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Auction: 13050 - Postal History and Historical documents
Lot: 2033

Historical Documents
1554 (30 Jan.) (in the reign of Queen Mary), Tudor Privy Council letter signed by the Bishop of Winchester, Stephen Gardiner (secretary to Henry VIII and Lord Chancellor under Queen Mary, whom he crowned), Admiral Lord William Howard, Sir William Petrie (Secretary of State during four reigns), Lord William Paget (executor to Henry VII), Thomas Goodrich (Bishop of Ely), William Paulet (Marquis of Winchester, nominated by Henry VIII in his will as one of the Council of Regency) and Jonathan Bourne; addressed "To our loving friends Edwarde Griffin and Willm Cordel Esquires, the King and Queens highness Attorney and Solicitor General. There is a seal which depicts Janus. Rare. Photo

Sir William Cordell (1522–1581) was Solicitor General and Master of the Rolls during the reign of Queen Mary I and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.



provenance:Robson Lowe Postal Histsory auction, March 1942,
Geoffrey Owen Lockwood, February 1966

exhibited: 1947 New York Centenary Exhibition,
1950 London International Stamp Exhibition, both in the Court of Honour

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