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Auction: 20025 - Historical Documents, Postal History and Autographs
Lot: 506

Great Britain
Lord Spencer Compton, Lord John Conway
1625 (8 Nov.) letter signed from Compton by means of recording the delivery to Lord Conway of "a great rich Jewell of gold called the Mirrour of Great Brittaine ... A fair Jewell in fashion like a feather of gold ... A faire flower of gold with three great Ballasses ... A great poynted diamond with the Collett taken from a Coller of gold ... A broken Coller of gold ... A Jewell of gold of the letter J.". An extraordinary list. Signed "Sp. Compton". Some staining and tears to the paper and laid onto page.

This document is evidence of the pawning of the Crown Jewels and plate from 1625 onwards

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Estimate
£150 to £200

Starting price
£110