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Auction: 19022 - Historical Documents, Postal History and Autographs
Lot: 2019

Autographs
Sir David Foulis
1628 (1 December) receipt by Sir David Foulis, for £21 17s. 4d. received from "Sr. Adam Newton Kt & Barronett Receiver of our Revenues". Written on paper with small tears to the top left and bottom right. Paper has been mounted on a border of card at a later date. Signed "Da Foulis".

Sir David Foulis (-1642), 1st Baronet. Foulis was a Scottish politician who came to England with James I. In later years Foulis was dismissed from the council, fined and imprisoned for charges made against Wentworth as president of the North.


Sir Adam Newton (-1630), 1st Baronet. Newton was a Scottish scholar, Dean of Durham, and royal tutor to Prince Henry, son of James I, until 1610. After Henry's death, Newton became Receiver General or Treasurer in the household of Prince Charles I.

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Estimate
£50 to £60