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Auction: 15037 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 10

Documents
King George III
1769-1814, two Exemplifications of Common Recovery on vellum in English.

1769 (28 March) Exemplification featuring portrait of the King, large initial capital with with royal coat of arms in an internal setting with busts and statues, by John Jenkins from Joseph Dale of six messuages, six gardens, 200 acres land, 100 acres meadow, 100 acres pasture, 20 acres wood, 50 acres furze and heath, common pasture, etc, in Presteigne, Old Radnor, etc. in Radnor. With complete papered seal 'Appointed for Sealing of Writs'. This was not issued at Westminster but at the Great Sessions in Wales at Presteigne and the seal is of this court.



1814 (12 February) Exemplification featuring a portrait of the King, large initial capital with royal coat of arms with female allegorical figures; by Samuel Large from Thomas Tebbut the younger of the manors of Hackney Kingshold and Hackney Lordshold with 500 messuages, 100 tofts, 100 coachhouses, etc., two watermills, two quays, fishery in the River Lea, a ferry across the Lea etc. and other rights etc. in the parish of St. John Hackney, Middlesex. Written in a neat hand this is an important land transfer document. Photo

Thomas Tebbutt was the manorial steward and was involved with the development of the Tyssens' lands north of Hackney village which led, in 1816, to the laying out of Clapton Square.

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Estimate
£300 to £400