Lot 19
Elizabeth I (Queen) Letters Patent grant in fee simple by Robert Morgan of Maplarton [Mapperton], Dorset, to Robert and John Morgan of the Manor of Wytherston, late of the monastery of Abbottesburye [Abbotsbury], manuscript in Latin, on vellum, large calligraphic initial 'E', enclosing a line-drawn portrait of the queen, 1560.
Hammer Price: £2,200
Description
Elizabeth I (Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603) Letters Patent grant in fee simple by Robert Morgan of Maplarton [Mapperton], Dorset, to Robert and John Morgan, his sons, of the Manor of Wytherston, Dorset, a free yearly rent of £7 18s 6d, now or late in the tenure of Walter Travers or Thomas or Nicholas Travers, his sons, all late of the monastery of Abbottesburye [Abbotsbury], yearly value £12 17s 2d, in fee simple for £321 9s 2d paid at the Exchequer to Roger Alford, a teller there, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, single sheet, in black and brown ink, large calligraphic initial 'E', enclosing a line-drawn portrait of the queen holding an orb and a sceptre, enthroned beneath a canopy bearing the inscription: "Elizabeth Regina", calligraphic initial line decorated by a lion and a griffin holding banners, a fleur de lys and leafy sprays, folds, slightly creased, lacks Great Seal, framed and glazed, document 472 x 683mm., 31st January 1560.
⁂ The Wytherstone estate was owned by Abbotsbury Abbey until dissolved in 1539.
Roger Alford (d. 1580), MP., secretary to Sir William Cecil.
Description
Elizabeth I (Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603) Letters Patent grant in fee simple by Robert Morgan of Maplarton [Mapperton], Dorset, to Robert and John Morgan, his sons, of the Manor of Wytherston, Dorset, a free yearly rent of £7 18s 6d, now or late in the tenure of Walter Travers or Thomas or Nicholas Travers, his sons, all late of the monastery of Abbottesburye [Abbotsbury], yearly value £12 17s 2d, in fee simple for £321 9s 2d paid at the Exchequer to Roger Alford, a teller there, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, single sheet, in black and brown ink, large calligraphic initial 'E', enclosing a line-drawn portrait of the queen holding an orb and a sceptre, enthroned beneath a canopy bearing the inscription: "Elizabeth Regina", calligraphic initial line decorated by a lion and a griffin holding banners, a fleur de lys and leafy sprays, folds, slightly creased, lacks Great Seal, framed and glazed, document 472 x 683mm., 31st January 1560.
⁂ The Wytherstone estate was owned by Abbotsbury Abbey until dissolved in 1539.
Roger Alford (d. 1580), MP., secretary to Sir William Cecil.