Auction: 13050 - Postal History and Historical documents
Lot: 2036
(x) Historical Documents
1565 (3 Apr.) letter signed by Thomas Wotton, the Sheriff of Kent, and two others from Dartford, "To our loving freinde William Cryspe Esquier Lieftenaunt of the Castell of Dover. be theist", with waxed wafer seal featuring a coat of arms with "regina afh elisabeth". Sending a warrant for summoning juries for searching of premises re defects in the collection of customs and illegal exports Fine. From the Gerald E. Wellburn collection. Photo
Thomas Wotton (1521–1587), was a sheriff of Kent, the son of Sir Edward Wotton and father of Edward Wotton, the 1st Baron Wotton.
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