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Lot 85
85. Broadside.- a tr u e liSt o f t h e na m e S o f t h o S e pe r S o n S
a p p o i n t e d b y t h e ru m p pa r l i a m e n t to Sit a S a Co u n C i l o f St at e . Sir
Arthur Haslerig... Mr. Thomas Challoner... Sir Anthony... Ashley
Cooper... General Monk... Lord Fairfax..., printed broadside,
corners partially cut away, slightly browned, tipped in to a modern
album, [Wing T2733A], folio, [1680]. £200 - £300
*** “You are desired seriously to consider whether any person
above-named ought to have any share in the Government of either
Church or State that took that Horrid Oath of Abjuration.”
86. Suckling (Sir John, Secretary of State, father of Sir John
Suckling, poet, bap. 1569, d. 1641?) in d e n t u r e a g r e e m e n t
b e t w e e n tho m a S mar S h a l l o f miC h e l h a m (SuSSex) a n d edm u n d
le g g r e l at i n g to t h e S a l e o f p r o p e rt y in hol b o r n, D.s. “Tho.
Marshall” and witnessed “Jo. