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Lot No.

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Army

1830

Bloomsbury 6 May 1999

William IV (King of England, 1765-1837) Document signed, commissioning W.M. McNeill Ensign in the 85th Regiment of Foot (King's Light Infantry), engraved document, completed in manuscript, paper seals, countersigned by Lord Melbourne, oblong 4to, framed & glazed, 1st December, 1830. #100-150

McNeill

Melbourne (Lord)

Army

1780

Bloomsbury 11 May 2000

George III (King of Great Britain, 1738-1820) Document, commissioning George Manley ensign in the Seventy Fifth / or the Prince of Wales's Regiment of Foot, D.s. by George III & countersigned by Viscount Hillsborough, printed document on vellum, with manuscript insertions, paper seal, folds, browned, 223 x 340mm., 29th November 1780; and 2 others comprising an engraved portrait of George III and part of an Exchequer order signed by Sidney, first Earl of Godolphin, v.s. (3). #80-120

Manley

Army

1915

Bloomsbury 11 May 2000

First World War.-., Atkinson (Edgar, Pte 2369, 'A' Company, York & Lancaster Regiment, fl. 1911-30) Notes & Diaries including ''Fragments from France. By A. Bit'', 6 vol., 3 T.Ls.s. and a printed bible, manuscripts, c. 795pp., some scrappy and incomplete, mostly in pencil, a few hasty drawings (not of the war), numerous pp. excised, some scribbling, original cloth or wrappers, rubbed and worn, 8vo & 4to, n.d. c. 1915. N.B. Atkinson from Woodhouse, near Sheffield was a professional soldier, the date in his army issued bible is stamped and dated ''Garrison Office, Pontefract, 7th October 1911''. #120-180

Atkinson

Army

1816

Dominic Winter 25 July 2001

334

Military commission document signed as Prince Regent, 1p, oblong vellum 18th January 1816, raising Thomas Grant to Major in the 75th Regiment of Foot, countersigned by Sidmouth, together with a signature in ink of Queen Victoria on a slip of paper cut from a larger document, laid to an album leaf, with two others, and a document signed by George V conferring the CMG on Brig Gen Hugh Drummond, dated January 1st 1918, and a passport of 1889 bearing the facsimile signature of Lord Salisbury.

Grant

Drummond

Naval

1823-1824

Bloomsbury 5 June 1997

293

Ships' Logs. - Macdowall (James, Lieutenant, R. N. ) A Log of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Ship Albion Sir William Hoste Bart. Captain, [ &] Log Of the Proceedings on board HM Sloop Pandora Between the 14th of December 1823 and 18th of January 1824, together 2 works in 1 vol. , manuscript, 89pp. , small tear affecting 9pp. , browned, original wrappers, torn and soiled, 1823-24; and another, folio (2). #70 - 100 N.B. Sir William Hoste (1780-1828), protege off Nelson and victor of the brilliant engagement of Lissa in 13th March 1811.

Macdowall

Hoste

Naval

1655, 1706/7

Bloomsbury 11 Nov 1999

155

Thompson (Sir John, first Baron Haversham, Lord of the Admiralty 1699-1701, 1643-1710) & others. Wee whoe have hereunto subscribed, doe humbly Certifie, that Henry, the sonn of Ffrancis Gould late gunner of His Maties Ship Breda is a person of a very Civill life..., D.s., manuscript, 10 lines, folds, browned, 180 x 78mm., 1st September 1665 Rivers (Richard Savage, fourth Earl, soldier, 1660?-1712) Order to Michael Richards, Colonel of the Train, to "deliver to Lt. Coll: Deffoissaq Major in ye French Regt. of Dragoons, Tenn ffusees, & Tenn pair of Pistolls...", D.s., manuscript, 6 lines, folds, browned, 110 x 200mm., 13th March 1706/7 (2). Second mentioned French Dragoons were a regiment of Hugenot's fighting in the British Army, originally intended for France but due to contrary winds were disembarked at Lisbon. #50 - 75

Thompson

Gould

Rivers

Richards

Deffoissaq

Naval

1704

Bloomsbury 11 Nov 1999

159

Byng (Admiral George, Lord Torrington, 1663-1733) A List of Supernumerary Men of the Mediterranean Squadron to be Discharg'd into the Kinsale of Gibraltar, D.s., manuscript list, 1p., tear at tail with loss, repaired, tipped-in on card, browned, folds, 260 x 184mm., c. 1704; and an engraved portrait of Byng, 8vo (2). #50 - 75

Byng

Naval

1713

Bloomsbury 11 Nov 1999

160

Haddock (Admiral Sir Richard, 1629-1715) & John Wren, Clerk to the Ticket Office of the Navy Office. Certificate of Service for Charles Dudley, Seaman, D.s., manuscript, 1p. with conjugate blank, tear affecting 1 line at head, browned, folds, 298 x 189mm., 2nd October 1713 "The number of Haddocks serving in the navy during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was very great." - DNB. #60 - 80

Haddock

Dudley

Naval

1800-1820?

Bloomsbury 11 Nov 1999

161

Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral. Commission appointing Michael Pinfold to be Boatswain on H.M.S. London, signed by three commissioners, printed document completed in manuscript, 1p., folio, integral blank, 5th September 1732, attached to card folder Naval Will and Testament form, engraved document with pictorial heading, uncompleted, folio, c.1800-20? (2). #60 - 80

Pinfold

Naval

1732

Bloomsbury 11 Nov 1999

162

WAGER (Admiral Sir CHARLES, 1666-1743), Sir THOMAS FRANKLAND, THOMAS CLUTTERBUCK, Lords of the Admiralty & JOSIAH BURCHETT, Secretary of the Admiralty & clerk to Samuel Pepys, 1666?-1746) D.s. appointing "Peter Ross, Boatswain of The Tryal to be Boatswain of His Majesty's Sloop the Fly", printed form with manuscript insertions, 1p. with conjugate blank, folds, slightly soiled and browned, 310 x 190mm., 12th September 1732; and an engraved portrait of Wager, 8vo (2). Josiah Burchett "was at the age of fourteen taken by Pepys, the then secretary of the admiralty, about 1680, into his service as body servant and clerk. After remaining with Pepys for more than seven years, he incurred his master's displeasure, apparently by insolence, and was discharged in August 1687. He was for some time in great straits for a livelihood, and wrote at least three most abject letters to Pepys... in the hope of softening his master's wrath. Whether he succeeded or not is uncertain; it is more probable that at the time of the revolution, when Pepys was thrown out of office and imprisoned, he passed himself off on Russell as a martyr for his political creed, and so obtained some appointment in the navy." - DNB. #100 - 150

Wager

Frankland

Clutterbuck

Burchett

Pepys

Ross

Naval

1801-1802

Bloomsbury 11 Nov 1999

165

COOPER (RICHARD, Midshipman fl. 1801-02) JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE MADE IN THE HONBLE COMPANYS SHIP HENRY DUNDAS FROM ENGLAND TO BENGAL & THE SEVERAL ISLANDS ON HER PASSAGE, WALTER CARRUTHERS ESQ. COMMANDER, manuscript ships log, 19pp., the rest printed log book 182pp. of which 150pp. with manuscript insertions, foxed and browned, hinges weak, original vellum, extensively soiled, folio, 23rd July 1801 - 7th August 1802; and another, a sheet of unused printed ships passes (2). A detailed log book giving observations of the weather, the crew, "Carpenter fell overboard", and how many sick or dead. The Henry Dundas, 802 tons, a ship of the East India Company sailed on its last journey from Portsmouth to Bengal, via Madeira & Ceylon, in 1801 and returned the following year. #200 - 300

Cooper

Carruthers

Naval

1800

Bloomsbury 11 May 2000

Hamond (Sir Graham Eden, Admiral, 1779-1862) Commonplace book, manuscript, 71pp. excluding blanks, reverse entries, mostly in ink, some in pencil (in Greek), 8pp. of sketches (1 pen and ink, the rest drawings), 3pp. scribbled, slightly browned, contemporary vellum, soiled, sm. 4to, c. 1800. N.B. Ownership inscription: ''Captain Hamond H.M.S. Champion a ship of 24 guns Harwich''. Hamond was appointed Post Captain on the 30th November 1799, and the following year was present at the blockade of Malta, occasionally serving on shore at the siege of La Valette. With a later ownership signature of Sir Richard James Dacres (1799-1886), Field Marshal. #100-150

