Bloomsbury Auctions

Lot 110
110. Ireland.- James II in exile. & James Terry (Athlone Herald,
herald at the court in exile at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1660-1725)
gr a n t o f a r m s to th e o d o r e ke n n e d y o f ph i l i p p e v i l l e [Flanders],
son of Anthony Kennedy of Ballynacloha [Ballynaclough],
Tipperary, manuscript in French, on vellum, l a r g e h a n d-pa i n t e d
c o at o f a r m s at head, folds, foxed and soiled, laid down, lacks seal,
590 x 345mm., s i g n e d “Ja c q u e s te r ry at h l o n e”, Saint-Germainen-Laye,
31st October 1697. £600 - £800
111. Treasury Document.- assign o f £100 f r o m c e rta i n d u t i e s
s i g n e d t h e ear l o f ran e l a g h, he n ry Ben t i n c k first ear l o f
po rt l a n d & Jo h n smit h, printed document with manuscript
insertions, torn with loss, folds, browned, sm. folio, 5th August
1702. £150 - £200
112. [Sundon (Charlotte Clayton, née Dyve, Lady, courtier,
woman of the bedchamber to Queen Caroline, c. 1649-1742)]
co l l e c t i o n o f 30 au t o g r a p h le t t e r s s i g n e d to la d y su n d o n f r o m
va r i o u s c o r r e s p o n d e n t s, together c. 77pp., 4to, with contemporary
copy of a letter from Marlborough to his daughter, an account of
a business meeting with the Duke & Duchess of Marlborough, &
part of a letter from Dr W. Talbot to Dr Clarke, most with typed
transcripts, v.p., v.d., 1735-71; and 2 others, 2 vol. Mrs. Thomason’s
Memoirs of Viscountess Sundon, 1847 (qty) £400 - £600
*** The correspondents include: Robert Clayton, a kinsman,
successively Bishop of Killela, Cork & Clogher, (6, 1 describing
an amazing fish caught at Killala); Alured Clarke, Dean of Exeter
(1); Margaret Harley, Duchess of Portland, daughter of the Earl of
Oxford, (2); Catharine Conduitt, niece of Isaac Newton & wife of
John Conduitt, master of the mint, (2); Sir Stephen Poyntz, steward
of the household of the Duke of Cambridge, (1); Mary Fitzwilliam,
Countess of Pembroke, maid of honour to Queen Caroline &
wife of the 9th Earl of Pembroke, “the architect earl”, (6, 1 with
autograph subscription signed by Pembroke).
Lot 113
113. Jacobites.- James VIII and III (styled as, known as the
Chevalier de St. George, the Old Pretender, 1688-1766) his
ma J e s t y’s mo s t gr a c i o u s de c l a r at i o n. Ja m e s r. To all Our
loving Subjects of what Degree or Quality soever: Greeting, 4pp.,
folds, a few small tears to edges, some slight creasing, browned,
sm. 4to, [?Edinburgh], Given at Our Court in Rome, the 23d Day
of December 1743. £400 - £600
*** Rare.
Aimed specifically at the people of Scotland; a promise to govern
constitutionally and to introduce reforms.
114. Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire.- [ch a rt e r B y Ja m e s
i g r a n t i n g B o r o u g h s t at u s to go d m a n c h e s t e r] [&] th e
co n s t i t u t i o n, law s a n d cu s t o m s o f t h e Bo r o u g h o f gu n n e c e s t e r
o t h e rw i s e go d m a n c h e s t e r f r o m a n an c i e n t co p y in t h e ye a r
1607, manuscript copies, together titles and 32pp., foxed and
browned, ff. loose or working loose, original vellum, soiled and
worn, folio, [eighteenth century]. £150 - £200
115. Exercise Books.- Burton (Richard) Bo o k o f gr e e k & lat i n
ph r a s e s, manuscript, 130pp., stained and browned, original vellum,
soiled and stained, [eighteenth century]; and another, sm. 4to (2).
£100 - £150
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