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Auction: 21066 - Historical Documents, Postal History and Autographs
Lot: 148

Great Britain
Richard Stonley, Teller of the Exchequer
1586, three teller's bills c.350x40mm), each signed "Ric. Stonley" with a flourish; also 1571 (27 March) warrant from Lord Treasurer William Paulet and Sir Walter Mildmay to Richard Stonley to pay £5 to John Dodington, Controller of the Pipe. Signed "Winchester" and "Wa: Mildmay", further endorsed by Robert Petre to Stonley to include this payments in his payments of Easter Term 1571. An interesting document

Note: Richard Stonley is known not only for being the first person on record to have purchased a work of William Shakespeare, but also for embezzling some £12,000 (the equivalent of several million pounds today) of the Queen’s money for his own use. For this he was sent to prison.

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