Hamond

Dacres

Naval

1853

Bloomsbury 11 May 2000

Wingfield (Maurice) Private Journal kept by Maurice Wingfield, HMS ''Vengeance'', 83pp. excluding titles and blanks, manuscript, one or two crude watercolour illustrations, a few insertions, one or two pp. torn, slightly browned, contemporary roan, rubbed, original clasp, forced, 8vo, 10th April-13th June 1853; and 12 others, v.s. (13). N.B. The journal includes visits to Gibraltar, the Dardanelles and Sinope. #100-150

Wingfield

Naval

1927-1930

Bloomsbury 21 June 2001

Log Book. Walford (Brooks, Midshipman on HMS "Revenge" and "Rodney") Journal for the Use of Midshipmen. Volume I, title and 268pp., 48 pen and ink and watercolour sketches and maps, slightly browned, original cloth, dusty, printed paper label on upper cover, leather label on spine, worn, folio, 26th August 1927-1st September 1930. N.B. HMS Revenge, a battleship was launched in 1915 and was present at the battle of Jutland in 1916, she was paid off in 1948. £80-120

Walford

Army

1783

Bloomsbury 22 Nov 2001

Life Guards. Jackson (William, discharged Trooper from the second Troop of His Majesty's Life Guards) Receipt for "the Sum of One Hundred Pounds... commanded by the said General Lord Amherst", printed form with manuscript insertions, 1p., disbound, slightly browned, 191 x 157mm., 7th April 1783

Jackson

Amherst

Army

1755

Dominic Winter 30 Jan 2002

346

Military commission signed dated December 25th, 1755, printed document with manuscript insertions, appointing Richard Ward a Lieutenant in the King's Regiment of Dragoons, countersigned by Henry Fox, 1p oblong folio

Ward

Fox

Army

1749

Dominic Winter 30 Jan 2002

347

Military commission signed and dated February 11th, 1749, printed document with manuscript insertions, appointing Richard Ward an Ensign in a Regiment of Foot, countersigned by Thomas Pelham-Holles Newcastle (later Prime Minister) 1p oblong folio

Ward

Army

1780

Dominic Winter 30 Jan 2002

348

Attractive military commission signed (fine bold signature) dated April 28th, 1780, printed document with manuscript insertions, appointing Richard Ward a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, 1p oblong folio

Ward

Army

1752

Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002

317

Document signed, dated June 19th, 1752, appointing Richard Ward a Cornet in a troop of Dragoons, signed by the King at the head and countersigned by the Duke of Newcastle at the base

Ward

Army

1763

Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002

320

Document signed, dated June 10th, 1763, partly printed document on vellum with manuscript insertions, countersigned by Egremont, two small holes not affecting text, otherwise in good overall condition, 1p oblong folio. Bearing the mainstream signature of the King. Raising Richard Ward to Captain Lieutenant in the Dragoons.

Ward

Army

1875

Dominic Winter 2 & 3 Oct 2002

870

George (Duke of Cambridge). Military commission signed, dated February 12th, 1875, appointing Thomas Stock to be Sub Lieutenant in the Land Forces, partly printed document with manuscript insertions, together with a small group of certificates, letters, photographs etc. relating to Stock including a manuscript copy of his will

Stock

Army

1857

Dominic Winter 2 & 3 Oct 2002

917

Militia Commission. Manuscript document dated October 29th, 1857, appointing George William Manley a Lieutenant in the West Riding of Yorkshire Militia, with attractive calligraphic lettering, surmounted by the initials V.R. and signed by William Spencer, Earl Fitzwilliam, in fine fresh condition, 1p, 430x310mm.

Manley

Spencer

Army

1884

Dominic Winter 11 Dec 2002

404

"Deck of Cards". The scrap album of Private Richard Sharp, E Company, 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment 1884, containing a large quantity of possibly original verse, observations, essays etc., mainly concerning his time serving in India, and including possibly the original version of what became to be known as the song 'Deck of Cards' - one of the most popular of all Country and Western Songs, blue cloth boards, spine defective, but interior contents in fine condition. An extraordinary discovery, which may finally settle the mystery of the lyrics of a Country and Western classic which has been an international hit for more than 50 years. In this volume, Sharp recounts an anecdote (which he signs as having been composed by himself ) involving a fellow Private in the Regiment, Richard Middleton, who attended church service and was caught playing with a deck of cards. His explanation for his action is that individual cards remind him of religious themes - the Ace being the One True God, the three (or Tray as he calls it) reminds him of the Holy Trinity and so forth. He also observes that the cards provide him with a kind of almanack. The extraordinary feature of this manuscript is that it predates the accepted composition of the song by 70 years - the generally accepted 'composer' being the country and western star T Texas Tyler who had an American number one hit in 1948. It is generally accepted that the event, which is believed to have really taken place, was in WWII during the North African Campaign. The song was most famously reissued by Wink Martindale at various times from the 1950's - each time reaching number one, the perverse sentimentality of the lyrics touching a note of accord with the public. However the present manuscript clearly shows that the story had nothing to do with American soldiers, nor WWII, and was in fact an incident involving a British Soldier in India at the height of the Raj.

Sharp

Middleton

Tyler

Martindale

Army

1867

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Document drawn up in 1867 and on PAPER. Hand written it gives details of JOHN JAMES MONEY SYMONS OF NUMBER 13 SOMERS PLACE, HYDE PARK, LONDON, GENTLEMAN, FRANCIS MONEY SYMONS AND BENJAMIN WOOLF OF NUMBER 5 CLIFTON GARDENS, MAIDA HILL IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. WHEREAS JOHN JAMES MONEY SYMONS HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO A ENSIGNCY IN THE 41st REGIMENT OF FOOT AND IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THE COMMISSION TO THE ARMY AGENTS MESSERS COX & CO OF CRAIGS COURT CHARRING CROSS HATH APPLIED TO AND REQUESTED THE SAID BENJAMIN WOOLF TO ADVANCE AND LEND HIM THE SUM OF FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS - THE PRICE OF SUCH OD SUCH COMMISSION

Symons

Woolf

Naval

1786

Dominic Winter 9 Apr 2003

346

Naval Fraud. Vellum manuscript document, dated 28 June 1786, referring to an agreement made on behalf of the King, by His Majesty's Commissioners for victualing the Navy with a William Greenwood (now held in Marshalsea prison) who agreed to the purchase of all the bran that should be made at His Majesty's Bakehouse at Deptford and also all the bran from His Majesty's Mills at Rotherhithe. Fraud and corruption of naval supplies was rife at this time, and this scarce document details the vast quantities that Greenwood had taken, amounts agreed for the payment of the Bran, etc., in his attempt to defraud.

Greenwood

Army

1842

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Document drawn up in 1842 and on PAPER. Hand written and printed it gives details of Henry Rowles a Lieutenant in Her Majesty's 8th Regiment of Hussars. Firmly bound to Richard White of Acton in the county of Middlesex in the sum of £1000. firm strike LION OVER CROWN EMBOSSED REVENUE STAMP ON J WHATMAN TURKISH MILL PAPER FOR 1841

Rowles

White

Naval

1859-1860

Bloomsbury 13 Dec 2002

Log Book.- Grey (J.G., Midshipman on HMS Sloop, Lady Canning and others) Midshipman's Journal, 276pp., ruled throughout, blue pp., margins slightly browned, contemporary tree calf, covers creased, corners worn, sm. folio, 25th January 1859 - 9th April 1860. *** "Jas Brown, while bathing with the crew was drowned unfortunately through not being able to swim & leaving the bowlines he was learning in any attempt was made to save him and also to recover his body but without success."

Grey

Brown

Naval

1811

Dominic Winter 29 Jan 2003

393

Mariner's apprentice indenture. Scarce printed paper indenture with manuscript insertions, dated March 19th 1811, binding James Barley as an apprentice to Thomas Holt, Master Mariner, with details of the draconian terms, including a ban on gambling, visiting ale houses and detailing payments of forty pounds to be made over a three year period, some weakness in the folds, probably caused by the fact that the apprentice had to have the document about his person at all times while on board ship, with contemporary endorsements of his three payments to verso, wood cut engraving of a sailing ship to the top left hand corner of document, signature of Holt and mark of Barley to the lower right hand corner. Scarce. Documents of this nature rarely if ever appear on the market. A particularly interesting aspect of this document is that the section referring to parental consent has been crossed out, indicating that James was either an orphan or from the poor house.

Barley

Holt

Army

1793

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Commission 1793. Signed document dated April 1793 appointing Howard Elphinstone to the duty of second lieutenant to the Royal Artillery Regiment. Signed clearly in the top left hand corner by King George III. Other clear signatures include the duke of Richmond and Clerk of the ordinance G.Crawford. With a red wax seal and stamp still intact. The document is in Excellant condition for its age with no rips or tears.

