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Auction: 19022 - Historical Documents, Postal History and Autographs
Lot: 2014

Autographs
Sir Edward Conway
1618 (16 June) autograph letter of attorney written on paper folded in the usual manner with signs of ageing on the reverse from Sir Edward Conway. The letter details the appointment of William Stannarde, his attorney, to receive £125, being a quarterly payment due 24 June past out of an annual sum of £500 "payable out of his [the King's] exchequer". Signed and with wax seal intact, a little cracked

Sir Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway, (1564-1631) during his esteemed career he commanded a foot regiment during the sack of Cadiz (1596), then went on to become the Governor of Brill (1624), Secretary of State (1623-30), and Governor of Isle of Wight (1625).

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