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Lot 67
67. Pedigree.- [Brooke (Ralph, herald, as Rouge Croix
Pursuivant, later York Herald, c. 1553-1625)] ha l S w e l l fa m i ly
p e d i g r e e, hand-coloured coat of arms of the Halswell family and
17 hand-coloured shields of members of the family, manuscript on
vellum, names in rondels, fold, browned, slightly soiled and creased,
framed and glazed, 760 x 350mm., “P: Rouge Croix Marshall for
Clarencieulx Kinge of Armes 1591”, 1591. £1,000 - £1,500
*** Halswell family of Halswell, 4 miles south west of Bridgwater,
Somerset.
Produced by Brooke for Robert Cooke (d. 1593), Clarenceux King
of Arms 1567-93.
68. Cotton (Julyan, Lady, of Wymondley, Hertfordshire) le g a l
d o C u m e n t r e l at i n g to l a n d a n d p r o p e rt y, D.s. “Julyan Cotton”
and others, 1p. with conjugate blank, manuscript, paper seal, folds,
browned and stained, folio, Wymondley, Herts, 23rd June 1592.
£300 - £400
*** Document attesting that Julian Lady Cotton has appointed her
son-in-law Edward Cason as her deputy in the matter relating to
the loan of £40 to the Crown, delivered to Sir John Brockett on 5
March 1591. Julian Cotton held land in Wymondley, Hertfordshire
is mentioned in VCH Herts (III 480-87). Edward Cason, who was
of the Middle Temple, is named here as her son-in-law and appears
in the Abel Smith papers in the Hertfordshire Record Office in
1601-2. She may have been the widow of Sir Thomas Cotton of
Oxenheath, and the daughter of Edmond Cave of London, and was
later married to Edward Pulter of Great Wymondley.
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69. Trinity College, Cambridge.- Nevile (Thomas, Master of
Trinity College, Cambridge & dean of Canterbury Cathedral, c.
1548-1615) gr a n t o f a n e x h i b i t i o n to wo l f g a n g may e r , D.s.,
“Thomas Nevile”, “Thomas Harrison” and 7 others, h a n d-C o l o u r e d
S h i e l d o f trinity Co l l e g e in left hand corner, manuscript in Latin,
on vellum, folds, slightly yellowed, lacks seal, 297 x 397mm., 14th
January 1600. £200 - £300
*** Thomas Harrison (1555-1630), fellow of Trinity College;
biblical scholar; one of the eight Cambridge translators of the
Authorized version of the bible.
70. Cranfield (Lady Elizabeth, first wife of Lionel Cranfield, later
Earl of Middlesex 1575-1645, d. 1617) au t o g r a p h le t t e r S i g n e d
“e Cr a n f i e l d” to h e r m a i d “af f r i C K” at t h e i r lo n d o n h o u S e in
wo o d St r e e t, 2pp. with address panels, n.d., c. 1613, sending a
black box with half a sheep inside it and return it with the “tearse
of clarett wine” and a “barrel of oyle”, and the box of glasses in
the hall with the tub of anchovies and with a reply by “J Walker”
?steward, torn with some loss, folds, stained and with tears.
£150 - £200
*** Before he joined government service Cranfield was a city
merchant and a Merchant Adventurer travelling extensively abroad.
It is quite likely that “Affrick” may have been a black serving girl.
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