Elphinstone

Crawford

Army

1800

Dominic Winter 14 May 2003

343

Commission of John Williams Gent. to rank of Lieutenant in the 52nd Oxfordshire Regiment of Foot, 30 August 1800, signed by George III top left and Thomas Butts, General of Musters below, sl. soiled, approx. 30 x 40 cm, framed and glazed

Williams

Butts

Army

1813

Dominic Winter 14 May 2003

344

Document signed as Prince Regent dated December 23rd 1813, appointing Christopher Spencer Briary to be Adjutant to the 26th Regiment of Foot commanded by the Duke of Richmond, partially printed document on vellum with remains of red wax seal, minor dusting and a slight damp stain, with uncommon signature of the King to head, countersigned by Lord Sidmouth (former Prime Minister) to base

Briary

Naval

1659

Bloomsbury 12-13 Jun 2003

594

Lenthall (William, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1591-1662) Appointment of Admiral John Lanson as "Comander of the Shipp James", D.s. "Wm Lenthall Speaker", manuscript on vellum, 13 lines, water-stained, folds, 220 x 310mm., 7th June 1659. In the restored Long parliament [7th May 1659] the speaker's position was greatly increased in dignity. On 6 June the house voted that 'all military and naval commissions should be signed by the speaker in the name of the commonwealth of the parliament of England,' instead of by the commander-in-chief." - DNB.

Lenthall

Lanson

Naval

1668

Bloomsbury 12-13 Jun 2003

596

Pepys (Samuel, Clerk of the Acts to the Navy, diarist 1633-1703) L.s. to Edward Gregory, 1p., folio, Navy Office, 19th August 1668, ordering him on behalf of the Duke of York to reinstate the Boatswain of the Anne "and re-enter him accordingly", folds, browned. Signed by Pepys, Viscount Brouncker and Sir John Mennes. The 19th of August was a busy day for Pepys; at work he was busy upon his "great letter to the Duke of York" and on the domestic front he had to deal with a fit of jealousy between his servants Jane and Tom. Also his assistant William Hewer informed him that he had been been summoned by the Commissioners of Accounts over having received a gift of #30 from Mr. Mason, a timber merchant.

Pepys

Gregory

Brouncker

Mennes

Hewer

Naval

1668

Bloomsbury 12-13 Jun 2003

597

Pepys (Samuel, Clerk of the Acts to the Navy, diarist 1633-1703) L.s. to Edward Gregory, 1p., folio, Navy Office, 3rd September 1668, concerning a request from Mr. Lawrence that money said to be paid to him in wages for several shipwrights, "sent downe from Deptford & employed at Sheerness in June 1666", had been disputed because "of a supposed mistake in the body of ye tick:t … it being dated in 64" and asking him to employ 65 shipwrights under Owen Bagwell, foreman, folds, browned. Signed by Pepys, Viscount Brouncker, Sir William Penn. Sir William Penn (1621-70), Navy Commissioner 1660-9.

Pepys

Gregory

Lawrence

Bagwell

Brouncker

Penn

Naval

1687

Bloomsbury 12-13 Jun 2003

598

Pepys (Samuel, Clerk of the Acts to the Navy, diarist 1633-1703).- James II (King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1633-1701) Ships paper authorising William Paine, master of the Betty of Dublin to make a voyage from Dublin to Lisboa, Portugal, D.s. "James R", "Pepys" & "Thomas Wilkinson", engraved ornate title with supporters from the royal arms and a ship, with manuscript insertions, folds, one edge slightly stained, 4 wormholes, paper seal, 420 x 335mm., 29th August 1687.

Pepys

Paine

Wilkinson

Naval

1668, 1625-1672

Bloomsbury 12-13 Jun 2003

599

Pepys.- Brouncker (William, second Viscount of Castle Lyons, mathematician, first President of the Royal Society, commissioner for the office of Lord High Admiral, 1620?-84), Sir John Mennes, Admiral, Comptroller of the Navy, 1599-1671 & Colonel Thomas Middleton, Navy Commissioner, d. 1672. Certificate from the commissioners ordering a payment for stores at Deptford, D.s. "Brouncker", "Mennes" & "Middleton", folds, browned, 150 x 195mm., Navy Office, 13th February 1668; and another, L.s. by Edward Mountagu, first Earl of Sandwich, admiral and general at sea, 1625-72, order to pay a weekly pension of 10s to Amy Bickerton, widow, v.s., v.d. (2). William Brouncker's "relations with Pepys fluctuated, but were at bottom good. They had common interests in music and science, and despite occasional quarrels over competition for contractors' favours, came to respect each others ability. 'The truth is,' Pepys wrote (25. Aug. 1668), 'he is the best man of them all.'" - Latham & Matthews. Diary of Samuel Pepys, vol. X, Companion.

Pepys

Brouncker

Mennes

Middleton

Mountagu

Bickerton

Naval

1668

Bloomsbury 12-13 Jun 2003

600

Pepys.- Middleton (Colonel Thomas, Navy Commissioner, Surveyor of the Navy 1667-72, d. 1672) 4 A.Ls.s. and 6 Ls.s. to Edward Gregory, 10pp., folio and 8vo, Navy Office and n.p., 8th August - 26th December 1668, concerning orders for repairs, an assistant for the Porter of the Chatham yard, an estimate for the king to know how much it would cost to fit ships for sea, the storekeepers house, a request to enter Anthony Guatt "a joyner" to work at Chatham yard, using employees to repair a "house, orchard & garden" etc., folds, browned. "Both Pepys and Coventry thought highly of his [Middleton's] work in the dockyard. As a Surveyor, however, he proved incapable in Pepys's view of paying attention to detail." - Latham & Matthews. The Diary of Samuel Pepys, vol. X. Companion vol.

Pepys

Middleton

Gregory

Guatt

Army

1708

Bloomsbury 12-13 Jun 2003

613

Marlborough (John Churchill, first Duke of, 1650-1722) Appointing John Floyer "to be Cornet to that Troop in the Regiment of Horse Commanded by … the Duke of Schanburg [Schomberg] … ", D.s. "Marlborough", manuscript on vellum, partly cut with small loss to part of two lines, soiled, folds, 250 x 260mm., 11th May 1708; and another relating to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, v.s. (2). Schomberg (Meinhard, Duke of Leinster and third Duke of Schomberg, 1641-1719), soldier. Present at the battle of the Boyne. "According to Mackay, Schomberg was 'of a fair complexion,' but one of the hottest, fiery men in England, which was the reason King William would never give him any command where there was action.'" - DNB.

Churchill

Floyer

Schomberg

Army

1710

Bloomsbury 12-13 Jun 2003

614

Saragossa.- Anne (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714) Warrant to pay Colonel Thomas Harrison #1000 as a reward for delivering the news of the English victory under General James Stanhope at Saragossa, manuscript, folds, browned, folio, 28th September 1710. The war of the Spanish Succession.

Harrison

Stanhope

Army

1741

Bloomsbury 12-13 Jun 2003

619

Wentworth (Thomas, Brigadier General, Commander in Chief of the British occupation of Cuba) Appointment by Thomas Wentworth of Richard Wentworth as a 1st Lieutenant in Colonel Cockrains Regiment, D.s. "Wentworth", manuscript, 1p., Cuba, 6th November 1741; and a small quantity of others including an American slave trade document, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty). First mentioned relating to the War of Jenkins Ear.

Wentworth

Cockrain

Naval

1795

Bloomsbury 12-13 Jun 2003

636

Navy.- Laforey (Sir John, Commander in Chief at Barbados, 1729?-96) Commission appointing George Sayer as Lieutenant on HMS Beaulieu, D.s. "Jn Laforey", printed document with manuscript insertions, folds, 290 x 320mm., 1st July 1795; and 4 others, v.s., v.d. (5).

Laforey

Sayer

Naval

1838

Bloomsbury 12-13 Jun 2003

651

Royal Navy. Appointment of Lieutenant John Philipps Philipps as Additional Lieutenant of HM Steam Vessel Redwing, D.s., printed form on vellum with manuscript insertions, paper seal, 285 x 335mm., 1st July 1838; and a small quantity of others, including a Great Eastern Railway Bye Laws document, an autograph manuscript by Sir Herbert Read, Pierre Francastel, and letters including Gore Ouseley, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).

