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Auction archive: Lot number 30

CHARLES II (1630-1685), King of England, Scotland and Ireland . Autograph letter signed (with cipher representing ?'CR') to his Chancellor, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, n.p., 'friday afternoone' [1660s], one page, 4to , integral autograph addr...

Auction 15.11.2006
15 Nov 2006
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$5,733 - US$9,556
Price realised:
£3,120
ca. US$5,963
Auction archive: Lot number 30

CHARLES II (1630-1685), King of England, Scotland and Ireland . Autograph letter signed (with cipher representing ?'CR') to his Chancellor, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, n.p., 'friday afternoone' [1660s], one page, 4to , integral autograph addr...

Auction 15.11.2006
15 Nov 2006
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$5,733 - US$9,556
Price realised:
£3,120
ca. US$5,963
Beschreibung:

CHARLES II (1630-1685), King of England, Scotland and Ireland . Autograph letter signed (with cipher representing ?'CR') to his Chancellor, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, n.p., 'friday afternoone' [1660s], one page, 4to , integral autograph address leaf ('For the Chancelor'), (strengthening to margin of address leaf). Provenance : Fairfax Library and Archive, sold at Sotheby's, 14 December 1993, lot 460. AN URGENT SUMMONS TO HIS CHANCELLOR: the King cites 'many great thinges of importance to be thought of' which require Clarendon's urgent attendance, including 'Ireland, as likwise there is some inteligence come to me this day, that rogues in the army are hatching villany against me', concluding that instead of attending Parliament Clarendon should 'come hether, at least that you would dine heere'. This hastily scribbled note is closely related to the series of confidential notes the King and Clarendon exchanged during Privy Council meetings during the 1660s, which were published in facsimile by W.D. Macray (Roxburghe Club, 1896).

Auction archive: Lot number 30
Auction:
Datum:
15 Nov 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
15 November 2006, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

CHARLES II (1630-1685), King of England, Scotland and Ireland . Autograph letter signed (with cipher representing ?'CR') to his Chancellor, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, n.p., 'friday afternoone' [1660s], one page, 4to , integral autograph address leaf ('For the Chancelor'), (strengthening to margin of address leaf). Provenance : Fairfax Library and Archive, sold at Sotheby's, 14 December 1993, lot 460. AN URGENT SUMMONS TO HIS CHANCELLOR: the King cites 'many great thinges of importance to be thought of' which require Clarendon's urgent attendance, including 'Ireland, as likwise there is some inteligence come to me this day, that rogues in the army are hatching villany against me', concluding that instead of attending Parliament Clarendon should 'come hether, at least that you would dine heere'. This hastily scribbled note is closely related to the series of confidential notes the King and Clarendon exchanged during Privy Council meetings during the 1660s, which were published in facsimile by W.D. Macray (Roxburghe Club, 1896).

Auction archive: Lot number 30
Auction:
Datum:
15 Nov 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
15 November 2006, London, King Street
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