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Auction archive: Lot number 20

CHARLES I, King of England (1625-1649) -- ' An Inventory of the King's Goods and Furniture sold by the Rebels 1649 ', manuscript in brown ink, in an early 18th century hand, approximately 313 pages, folio (315 x 200mm) , (on leaves numbered 31-215), ...

Auction 23.11.1994
23 Nov 1994
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$15,894 - US$23,841
Price realised:
£11,500
ca. US$18,278
Auction archive: Lot number 20

CHARLES I, King of England (1625-1649) -- ' An Inventory of the King's Goods and Furniture sold by the Rebels 1649 ', manuscript in brown ink, in an early 18th century hand, approximately 313 pages, folio (315 x 200mm) , (on leaves numbered 31-215), ...

Auction 23.11.1994
23 Nov 1994
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$15,894 - US$23,841
Price realised:
£11,500
ca. US$18,278
Beschreibung:

CHARLES I, King of England (1625-1649) -- ' An Inventory of the King's Goods and Furniture sold by the Rebels 1649 ', manuscript in brown ink, in an early 18th century hand, approximately 313 pages, folio (315 x 200mm) , (on leaves numbered 31-215), approximately 70 blanks, contemporary vellum, title inscribed on spine, in modern cloth box. A copy of the great record of the splendid possessions of Charles I and his family sold by order of Parliament after his execution. It includes goods from all the royal palaces and country houses (St. James's, Whitehall, Greenwich, Nonesuch, Hampton Court, Sion, Oatlands, Carisbrooke etc.), each item numbered and described, noting the purchaser, date of sale and price, ('81. Two Christall Crewetts garnished with Gold & Sett w th Rubyes & Turqoyses ... p. oz. 4 li. 10 oz, valued at 31i. per oz ... Sold Mr Sherley the 24 Decr 1649 for 176 li. 18s.' ... 'The Imperiale Crowne of Massy Gold weighing 7 li. 6 oz. Deliver'd to y e Mint to be coyned'). There are lists of plate, jewels and regalia; tapestries, carpets, canopies and furniture; the robes of Henry VIII; linen, leather and metalwork; works of art including sculpture and the great royal collections of paintings with works by Holbein, Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Correggio, Titian and innumerable others, which were dispersed by sale. The manuscript also includes an Abstract of the contracts between the Contractors for the sale and the purchasers. During the Civil War the Royal chapels were sometimes defaced or damaged, plate had been sold or melted down for coinage, and the royal goods were at frequent risk of embezzlement. Early in 1649, following the execution of the King and the passing of the Act for the abolition of the Monarchy, Parliament ordered that the personal estate of the late King, the Queen and the Prince of Wales should, with certain exceptions, be inventoried, appraised and sold to pay off the royal debts and 'for publisk Uses of the Commonwealth'. The massive task of compiling the Inventories was commenced forthwith by the Trustees, and Contractors appointed to sell the goods. The Inventories were completed during a period of intense activity in the summer and early autumn of 1649. Later copies (including the present manuscript) of these Cromwellian inventories were made after the Restoration in 1660 to fascilitate the recovery of the King's goods, and also in the early 18th century, and have continued to fascinate art historians and scholars. The present manuscript is in an early 18th-century hand. Not all the known post-Restoration copies of the Inventory are complete. The present manuscript however lacks only the inventories of goods in the Tower Wardrobe and of plate in Whitehall and the Lower Jewel House of the Tower, which do not appear in any of the later copies. The first item in the manuscript is numbered '79' and is preceded by 30 blank leaves, suggesting that it was perhaps intended to inscribe the missing lists on these leaves later. Bibliography : Oliver Limmer. The Inventories and Valuations of the King's Goods 1649-151 (Walpole Society, vol.XLIII, 1872). Provenance : Sotheby's, 6 July 1955 (formerly at Houghton Hall).

Auction archive: Lot number 20
Auction:
Datum:
23 Nov 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

CHARLES I, King of England (1625-1649) -- ' An Inventory of the King's Goods and Furniture sold by the Rebels 1649 ', manuscript in brown ink, in an early 18th century hand, approximately 313 pages, folio (315 x 200mm) , (on leaves numbered 31-215), approximately 70 blanks, contemporary vellum, title inscribed on spine, in modern cloth box. A copy of the great record of the splendid possessions of Charles I and his family sold by order of Parliament after his execution. It includes goods from all the royal palaces and country houses (St. James's, Whitehall, Greenwich, Nonesuch, Hampton Court, Sion, Oatlands, Carisbrooke etc.), each item numbered and described, noting the purchaser, date of sale and price, ('81. Two Christall Crewetts garnished with Gold & Sett w th Rubyes & Turqoyses ... p. oz. 4 li. 10 oz, valued at 31i. per oz ... Sold Mr Sherley the 24 Decr 1649 for 176 li. 18s.' ... 'The Imperiale Crowne of Massy Gold weighing 7 li. 6 oz. Deliver'd to y e Mint to be coyned'). There are lists of plate, jewels and regalia; tapestries, carpets, canopies and furniture; the robes of Henry VIII; linen, leather and metalwork; works of art including sculpture and the great royal collections of paintings with works by Holbein, Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Correggio, Titian and innumerable others, which were dispersed by sale. The manuscript also includes an Abstract of the contracts between the Contractors for the sale and the purchasers. During the Civil War the Royal chapels were sometimes defaced or damaged, plate had been sold or melted down for coinage, and the royal goods were at frequent risk of embezzlement. Early in 1649, following the execution of the King and the passing of the Act for the abolition of the Monarchy, Parliament ordered that the personal estate of the late King, the Queen and the Prince of Wales should, with certain exceptions, be inventoried, appraised and sold to pay off the royal debts and 'for publisk Uses of the Commonwealth'. The massive task of compiling the Inventories was commenced forthwith by the Trustees, and Contractors appointed to sell the goods. The Inventories were completed during a period of intense activity in the summer and early autumn of 1649. Later copies (including the present manuscript) of these Cromwellian inventories were made after the Restoration in 1660 to fascilitate the recovery of the King's goods, and also in the early 18th century, and have continued to fascinate art historians and scholars. The present manuscript is in an early 18th-century hand. Not all the known post-Restoration copies of the Inventory are complete. The present manuscript however lacks only the inventories of goods in the Tower Wardrobe and of plate in Whitehall and the Lower Jewel House of the Tower, which do not appear in any of the later copies. The first item in the manuscript is numbered '79' and is preceded by 30 blank leaves, suggesting that it was perhaps intended to inscribe the missing lists on these leaves later. Bibliography : Oliver Limmer. The Inventories and Valuations of the King's Goods 1649-151 (Walpole Society, vol.XLIII, 1872). Provenance : Sotheby's, 6 July 1955 (formerly at Houghton Hall).

Auction archive: Lot number 20
Auction:
Datum:
23 Nov 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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