Philipps

Read

Ouseley

Army

1919

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British WWI Victory Medal Named EAST SURREY REGIMENT. The British Victory medal 1st saw light as the Inter-Allied Victory Medal, and was agreed to by all allies in March 1919. All medals were to be almost identical to obviate the need to exchange allied medals and each was patterned after a French medal of 1870. The medal was authorized in Britain on 1 September 1919. The medal was awarded to all ranks of the fighting forces, to civilians under contract, and others employed with military hospitals who actually served on the establishment of a unit in a theatre of war between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918 (inclusive). It was also awarded to members of the British Naval mission to Russia 1919 - 1920 and for mine clearance in the North Sea between 11 November 1918 and 30 November 1919. This medal was never issued alone and was always issued with the British War Medal. A multiple-leaved emblem is worn on this medal when it was awarded for WWI for those "Mentioned-in-Despatches." This Victory Medal was awards to a memeber of The EAST SURREY REGIMENT. Name/ F.C. Gray, Rank/ PTE, Number / J9328, Unit / EAST SURREY REGIMENT.

Gray

Army

1793

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Signed document dated April 1793 appointing Howard Elphinstone to the duty of second lieutenant to the Royal Artillery Regiment. Signed clearly in the top left hand corner by King George III. Other clear signatures include the duke of Richmond and Clerk of the ordinance G.Crawford. With a red wax seal and stamp still intact. The document is in Excellent condition for its age with no rips or tears.

Elphinstone

Crawford

Naval

1861-1864

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Naval Journal - ROBINSON (John H.) Midshipman's Journal Book [Log] of Voyages of HMSs Cressy , Formidable , Plover , and Nile , 1861-4. 4to. Well maintained journal-book of four periods of service on board British Naval Vessels. Eight track-charts, one of them folding, one double-page. Each section has a separate hand-drawn title page, that of the Nile with an attractive ship portrait. Half leather ledger volume, a little rubbed, upper joint slightly cracked. 1861-3. On Cressy, a 2nd Rater built in 1853, Robinson was mainly in the Mediterranean and Home Waters, the two track charts in this section are of a cruise from Naple to Malta and from Malta to Plymouth. A brief period on Formidable anchored at Sheerness follows, occupying the months from May to September 1861. Robinson then joins Plover on a cruise which takes them from Portsmouth to Madeira then on to the Caribbean, track-charts show both parts of the voyage. The final section chronicles a placement of HMS Nile on the North American Station, cruises from Bermuda to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and around the Caribbean. Tack charts in this section show St. Thomas to Port Royal, Jamaica, Port Royal to Havana, and Barbados to Jamaica. As is usual with these middy's journal-books, often mistakenly termed logs, the details are largely fairly mundane, but do nonetheless give reasonable insight into the nature of life at sea in the mid-late C19th, and also into the training of young Officers in the British Navy. An attractive example.

Robinson

Army

1818

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1818 THREE ANTIQUE PAPER RECEIPTS - WITH THREE DIFFERENT GEORGE III REVENUE STAMPS. THREE RECEIPTS FROM THE EXECUTORS OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MAJOR PATRICK ANDERSON OF THE 19th LANCERS. TWO EMBOSSED ONE SHILLING REVENUE STAMPS AND A SIXPENCE IMPRESSED REVENUE STAMP. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL - IN GOOD CONDITION - ON BOND PAPER WITH SOME DUSTING TO EDGES.

Anderson

Army

1836

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4 Oct 1836 ANTIQUE PAPER DOCUMENT. TYPE OF DOCUMENT: ASSIGNMENT OF A DEBT OF £108 DUE FROM THE LATE CATHERINE ANN DORSET Widow, Deceased. BETWEEN: RICHARD LAMBERT OF BRIGHTHELMSTONE IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, GENTLEMAN AND FRANCIS MICHAEL FRASER OF TILLREY FORT A LIEUTENANT IN THE TWENTIETH REGIMANT OF INFANTRY. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION WITH STORAGE DUSTING TO TOP EDGE - SIZE 15 INCHES BY 8 INCHES ON ONE SHEET OF FOLDED B. & T. SWEETAPPLE WATERMARKED PAPER FOR 1830. FEATURES: ONE IMPRESSED REVENUE STAMP FOR ONE POUND AND TEN SHILLINGS.

Dorset

Lambert

Fraser

Army

1911

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1911 THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF EUGENE ROBERT O'BRIEN SURGEON LIEUTENANT COLONEL FROM THE ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE. OF THE SOUTHCLIFFE HOTEL, SOUTHBOURNE ON SEA IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON. LEAVING ESTATE TO NEPHEW CAPTAIN JAMES C. O'BRIAN OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY. WITH PROBATE DOCUMENT AND IMPRESSED SEAL . GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION - ON FOLDED WATERMARKED AND BONDED PAPER.

O'Brien

Naval

1759

Dominic Winter 25 June 2003

511

Barrington (John, 1720?-1764, Naval Commander). Royal warrant appointing Barrington to be General and Commander in Chief of the Forces to be employed on a secret expedition, dated 11 May 1759, written in English in a neat hand, signatures of George II (1683-1760), William Pitt (1708-1778) and Thomas Tyrwhitt (1730-1786), remains of wax seal, approx. 45 x 58 cmBarrington had recently successfully led the expedition to reduce Guadeloupe from French occupation [see 'Guadeloupe 1759' below]. Shortly after this warrant Barrington returned to England.

Barrington

Tyrwhitt

Naval

1740s

Dominic Winter 25 June 2003

542

Original documents comprise letters from James Oswald and George Atkins to Lord Barrington, both 1749, the first concerning a letter and report re. extra payments, the second concerning the expenses of the First Clerk and the possibilities of corruption. The copies concerning the increase in the cost of victualling 1743-47; 1747-48; Comparisons of costs of victualling 1739/47; Increase of the Debt of the Navy in the Year 1747, On the head of Weat & Tear; Estimate of the Charges and Costs of The Europa; Agreement between Lord Barrington and Jacob Buzaglo to spy on the French in return of ships under 60 tons to go unsearched; Memorandum of Money Voted... for the Service of the Navy, 1746; Account of the Foregin Bills if Exchange for Victuallingl 1746; Scheme relating to the Naval Money, 1747; Long copy letter concerning naval estimates and expenses, 4 March 1716; printed Certificate for Naval-Stores, 1750. Provenance: 'Barrington archive'. In the year 1747 Barrington wrote a vindication of the conduct of the admiralty board, of which he still continued a member.

Barrington

Oswald

Atkins

Buzaglo

Naval

1750s

Dominic Winter 25 June 2003

543

Naval accounts. A collection of eighteen contemporary manuscript copies of British naval documents, c. 1750s, all in a clear hand, some presented as tables with figures, most 2 or 4pp., folio

Documents include the comparison of the ordinary estimates of the Navy between the years 1715 and 1750; the same for 1745 & 1746; each of the following four years plus 1751/52 and 1752/53; Number of officers made at home and of the number of Ships in Commission from 1 January 1739 to 1st January 1748; Number of officers made since the commencement of the late War with Spain, [1739-]1748; Number of Ships of War commissioned for each year of the War, 1748; Order in Council Appointing Superannuated Sea Oficers to the Rank of Rear Admiral, 3 June 1747; Admiralty's Memorial relating to same; List of Captains Superceded that are Superannuated, 1745/47; two related documents with notes and queries. Provenance: From the 'Barrington archive' - see above and below.

Barrington

Naval

1902-1903

Dominic Winter 25 June 2003

544

Naval log book. The manuscript sea journal of C.V.L. Norcock, first on H.M.S. Aurora, and then on H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, in 1902; then on H.M.S. Good Hope in 1902-03, approx. sixty leaves in a feint-ruled Journal with neatly written remarks, plus bearings, distances, wind, weather, longitude and latitude, etc., noted on a daily basis in tabular form, neat pen and ink and watercolour maps, boat sections and technical plans, some det., orig. half buckram with leather label, rubbed and soiled, folio

Major incidents include a circumnavigation of Africa; and then, with Good Hope as flagship of the cruiser squadron, as escort to a royal state visit to Ireland of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and including a prose summary of this tour.

Norcock

Naval

1754

Dominic Winter 25 June 2003

545

Naval victualling. Private Instructions in Support of Mr. [Francis] Dalby''s Petition, printed broadside, c. 1754, 1p., manuscript marginal note, folio, together with four related contemporary manuscript copies concerning a legal dispute over victualling of the ship Brittania, all folio

From the 'Barrington archive'. Copy letters comprise Case and Sir Dudley Ryder's Opinion, 11 February 1744, relating to Mr Dalby's Ship Brittania; two others similar dated 25 March 1745 and 22 May 1752; Letter from the Commissioners of the Victualling, to Mr. Clevland, relating to... Brittania, 20 May 1757.

