Lot 5
East India Company & African Company.- Keate (Sir Jonathan) Account of Receipts and Disbursm.ts of the Personall Estate of his Testator George Keate Esqr. besides the Stockes of his m the Eat India and Affrican Company, manuscript, 1695.
Hammer Price: £300
Description
East India Company & African Company.- Keate (Sir Jonathan, first Baronet, of The Hoo, Kimpton, Herts, 1633-1700) Account of Receipts and Disbursm.ts of the Personall Estate of his Testator George Keate Esqr. besides the Stockes of his m the Eat India and Affrican Company, manuscript, title and 8pp., 1f. blank at end, folds, browned, title soiled, stitched, unbound, large folio, 25th February 1695.
⁂ Keate served as an assessment commissioner in 1648; he fined for alderman in 1650. As a merchant he chartered ships to the Commonwealth and Protectorate. He also became a merchant, and during the Interregnum imported sugar from Barbados. He retired from business after his wife inherited the Hoo estate, rebuilt the mansion there, and later acquired two adjacent manors.
Description
East India Company & African Company.- Keate (Sir Jonathan, first Baronet, of The Hoo, Kimpton, Herts, 1633-1700) Account of Receipts and Disbursm.ts of the Personall Estate of his Testator George Keate Esqr. besides the Stockes of his m the Eat India and Affrican Company, manuscript, title and 8pp., 1f. blank at end, folds, browned, title soiled, stitched, unbound, large folio, 25th February 1695.
⁂ Keate served as an assessment commissioner in 1648; he fined for alderman in 1650. As a merchant he chartered ships to the Commonwealth and Protectorate. He also became a merchant, and during the Interregnum imported sugar from Barbados. He retired from business after his wife inherited the Hoo estate, rebuilt the mansion there, and later acquired two adjacent manors.
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