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Auction: 13050 - Postal History and Historical documents
Lot: 2028

(x) Historical Documents
1544 (27 Jan.) a letter of State, "To our very loving frende Michael Stanhop Esquier Gouvernor of the Kinges highnes town of Hull", the letter requests Stanhope to accompany Sir Richard Lee and others to inspect Ravensparre and provide funds for any needed works in respect of fortifications needed. It is signed by Charles Brandon, first Duke of Suffolk, Sir Thomas Lord Wriothesley, Lord Chancellor, Sir John Gage, Comptroller of the Household, and Sir John Baker, Chancellor of the Exchequer. An important historical State document. With engravings of the Council Chamber of King Henry VIII and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, with Mary Queen of France. From the Gerald E. Wellburn collection. Photo

Sir Michael Stanhope (before 1508 – 26 February 1552) was the son of Sir Edward Stanhope of Rampton, Nottinghamshire. For a time an influential courtier, he was beheaded on Tower Hill on 26 February 1552 after he was convicted of conspiring to take the life of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and others.
In the early 1540's Stanhope held several offices in Yorkshire, and by September 1544 had been appointed lieutenant of the garrison at Kingston upon Hull, an appointment which he likely owed to the influence of his brother-in-law, Seymour, now Earl of Hertford. His responsibilities as lieutenant, and later as governor, included the supply of provisions, men and ships for Berwick and for English campaigns on the Scottish border and into Scotland itself.

Sir Richard Lee (1513–1575) was a military engineer in the service of Henry VIII of England, Edward VI and Elizabeth I. He was a commander of Henry VIII and appointed surveyor of the King's works. Lee was member of parliament for Hertfordshire in 1545.

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