Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 17020 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 816

Autographs
Richard Stonley
1586 two thin vellum strips, teller's receipts (?) written in Latin and each signed with the flourish signature of "Ric Stonley". Unusual and scarce. Photo

Richard Stonley (1519 c. - 1600) Stonley was one of four Tellers of the Exchequer of Receipt, a senior figure in Elizabeth I’s Treasury charged with receiving payments for the Queen’s coffers. By the late 1590's he was powerful and wealthy having been in position at the Exchequer for over four decades during which he accumulated land in six different counties and houses in Kent, Essex, Buckinghamshire, Oxford and London. But in early 1597 his world was thrown into turmoil – he was accused of siphoning off some £12,000 (the equivalent of several million pounds today) of the Queen’s money for his own use. For this he was put into prison

Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£90