Barrington

Dalby

Ryder

Clevland

Naval

1762

Dominic Winter 25 June 2003

547

Navy Treasurer. The [Pipe] Roll of Foreign Accounts, for Anglia, The Right Honble William Viscount Barrington late Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy upon his Account theroeof for 2nd June to 31st December 1762..., following on or which have by any other ways or means come to his hands by a reason of the said office and of his issuing spending and disbursing same as well for buying and providing sundry kinds of naval stores and provisions as other necessary payments and allowances relating to the navy royal and the maintenance thereof..., and so the said accountant upon the end and determination of the amount which was declared before the Rt. Hon. William Pitt Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer, The Hon. Edward James Eliot and Sir John Aubrey Baronet, Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury 4th day of July 1785 and also before Sir James Eyre, Knight Lord Chief and Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer as indebted the sum of [œ935,684.18.1« from dorse], Examined Thomas Lowten, Department Clerk of the Pipe, 27th November 1790, Chancery script on twelve vellum sheets, sewn head to foot and each with paper seal in left margin, approx. 950 x 29 cm when fully unrolled, title at head of dorse

Neither the Public Record Office, Kew, nor the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, appear to own copies of these possibly unique Chancery rolls from the 'Barrington archive'. Listed are details of victualling payments, plus candles, carvers, coopers, copper, stationers, smiths, tar pitch, etc., plus payments of salaries, awards, disbursement, piloting, commanders and so forth, with a long list of ship and place names.

Barrington

Naval

1764

Dominic Winter 25 June 2003

548

Navy Treasurer. The [Pipe] Roll of Foreign Accounts, for Anglia, The Right Honble William Viscount Barrington late Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy upon his Account theroeof for a year to 31st December 1764..., which was declared before The Rt. Hon. William Pitt and Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer Sir John Aubrey Baronet and Richard Earl of Mornington, Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, the 29th day of June 1787 and also before Sir James Eyre Knight Lord and Chief Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer indebted the sum of [œ1,871,596.17.6«d on dorse], Examined Thomas Lowten, Department Clerk of the Pipe, 1 April 1791, Chancery script on seven vellum sheets, sewn head to foot and each with paper seal in left margin, approx. 530 x 29 cm when fully unrolled, title at head of dorse

Barrington

Naval

1752

Dominic Winter 25 June 2003

562

Ship ventilation. A series of five autograph letters signed from Stephen Hales to Lord Barrington, 13 August to 29 September 1752, concerning ventilation experiments for the Admiralty, the lengthiest (3pp.) being an Account of the good effect of the ventilators on board the Sheerness and Roebuck at Deptford, 'timber will not decay near so soon in fresh Air, as it will in a foul damp putrid Air. For putrefaction being the most Putrid[?] dissolvent in nature, wares even heart of oak to peices. And I find it very difficult to make men enter into & attend to this most certain Truth; tho' confrim'd by daily expereince, in innumerable instances. But the Air not being in the main and object of sense very few can reason upon it... I will then soon publish a full account of it: in the second vol:to my ventilator book...', first and last with seals and franking stamps, all folio, together with a related technical drawing and letter from Hales's assistant William Wallace to Barrington, dated 22 September 1752

From the 'Barrington archive'. Stephen Hales (1677-1761, physiologist and inventor) is best known for the invention of artificial ventilators using bellows to inject air into ships, prisons, granaries, etc. He published 'A Description of Ventilators [and] A Treatise on Ventilators', 2 vols., 1743 and 1758.

Barrington

Hales

Army

1843

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1843 ANTIQUE LEGACY DOCUMENT. INDENTURE BETWEEN PERCY WILLIAM HEWGILL LATE LIEUTENAT WITH THE ROYAL ARTILLERY AND THOMAS WILLIAM FLAVELL OF BEDFORD ROW LONDON - ENTITLEMENT UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF REAR ADMIRAL PERCY FRASER DECEASED TO THE SUM OF £100. - WITH AN IMPRESSED ONE POUND TEN SHILLING REVENUE STAMP . GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION WITH STORAGE DUSTING - SIZE 13 INCHES BY 16 INCHES ON ONE SHEET OF FOLDED PAPER WITH EVANS AND CO WATERMARK FOR 1837.

Hewgill

Flavell

Army

1824-1826

Dominic Winter 5 & 6 March 2003

887

Coldstream Guards. Duty Book of Captain Hall, 16 June 1824 to 21 July 1826, 122 leaves MS in legible hands, approx. 20 lines to each page, entries from a few lines to three pages, many including regimental orders followed by batallion orders detailing which officers are assigned to which post (King's Guard, Buckingham Post, The Tower, Drury Lane Theatre, King's Theatre, etc.), plus promotions, inspections, drills, etc., all dated with name of Parole town (numerous towns from around Britain) and signed by relevant duty officers, blank pages at rear, contemp. calf with brass clasp in working order, ownership name of Captain Hall to front f.e.p. and leather label to upper cover, scuffed, extremities worn and backstrip deficient, 4to The Coldstream Guards is directly descended from Monck's Regiment of Foot created by Cromwell in 1650, and is the oldest Regiment in continuous service with the British Army.

Hall

Army

1917-1945

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A Very interesting lot ... These are the service records of a War Hero, yes I say war hero! any man who in the service of his country wins "The Military Cross and DCM" is a hero. The papers are of "Second Lieutenant Arthur H. Cole M.C; D.C.M" of the Royal Sussex Regiment and also includes his history through to the end of WW2, the papers include 3 lots of his orders from and signed (In Ink) by two Kings of England, " George V & VI", Newspaper Cuttings, various other papers and orders from his time in the Indian Army dated from 1917, evan a copy of his recomendation for honours from his commanding officer.

Cole

Army

1930s

Dominic Winter 23 July 2003

499

Emblems. Album of eighteen leaves of naval, air force, school emblems, etc., c. 1930s, most leaves with emblems pasted to rectos only and most with approx. twenty emblems to a page, some spotting of mounts, a.e.g., early 20th-c. straight-grained morocco with gilt presentation inscription to upper cover of Terence D[onough] O'Brien [1896-c.1916] from his father Edmund D.J. O'Brien, Brigadier General, Royal Hussars, rubbed, oblong folio Ownership signature of Terence Leslie Gossage [b. 1918] with his note of 1936 explaining that the book was never used by O'Brien who had been killed in the Great War.

O'Brien

Gossage

Naval

1713

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1713 ENGLISH NAVY MANUSCRIPT + OTHER A pair of interesting documents of the English Navy: The first is dated October of 1713 and is a certification of a Charles Dudley as having served on several ships. Entirely by hand and signed, datelined "Navy Office". Good condition with loss at top margin. Measures 7.5 x 12". Second document is a recommendation of a Thomas Day for work on the Ship Blake as an Armourer. Partially printed and dated Deceomber 1808 Ordinance Office. Signed. Good condition with some fold breaks, mild discoloration. Measures 8 x 13".

Dudley

Day

Naval

1812

Dominic Winter 27 Aug 2003

414

Midshipman's exercise book. A fine example of a Napoleonic era exercise book, dated 1812, 120pp. ink ms. pages with no blanks, with trigonemetrical drawings, navigational exercises, compass wheels, a journal of a voyage from London to Madeira and hand drawn chart showing the path of the journey, contained in orig. card wrappers with 'William Warde Bilsdale, Holkham(?)...' written in ink to upper cover, folio

Bilsdale

Naval

1751

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This is a large fascinating vellum hand written document which measures 15.75 inches by 11.5 inches. It is beautifully written in English. it is a Precept of Clare Constat between Patrick Hume of Caldra and his brother Lieutenant James Home of His Majesty's Ship Cumberland. it mentions in the text that feu duty (a land tax) should be paid to the said Lieutenant. The feu is 2 capons and one hen!!(I wonder if this is still paid?!). It is signed by Patrick Hume. Caldra is a country estate just outside Duns in Berwickshire, south east Scotland. Condition: There is a fair amount of fading, but apart from this it is still legible and the front is very clean with only a small amount of staining. There is an old blue revenue stamp for 2 shilling and threepence.

