CHARLES II -- THE ROYAL FISHING]. Letters patent issued by Sir Edward Walker Garter King of Arms, 13 December 1664, grant of arms to the 'Governor and Company of the Royall Fishing of Great Britain and Ireland', in English, illuminated manuscript on vellum, with arms of the company, three-sided foliate border with Walker's arms, large foliate initial and opening letters in gold, on one membrane, 560 x 805mm, framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame, small hole affecting text, some slight cockling and fading of ink). Provenance : Frederick Arthur Crisp (1851-1922, antiquarian and publisher); sold Sotheby's, 5 December 1922, lot 409A (accompanying Lever Brothers Ltd correspondence recording the purchase, along with a catalogue entry dated 27 February [n.y.], lot 493A); private collection.
CHARLES II -- THE ROYAL FISHING]. Letters patent issued by Sir Edward Walker Garter King of Arms, 13 December 1664, grant of arms to the 'Governor and Company of the Royall Fishing of Great Britain and Ireland', in English, illuminated manuscript on vellum, with arms of the company, three-sided foliate border with Walker's arms, large foliate initial and opening letters in gold, on one membrane, 560 x 805mm, framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame, small hole affecting text, some slight cockling and fading of ink). Provenance : Frederick Arthur Crisp (1851-1922, antiquarian and publisher); sold Sotheby's, 5 December 1922, lot 409A (accompanying Lever Brothers Ltd correspondence recording the purchase, along with a catalogue entry dated 27 February [n.y.], lot 493A); private collection. The short-lived Company of the Royal Fishing had been incorporated by Charles II on 8 April in the same year, the first governor being his brother, James, Duke of York (Samuel Pepys was a founding member): its privileges included the sole power of licensing lotteries. The issuing herald, Sir Edward Walker (1612-1677), was briefly an owner of New Place, Shakespeare's house in Stratford, which he bought from the estate of the poet's granddaughter in 1675.
CHARLES II -- THE ROYAL FISHING]. Letters patent issued by Sir Edward Walker Garter King of Arms, 13 December 1664, grant of arms to the 'Governor and Company of the Royall Fishing of Great Britain and Ireland', in English, illuminated manuscript on vellum, with arms of the company, three-sided foliate border with Walker's arms, large foliate initial and opening letters in gold, on one membrane, 560 x 805mm, framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame, small hole affecting text, some slight cockling and fading of ink). Provenance : Frederick Arthur Crisp (1851-1922, antiquarian and publisher); sold Sotheby's, 5 December 1922, lot 409A (accompanying Lever Brothers Ltd correspondence recording the purchase, along with a catalogue entry dated 27 February [n.y.], lot 493A); private collection.
CHARLES II -- THE ROYAL FISHING]. Letters patent issued by Sir Edward Walker Garter King of Arms, 13 December 1664, grant of arms to the 'Governor and Company of the Royall Fishing of Great Britain and Ireland', in English, illuminated manuscript on vellum, with arms of the company, three-sided foliate border with Walker's arms, large foliate initial and opening letters in gold, on one membrane, 560 x 805mm, framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame, small hole affecting text, some slight cockling and fading of ink). Provenance : Frederick Arthur Crisp (1851-1922, antiquarian and publisher); sold Sotheby's, 5 December 1922, lot 409A (accompanying Lever Brothers Ltd correspondence recording the purchase, along with a catalogue entry dated 27 February [n.y.], lot 493A); private collection. The short-lived Company of the Royal Fishing had been incorporated by Charles II on 8 April in the same year, the first governor being his brother, James, Duke of York (Samuel Pepys was a founding member): its privileges included the sole power of licensing lotteries. The issuing herald, Sir Edward Walker (1612-1677), was briefly an owner of New Place, Shakespeare's house in Stratford, which he bought from the estate of the poet's granddaughter in 1675.
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