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Auction: 26066 - Historical Documents, Autographs and Ephemera
Lot: 1139

England
Pulteney Family
C. 1700 A pair of receipts recording payment to both the father, William Pulteney Senior, and uncle, John Pulteney, of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, a short serving "Prime Minister".

The receipt to his father, William Senior, is in regard to the payment for William Junior's service as a Page Boy to Charles II. For this he is paid £12.10s in 1689.

The receipt to his uncle, John, is a large receipt for the splitting of £1000 among five members of parliament from Lord Fitzhardinge. The other signatories other than John Pulteney are the Earl of Stanfordham, Philip Meadows, Robert Monckton, and Charles Furness.

Good to excellent condition. (27 x 19cm and 29 x 18cm)

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Estimate
£120 to £150

Starting price
£100