Hume

Naval

1740s

Dominic Winter 1 Oct 2003

310

Naval accounts. A collection of thirteen documents, mostly contemporary manuscript copies of naval expenses and estimates, 1740s, some with numerical data presented in tabular format, mostly 2 or 4pp., folio Original documents comprise letters from James Oswald and George Atkins to Lord Barrington, both 1749, the first concerning a letter and report re. extra payments, the second concerning the expenses of the First Clerk and the possibilities of corruption. The copies concerning the increase in the cost of victualling 1743-47; 1747-48; Comparisons of costs of victualling 1739/47; Increase of the Debt of the Navy in the Year 1747, On the head of Weat & Tear; Estimate of the Charges and Costs of The Europa; Agreement between Lord Barrington and Jacob Buzaglo to spy on the French in return of ships under 60 tons to go unsearched; Memorandum of Money Voted... for the Service of the Navy, 1746; Account of the Foregin Bills if Exchange for Victuallingl 1746; Scheme relating to the Naval Money, 1747; Long copy letter concerning naval estimates and expenses, 4 March 1716; printed Certificate for Naval-Stores, 1750. Provenance: 'Barrington archive'. In the year 1747 Barrington wrote a vindication of the conduct of the admiralty board, of which he still continued a member.

Oswald

Atkins

Barrington

Buzaglo

Army

1815

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An interesting hand written War Office memo(number 65278) dated 5th June 1815. (A couple of weeks before Waterloo) Addressed to Lt Colonel Parker at Banbury. Concerning non-payment for instruction given by NCO's men of the 33rd Foot to the Banbury Company of the 3rd Local Oxford Milita in 1813. It hints at some "fiddling" with the accounts and orders it to be paid without haste. Signed by Palmerston. Written on one side only of 4 pages of quality paper - watermarked 1814. Lord Palmerston later rose to be Prime Minister and was a leading politcial figure of the mid-nineteenth century. Document in first rate condition. 8x12.5 inches.

Parker

Army

1849

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1849 ANTIQUE DEED AND POWER OF ATTORNEY OF AN INFANTRY OFFICER FROM CHESTER. MANUSCRIPT LEGAL DOCUMENT; BEING THE MERGER OF TITHES BELONGING TO THOMAS FRANCIS WADE A LIEUTENANT IN HER MAJESTY'S NINETY EIGHTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY - RESIDING AT VICTORIA IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG LAND IN RAVENSCROFT AND CROXTON IN THE COUNTY OF CHESTER - TITHE COMMISSIONERS SEAL. AND ONE RED WAX SEAL SECOND POWER OF ATTORNEY DOCUMENT ON SAUNDERS WATERMARKED PAPER FOR 1845 INTERESTING ITEM FOR COLLECTORS OF SOCIAL HISTORY, LOCAL HISTORY OR GENEALOGY FOR THE WADE FAMILY GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION ON ONE FOLDED SHEET OF VELLUM SIZE 23 INCHES BY 12 INCHES

Wade

Naval

1805

Bloomsbury 6 Nov 2003

122

Royal Navy.-. Remittance bill for prize money, "granted to Mr John Page … as Attorney of Rachel Mc Kinney, residing at Nova Scotia the Widow of John Mc Kinney late of His Majesty's Ship Boston, died 13th October 1803", printed form with manuscript insertions, on vellum, folds, browned, 4to, 9th October 1805; and 3 others including an A.L.s. from Edward Welby Pugin and a document with secretarial signature of Franklin Pierce, v.s., v.d. (4).

Page

McKinney

Pugin

Pierce

Naval

1813

Bloomsbury 6 Nov 2003

125

Malta.-. Laugharne (John, Rear Admiral, d. 1819) Order to William Slade, Agent to the Flag Officers, to enforce a quarantine on ships, D.s. "John Laugharne", manuscript, 2pp. with conjugate blank and address panel, folds, browned, small stain at tail, folio, ?Trident at Malta, 31st May 1813. £80 - 120 "In consequence of the alarming state of the Island I have deemed it necessary to request the Committee of Health to keep all Prizes and detained vessels by HM Ships in strict quarantine".

Laugharne

Slade

1913-1919

Bloomsbury 6 Nov 2003

156

First World War.-. Autographs and sketches: including Private William Gellatly (1st Cameron Highlanders, wounded at Langemarck, Ypres, 21st October 1914); Claude Grahame-White (pioneer aviator and aircraft manufacturer, 1879-1959); Philip H. Goffrey (RNAS, June 1918); Eric B. Danges (RFC, March 1918), signatures and watercolours, 55pp., original cloth, small inkstain on upper cover, g.e., 8vo, 1913-19.

Gellatly

Grahame-White

Goffrey

Danges

Army

1886

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1886 RARE QUEEN VICTORIA COMMISSION DOCUMENT THIS DOCUMENT COMMISIONED CHARLES BURY COLLINS, AN OFFICER (LEIUTENANT) IN THE LAND FORCES. THE DOCUMENT ALSO HAS THE ROYAL SEAL & SIGNITURE OF QUEEN VICTORIA IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

Collins

Army

1761

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An original handwritten and signed pay warrant by General Studholme Hodgson in the first year of the reign of King George the Third. Dated 24th August 1761 at Belle Isle. An attractive large document in a fine copperplate hand,size 16*12inches on GR watermarked paper. Regiments listed are: 3rd Foot (Buffs) 19th Foot 21st Foot 30th Foot 36th Foot 67th foot 69th Foot 75th Foot 76th Foot 90th Foot 95th?Foot 97th Foot and 98th Foot, listing the Paymasters of those units and the sums awarded in pay(total £7190.10.00) In 1761 yet another war had broken out between GB and France.An expedition was sent to and captured the French island of Belle Isle in the Bay of Biscay.In the fighting the British losses were about 1800men killed or wounded. Sadly the paper is now quite brittle and the document (which is too large for my scanner in one image)has became split on the centre fold(repaired)and some loss will be seen on the right hand side of the page.Overall though this is still a very attractive item.Due to these condition problems a low reserve has been set.

Hodgson

Naval

1793

Dominic Winter 5 Nov 2003

389

Letter of Marque. Large vellum document, dated 1793, being the articles agreed upon the manning and fitting out for the Cutter "Hope", commanded by Thomas Hall, mounting ten guns and carrying fifty men and with the King's Protection, to cruise and capture enemy ships, listing the various terms and conditions, including shares to be allotted to each crew member, rewards of one guinea to the first man to discover an enemy ship, twenty guineas to the first five who board the enemy ship for their bravery, the barring of stripping prisoners of their clothes, etc., with all of the forty-seven crew members listed, with each adding his signature or mark against his individual wax seal, as well details of money advanced to each man, number of shares in prizes, etc., approx. 60 x 75 cm, framed and glazed Letters of Marque were issued to armed privateers, giving them the authority to capture and take enemy ships. This is a particularly scarce type and no similar examples that list the crew individually are to be found in the National Maritime Museum.

Hall

Army

1914-1918

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THIS is a fantastic document. It confirms the rank of SECOND LIEUTENANT LAND FORCES to Kenneth William Chambers. The top left corner bears the signature of George V. Below this is the impressed royal seal. The document measures approx. 16 inches by 12 inches. Ideal for framing. It has been stored folded in three along its width, but this has had little effect on the document.

Chambers

Naval

1810, 1836

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2 original documents and a sketch relating to the British Navy and its activities during the war against Napoleon. 1)An order issued to Midshipman James Forrest of HMS Cruzir dated at sea 19 May 1810. He is required to take over a captured Danish ship and return with it to England as a prize.Signed by Captain Thomas Toker. Good condition, paper watermarked 1807. 4 pages written on two sides, one side has a handwritten form for prize money details.Size 8*12.5 inches 2)A signed 4 page (written on 3) giving full details of the then Captain Forrest's career details todate. In his own hand . Dated Leith 23 September 1836. Good condition size as above. Paper watermarked 1834. 3)a pen and ink sketch on board,entitled "His Majesty's Ship Argmemnon 64 guns, standing in to reconnitre the French Fleet in Brest Harbour (Drawn on board by A Warner)" Good overall condition - size 9.25*7 inches. A rare chance to own original material from an important period of British history.

Forrest

Toker

Army

1830

Dominic Winter 10 Dec 2003

408

A portfolio containing 34 pages of manuscript notes by Richard John Nelson (1803-1877, major-general royal engineers and geologist) on the corals of the Bermudas made for the Geological Society of London, c. 1830, with a MS preface written by the author some forty years later contextualising his notes and some later additions with references to Darwin, etc., also referring to plates (not present), together with a small bundle of general and minor scientific correspondence and related ephemera to and from and Nelson and his wife, incl. reference to Nelson's donations of original mansucripts and drawings to the Royal Engineers's Institute at Chatham, correspondence with various Ministers, etc., all loosely inserted in orig. qtr. morocco portfolio, sl. rubbed, tall folio, plus a 'Book of Common Prayer' and a hand-tinted albumen photo of Edward VII as Prince of Wales, framed and glazed, with an inscription to verso explaining that the photo was presented to Nelson by the Prince in thanks for the Triumphal Arch he erected on his visit to India in 1871 See DNB, vol. 14, pp. 209-10: 'Nelson's "Geology of the Bermudas" is a standard work, and is referred to by Lyell in his "Principles" and by Wyville Thompson in his "Notes from the Challenger".'

