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Auction: 13050 - Postal History and Historical documents
Lot: 2039

(x) Historical Documents
Francis Walsingham
1578 letter and wrapper signed "Fra: Walsingham", addressed "to the right worshipful my very loving friends Sir Nicholas Bacon Knight and Nathanaell Bacon Esquier executors of the will of the Late Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England their father". The letter urges the sons to carry out the promise of their father to Christopher Barker, the royal printer, in respect to the completion of works needed on a house in London called Bacon House. With part wax seal and in a very fine state of preservation. From the Gerald E. Wellburn collection. Photo

Sir Francis Walsingham (c. 1532 – 6 April 1590) was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 20 December 1573 until his death, and is popularly remembered as her spymaster.

Sir Nicholas Bacon (28 December 1510 – 20 February 1579) was an English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, notable as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. He was the father of the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon.

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