 75 pp. folio, written from London, between 11th December, 1688, and 14th February, 1689, to Lady Clayton, endorsed “News Letters my wife had of Mr. Hamon (?),” George Hamond, Pastor of Armourers’ Halland Lecturer at Salters’ Hall, giving interesting details of the flight of James II and the arrival of the Prince of Orange; the attitude of the City of London is gone into very fully during this important period, the demanding of a loan from the City, the arrival of £150,000 at the Guildhall, six cart-loads of money for- warded to the Exchequer, with political affairs in England, Ireland, and France discussed.—Broadside, the Declaration of the Lords in and about the Cities of London and West- minster, Assembled at Guildhall, llth December, 1688, In the Savoy, Printed by Edward Jones, 1688 (26) 688 LICHFIELD. Account of the expenses of Col. Richard Bagott, Governor of Lichfield Garrison, 1643, 84 pp. folio, Petition by Col. Richard Bagott for additional monies to pay his troops; Various lists of prisoners to be exchanged, etc. (8) 689; MerpicaL. The Desires of the Chirurgions of Your Majestie’s Army (ci7'ca 1640), giving a list of their medical requirements for the Army, and complaining that they have received no pay for eight months, 2 pp. folio, with fourteen signatures. —Dr. Samuel Turner, L.s.4p. 4to, Way, 1644, concerning the removal of a hospital: The humble petition of Wm. Hill, Chirurgiun 3] (‘> | 690 NicHo.as (Sir Edward) Two Doc.s. 1 p. folio, May, 1644, con- cerning the fortification of Oxford ; Proposals for raising a regiment by Mr. Ernle, 1643, signed by Nicholas and Lord Hopton, with Auto. Note by the latter, ‘I fully assent to his proposition, and shall further it all I may,”; and one other, signed by Nicholas, Cottington, Chichester, and George Digby (4)
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