Nelson

Army

1862

Dominic Winter 10 Dec 2003

436

Military commission, signed at the head Victoria R.I., 9th May 1862, appointing Philip Harris, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, papered wax seal with the Royal Arms, single sheet, light wear to folds, oblong folio

Harris

Army

1800

Dominic Winter 28 Jan 2004

428

Partially printed vellum commission, with ms insertions, dated at the Court of St. James, 14th March 1800, appointing George Hazelton M.D., inspector of hospitals for our forces, with blue stamp and wafer seal, signed by George III and countersigned by Portland (1738-1809, British Prime Minister), some foxing

Hazelton

Naval

1762

Dominic Winter 28 Jan 2004

443

Barrington

Pitt

Eliot

Aubrey

Eyre

Lowten

Naval

1764

Dominic Winter 28 Jan 2004

444

Navy Treasurer. The [Pipe] Roll of Foreign Accounts, for Anglia, The Right Honble William Viscount Barrington late Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy upon his Account theroeof for a year to 31st December 1764..., which was declared before The Rt. Hon. William Pitt and Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer Sir John Aubrey Baronet and Richard Earl of Mornington, Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, the 29th day of June 1787 and also before Sir James Eyre Knight Lord and Chief Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer indebted the sum of [œ1,871,596.17.6«d on dorse], Examined Thomas Lowten, Department Clerk of the Pipe, 1 April 1791, Chancery script on seven vellum sheets, sewn head to foot and each with paper seal in left margin, approx. 530 x 29 cm when fully unrolled, title at head of dorse

Barrington

Pitt

Aubrey

Mornington

Eyre

Lowten

Army

1882

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A CHEQUE ISSUED BY THE BELFAST BANKING Co AND USED BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 21st HUSSARS,TO PAY THE MESS PRESIDENT OF THE BATTALION £26-10-0d,IN 1882. SIGNED BY LIEUT-COL;KNOX,EX COMMANDER,DONEGAL MILITIA. SIGNED ON BACK BY CAPt WYNDHAM,21st HUSSARS. GOOD CONDITION APART FROM FEW TINY BANKING PIN HOLES

Wyndham

Army

1884

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A CHEQUE ISSUED BY THE BELFAST BANKING Co AND USED BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 21st HUSSARS,TO PAY TROOP SERGEANT MAJOR WALTERS OF THE BATTALION £1-12-4d,IN 1884. SIGNED BY LIEUT-COL;KNOX,EX COMMANDER,DONEGAL MILITIA. SIGNED ON BACK BY SERGEANT COOK,21st HUSSARS. GOOD CONDITION APART FROM FEW TINY BANKING PIN HOLES.

Walters

Knox

Cook

Army

1812

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A stunning and very early example of a ships log, beautifully hand written by Thomas Hugill Bilsdale on a voyage on ‘The Nancy of London’ from London to Madeira and back. It is dated and signed on 31st January 1812. Covered in calf with 57 pages in total, it is an extremely rare item and as far as I know, the first of its type on Ebay. It is essentially a ‘midshipmans’ exercise book’ - an onboard study of the craft of sailing. It consists of approximately 96 page sides in the study of navigation, a journal of the voyage consisting of 12 sides, one chart and on the last page Psalm 28. O Lord, my back to thee ? In sighs consume my breath O answer; or I shall become Like those that sleep in death Regard my supplication, Lord, The cries that repeat, With weeping eyes, and lifted hands Before thy mercy seat Let me escape the sinners doom, Who made a trade of ill; And ever speak the person fair Whose blood they mean to spill. There is no print content in this book; the diagrams, the chart and the Mariners Compass are all beautifully hand-drawn. The navigational content includes theoretical exercises such as 'Plane Trigonometry', by 'Gunters' scale', 'Oblique Trigonometry', 'plane sailing' navigation 'By inspection', 'Traverse sailing', 'Parallel sailing', 'Mercators' sailing', 'Windward sailing'. This log written by Bilsdale aboard the 'Nancy' on it's voyage in 1812. It is a wonderful example of the training a young officer seaman would have to endure, under the tuteledge of perhaps the captain himself, as a step towards perhaps one day having a ship of his own to master. I have close-ups of the books' contents available to email upon request.

Bilsdale

Army

1799

Bloomsbury 18 Mar 2004

Calvert (Sir Harry, general, 1763?-1826). Open letter to the British Army in the king's name relating to the conduct of Lieut. Col. Teesdale, of the Sussex Regiment of Fencible Cavalry, D.s. "Harry Calvert", printed, 1p. with conjugate blank, mounted, folds, folio, Horse Guards, 1799; and 3 others, folio (4). £100 - 150 Addressed to "The Officer commanding the 1st Regiment of Lancashire Militia. Lieut. Col. Teesdale … having thought proper to set forth, before a General Court Martial, in his defence … 'that he did not consider himself as vouching the Truth of the Paymaster's Disbursements, but as a Witness to the Fact of the Paymaster's having made Oath, as to the Correctness of them."

Teesdale

Calvert

Naval

1827

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A very rare opportunity to bid for a genuine hand written letter by William IV - King of England. The manuscript is written by William himself and is personally signed by him. This manuscript is a very important piece of history and is hugely collectable. Most manuscript of this type are either in Museums or hidden away in private collections. The manuscript is in very good condition with only slight browning and paper folds. My collection is completely genuine and was obtained from and checked by an acknowledged expert in the Antiquarian Association. Please email me any questions. WILLIAM IV (1765-1837). King of England. Autograph Letter Signed to Viscount Exmouth, 2½ pages 4to with separate autograph address-panel, Admiralty, 7 June 1827. Acknowledging his enclosures regarding Commander [Rowland] Mainwaring, and promising to consider him favourably in the light of Exmouth's testimonials. 'I am to acknowledge your Lordship's enclosures respecting Commander Rowland Mainwaring whom I must consider most favourably after such testimonials ... I only hope my conduct at the Admiralty will continue to merit the approbation of Your Lordship and those who really understand the welfare of the British Navy.' The Duke of Clarence had been made admiral of the fleet in 1811, which was little more than a nominal promotion.

Mainwaring

Army

1814-1815, 1823

Dominic Winter 3 Mar 2004

386

Royal Artillery. Orderly Book with ownership name of General Cookson, 1814-15, with handwritten details of general orders for the day listing commissions, court martials, postings, accommodation cost tables for passage on board naval ships, approx. 25 leaves, numerous blanks, at the rear are written 'Occasional Scraps in Rhyme, by Robert Graham, Gunner Eighth Battalion, Royal Regiment of Artillery..., Woolwich, 1823', approx. 80pp., some dampstaining along lower margin touching text throughout, some discolouration towards rear, contemp. calf with embossed monogram to upper cover, some wear, lacks clasps, oblong 8vo

Cookson

Graham

Army

1854

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This manuscript letter dated 28th November 1854 is headed "Camp before Sebastopol". Lt Col. Edw Hodge of the 4th Dragoon Guards asks that CORNET FISHER should be granted a month's leave to receive medical attention. Signed by Brig Gen. J. Yorke Scarlett with his approval. The letters of CORNET FISHER are frequently quoted by historians of the Crimean War. Written on one side of blue writing paper slightly bigger than A5.

Hodge

Fisher

Scarlett

Army

1834

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This is a commission from William IV to one John Goodwin, who is instructed to become the King's Consul to the Island Kingdom of Sicily. It bears the seal and the signature of King William IV, and is countersigned by Palmerston, who was Foreign Secretary at the time. The reverse is sealed and inscribed by the relevant Italian authorites on Goodwin's presentation of the Commission. This is in wonderful condition - very clear, not stained or torn at all. The King's Seal is intact, although that of the Italian authorities is a little tattered. It has been folded for so long that it is difficult to open it out without weighting the corners, but the folds are not stained or sharp creases.

