Lot 21
Charles II’s Restoration Government.- Charles II. Patents Granted for Creations of Honour from Dukes to Baronets since the Restauration of King Charles the Second by the Docquet Books in the Signet Office... Pardons... Privy Seals for payment of Monys at the Exchequer and other places, manuscript, original reversed panelled calf, 1660-68.
Hammer Price: £6,000
Description
Charles II’s Restoration Government.- Charles II (King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1630-85) Patents Granted for Creations of Honour from Dukes to Baronets since the Restauration of King Charles the Second by the Docquet Books in the Signet Office... Pardons... Privy Seals for payment of Monys at the Exchequer and other places, manuscript, 257pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, some slight marginal water-staining on a few ff., 2 small wormholes in some early ff., browned, modern bookplate of Richard Maass on front pastedown, original reversed panelled calf, rubbed, corners and edges worn, label on spine: "Privy Seals Patents &c", folio, 1660-68.
⁂ A sourcebook of information in the aftermath of the restoration of Charles II in 1660.
“1665. Warrants... For Tangier. Warr.t to ye Exchr. To pay to Sam.ll Pepys Esqr. upon acct. 69398 £ 15s and likewise 601 £ 5s w.ch makes up 70,000 yearly Design’d by His Ma.ty. for the pay of the Garrison of Tangier… .” [Tangier was part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza].
Split into three sections, the manuscript comprises the creation of honours, pardons issued by the king and warrants under the privy seal for a wide variety of government payments. Numerous famous names recorded under the various headings can be traced through this volume, including, Anthony Ashley Cooper, later first Earl of Shaftesbury, Sir Thomas Fairfax, George Monck who effected the Restoration, listed as Duke of Albermarle, Barbara Palmer, Charles II's mistress, Samuel Pepys, James Duke of York, and James Scott the Duke of Monmouth.
Provenance: (1). Richard Maass (1919-98), American philanthropist, collector and founder member of The Manuscript Society.
(2). David Stather (1940-2022), solicitor and book collector.
Description
Charles II’s Restoration Government.- Charles II (King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1630-85) Patents Granted for Creations of Honour from Dukes to Baronets since the Restauration of King Charles the Second by the Docquet Books in the Signet Office... Pardons... Privy Seals for payment of Monys at the Exchequer and other places, manuscript, 257pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, some slight marginal water-staining on a few ff., 2 small wormholes in some early ff., browned, modern bookplate of Richard Maass on front pastedown, original reversed panelled calf, rubbed, corners and edges worn, label on spine: "Privy Seals Patents &c", folio, 1660-68.
⁂ A sourcebook of information in the aftermath of the restoration of Charles II in 1660.
“1665. Warrants... For Tangier. Warr.t to ye Exchr. To pay to Sam.ll Pepys Esqr. upon acct. 69398 £ 15s and likewise 601 £ 5s w.ch makes up 70,000 yearly Design’d by His Ma.ty. for the pay of the Garrison of Tangier… .” [Tangier was part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza].
Split into three sections, the manuscript comprises the creation of honours, pardons issued by the king and warrants under the privy seal for a wide variety of government payments. Numerous famous names recorded under the various headings can be traced through this volume, including, Anthony Ashley Cooper, later first Earl of Shaftesbury, Sir Thomas Fairfax, George Monck who effected the Restoration, listed as Duke of Albermarle, Barbara Palmer, Charles II's mistress, Samuel Pepys, James Duke of York, and James Scott the Duke of Monmouth.
Provenance: (1). Richard Maass (1919-98), American philanthropist, collector and founder member of The Manuscript Society.
(2). David Stather (1940-2022), solicitor and book collector.
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