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Auction: 17020 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 828

Autographs
Robert Hammond, Governor of the Isle of Wight
1649 (9 July) A.L.S. from Henry Scobell granting Colonel Hamond an annuity of £500 per annum to be settled on himself and his heirs for services to parliament and is signed "Hen: Scobell Clic. Parliament". Some creasing and wrinkling and affixed by gummed tape to backing paper. With transcript. Photo

Robert Hammond (1621– 1654) was an officer in the New Model Army under Oliver Cromwell during the First English Civil War and a politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654. He is best known for his year-long role in keeping Charles I of England in custody.



Henry Scobell (1610 (c.) - 1660) was an English Parliamentary official, and editor of official publications. He was clerk to the Long Parliament, and wrote on parliamentary procedure and precedents.

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