Goodwin

Army

1702-1703

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LETTER, SIGNED BY MARLBOROUGH AND DATED 1702-03 MILITARY COMMISSION LETTER IS TO ALEXANDER FORT TO APPOINT HIM TO HER MAJESTIES (QUEEN ANNE) ORDNANCE. SIZE 15 X 9.4 INCHES; COMPLETE WITH SEAL, WRITTEN IN LATIN. MISSING BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER?? O/W VERY GOOD CONDITION. WOULD LOOK GREAT FRAMED!! WRITTEN ON PAPER, PRESUMED TO BE ORIGINAL!

Fort

Naval

1865-1870

Dominic Winter 23 Jun 2004

377

Log Book. Manuscript log book of Richard Betton Sayce, Midshipman, on board H.M.S. Defence, Victory, Arontes, Argus, Juno, Royal Adelaide and Volage, from 9th April, 1865 to 1870, over 200 pages of neatly written sailing data with remarks, fourteen pen and ink maps and illusts. tipped-in (incl. one contemp. albumen print view of Nagasaki, Japan), places visited include Shanghai, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Singapore, etc., contemp. half calf, somewhat worn and backstrip det., folio

Sayce

Army

1817

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BARBADOS 1817 fine early letter of three neatly written pages from Major Thomas Moody, Royal Engineers, to his uncle George & John Blamire, of Buckabank, Carlisle, Cumberland, England. with BRISTOL / 122 red dated post mark to reverse. Very interesting contents supplied together with biographical details. Superb fresh condition for age.

Moody

Blamire

Army

1842

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1842 ANTIQUE MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT MILITARY INTEREST. LOW START AND NO RESERVE ~ NOTE: ONE FROM OUR CASUALTY DEPARTMENT(one seal removed) ~ BUT CONTAINING THREE DEEDS (two on the reverse) AND LOTS OF INFORMATION ON FOUR SHEETS OF PARCHMENT MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT This being an COPY TITLE DEED FOR THE MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT OF CAPTAIN BROWNLOW EDWARD LAYARD A CAPTAIN IN HER MAJESTYS CEYLON RIFLES WITH MISS CAROLINE MARIA FENTON OF GROVE END KENTISH TOWN IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX REFERENCES TO ANN FENTON OF TUTSHILL; CHARLES HAMILTON FENTON A LIEUTENANT IN HER MAJESTYS 53rd REGIMENT OF FOOT . CLEAR SECRETARY HAND ESCUTCHEONED REVENUE STAMPS WAX SEALS (ONE REMOVED CAUSING SOME DAMAGE) GUARANTEED ORIGINAL SIZE 29 INCHES X 23 INCHES

Layard

Fenton

Army

1812

Dominic Winter 21 Jul 2004

374

Signed commission, 2nd January 1812, appointing David Robb Gent to be First Lieutenant of the Dragoon Guards, papered seal and revenue stamp, some spotting and soiling, creased where folded

Gent

Army

1807

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An old 1807 vellum document Headed "JOHN Earl of Chatham Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces and Master General of Ordnance"and with his slightly faded signature CHATHAM at the bottom of the page. I find parts difficult to read,some parts are fading especially the handwritten names,stained and in early script, but it is the offer of a position to Roger Burrows - and additional information about the terms of service. I'm sure with perseverance and enlargement of the page it could probably be read.. Also signed by "Neville "and has 2 embossed Royal seals in blue. dated 30 JULY 1807 .---It has been folded and is rather stiffened with age .

Burrows

Naval

1803

Cavendish Auctions 25 Oct 2002

3033

SEAMEN'S RELIEF CERTIFICATE, 1803: Printed vellum certificate with m/s insertions addressed to the Governors of the Chest at Chatham by officers of H.M.S. 'Dreadnought' in respect of William Wright who had fractured his forehead in falling from the topmast. Folded & faded etc. but unusual.

Wright

Army

1722, 1825, 1844

Dominic Winter 25 Aug 2004

352

Cadogan (William, first earl of, 1675-1726). Signed document, 24th September 1722, appointing John Croome as labourer for His Majesty's Ordnance, countersigned L. Smett, circular tear around paper seal at head of document, folio, [upon the death of the Duke of Marlborough in June 1722, Cadogan had succeeded to the post of master-general of the ordnance], together with Temple (Henry John, third viscount Palmerston, 1784-1865, prime minister), autograph note signed, 4th May 1844, to W.M. Dinsdale thanking him for his communication, 1 page, 8vo, plus a third person letter from Lord Aylmer, requesting that M. Meurice of the Hotel Meurice, Paris, will receive his nephew and 'provide him with a sleeping room', with integral address panel, signed Lord Aylmer, 22nd Decembr 1825, 1 page, 4to

Cadogan

Croome

Smett

Temple

Dinsdale

Aylmer

Meurice

Army

1858

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1858 Extract of Entry of Birth Certificate for child born seven years previously. For Emily Frances Henrietta Mann ,daughter of Deane Mann Lieutenant Royal Tyrone Fusiliers ,and Mary Jeffcock his wife born at 1 h 50m on 21st October 1851. Also attached to this signed document stating that the child had been baptised. Nice item in good used condition.

Mann

Jeffcock

Naval

1820

Bloomsbury 4 Nov 2004

Royal Navy.- Grant of five pounds each “on behalf of the Four Orphan Children of Mr Robt. Prideaux late a Surgeon in the Royal Navy for Relief from the Compassionate Fund”, D.s., printed with manuscript insertions, Admiralty Office, 11th January 1820

Prideaux

Naval

1832-1835

Bloomsbury 4 Nov 2004

Ship's Surgeon.- Scrap book at Sea HM Sloop Serpent, manuscript, 155pp. excluding blanks, 3 watercolours and 4 drawing of ships (1 watercolour entitled: “A man of wars boat engaging a Greek pirate boat by JHP”), 5 initialled, slightly browned, loosely inserted card of Dr. Robert Liston (1794-1847), surgeon advertising his course of lectures on “Anatomy and Surgery” with a manuscript list of medical books on verso, original half roan, rubbed, upper joint with slight loss, oblong 8vo, 12th September 1832 - 30th December 1835. £200 - £300 A ship's doctor's extract of cases from various sources including: “Influence of Fear over the Body”; “Treatment of Fever in Mozambique”; “Reports of Cases of Yellow Fever treated in Port Royal Naval Hospital by Linton Esqr Surgeon NH”; Mr. Isaac Wesley's Case, Surg. H.M.S. Racer H.M.S. Larne - August 24th 1834 - Mr. Isaac Wesley - Was put on board at Port Antonio on the 22nd - pulse 125 small and weak - Tongue foul much thirst cool and moist - has been ill three days… .”

Liston

Wesley

Army

1767

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1767 VELLUM DEED by John THORNTON LT. COLONEL in the COLDSTREAM GUARDS NO RESERVE This vellum document is the surrender at Wakefield Court Baron of his Grace the most noble Lord Thomas, Duke of Leeds, Lord of the Manor of Wakefield, of two messuages at Hanhead in Yorkshire. It is dated 6th November 1767 and the surrender is by John Thornton Esq. Lieutenant Colonel in his Majesty's Second Regiment of Foot Guards commonly called the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards. AN EXCELLENT DOCUMENT FOR FRAMING. Size. The document is approx. 21" wide x 15" high. Condition. In excellent condition with the usual folding creases.

Thornton

100

1844

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antique MANUSCRIPT DEED Marriage Settlement LESLIE > CRANSTON 1844. FROM THE TIME OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA THE DOCUMENT IS 160 YEARS OLD MANUSCRIPT INDENTURE DOCUMENT BEING THE SETTLEMENT OF INDIAN STOCK UPON THE INTENDED MARRIAGE OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN THOMAS LESLIE C.B. WITH MISS CAROLINE CRANSTON. BETWEEN JOHN THOMAS LESLIE NOW RESIDING IN THE PARISH OF LINGFIELD IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY A LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE ARTILLERY SERVICE OF THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND A COMPANION OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH OF THE FIRST PART CAROLINE CRANSTON OF EAST COURT IN THE PARISH OF EAST GRINSTEAD IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX OF THE SECOND PART AND CHARLES LESLIE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND EDWARD PILKINGTON OF CHILGROVE IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX A COMMANDER IN HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL NAVY OF THE THIRD PART DETAILS OF THE TRANSFER OF STOCK HELD ON THE GOVERNMENT BOOKS IN CALCUTTA ON THE SOLEMMISATION OF THE MARRIAGE GUARANTEED GENUINE AND IN FINE TO VERY FINECONDITION - ESCUTCHEONED REVENUE STAMP SMALL SURVEY PLAN RED WAX SEALS SIZE 26 INCHES X 29 INS ON FOUR SHEETS OF PARCHMENT

Leslie

Cranston

Pilkington