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Auction: 18038 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 3003

Autographs
Exchequer Request
1569 (February) payment request from the Privy Council which reads, "Anthony Conwaye one of the queenes mase messengers asketh allowance for Ridinge att the comandemt of the lorde highe treasour of Englande and others of the Queens Mt most honorable privie concell ffrom London to Yarmouth to the Custumer there and ther to him delivere a letter, ffrom thence to the Customer of the Porte of Hull and there to him delivered a lre. And so retorned to London againe. Wherefore the said Anthony praieth to have allowanc for his charges and paines to be rated by the Lorde highe Treasourer of England att IIs VIIId the daie and paid by on of the Tellers of the queenes Ma'te Receipte att Westminster. I out in this jurney the space of XXIIII daies - "; fragment of the lower right corner missing, otherwise in fresh and fine condition. Note written at the top reads, "11th year of our reign in the month of February". Photo

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