DOCUMENT SIGNED AS LORD KEEPER OF THE GREAT SEAL ('Fr[ancis].B[acon].C[ustos] S[igilli]'), being a petition (written in a minute petitionary hand) to Bacon as Keeper of the Great Seal by Robert Heath of the Inner Temple, who with Thomas Warr, late of the Inner Temple, deceased, purchased from David Ramsey and John Zouch for 'one life and 41 yeers' the demesnes of the King's manor of Terrington and certain marshes in Norfolk for £3,500, of which £2,000 was paid (Heath paying his part himself and Warr borrowing his from Heath and Simon Chamber), but Thomas Warr's untimely death in April necessitates that his widow and brethren either pay the money that Heath must pay on Warr's behalf or leave it to Heath to disperse the sums at his pleasure thereby discharging the bonds; the petition ends 'And this peticonor as in any ways most bounden shall dayly pray for your honor's longe and happy days', below which is written in an accomplished mixed (largely Italic hand) 'This peticon seemeth reasonable, therefore let l[ett]res be written as is desired and the peticon inclosed', with Bacon's signature 'Fr.B.CS' below, 1 page, oblong folio, the text in a panel to the left of the centre of the page (with wider right-hand margin bearing the docket 'Mr heath' in another hand), slightly smudged collector's stamp in blank area (M surmounted by a crown), conjugate blank, outer panels slightly dustmarked, trace of later guard, no date [but 1617-1618]
DOCUMENT SIGNED AS LORD KEEPER OF THE GREAT SEAL ('Fr[ancis].B[acon].C[ustos] S[igilli]'), being a petition (written in a minute petitionary hand) to Bacon as Keeper of the Great Seal by Robert Heath of the Inner Temple, who with Thomas Warr, late of the Inner Temple, deceased, purchased from David Ramsey and John Zouch for 'one life and 41 yeers' the demesnes of the King's manor of Terrington and certain marshes in Norfolk for £3,500, of which £2,000 was paid (Heath paying his part himself and Warr borrowing his from Heath and Simon Chamber), but Thomas Warr's untimely death in April necessitates that his widow and brethren either pay the money that Heath must pay on Warr's behalf or leave it to Heath to disperse the sums at his pleasure thereby discharging the bonds; the petition ends 'And this peticonor as in any ways most bounden shall dayly pray for your honor's longe and happy days', below which is written in an accomplished mixed (largely Italic hand) 'This peticon seemeth reasonable, therefore let l[ett]res be written as is desired and the peticon inclosed', with Bacon's signature 'Fr.B.CS' below, 1 page, oblong folio, the text in a panel to the left of the centre of the page (with wider right-hand margin bearing the docket 'Mr heath' in another hand), slightly smudged collector's stamp in blank area (M surmounted by a crown), conjugate blank, outer panels slightly dustmarked, trace of later guard, no date [but 1617-1618]
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