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Auction: 21145 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World - e-Auction
Lot: 175

Great Britain: Office of Ordnance, Payment Order, May 1711, directing Mr. Watson, a cashier at the office of Ordnance, to pay Lt. Colonel Thomas Erle £119 5s as a Major in the train in Spain in 1709 and Mr. John Shepherd £4 9s for his services as Conductor. Signed by Thomas Erle, Lt. General of the Ordnance 1705-1712. Fought in the expedition to Spain from 1707 and on his return was appointed commander-in-chief of land forces in England; William Bridges, died 1714, MP for Liskeard, Surveyor General of the Ordnance, 1702-1714; Edward Ashe, c.1673-1748, Storekeeper of the Ordnance, 1710 to 1712; Christopher Musgrave, Clerk of the Ordnance, and James Craggs the Elder, 1657-1721, financier and politician, MP for Grampound, Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance. Handsome item.

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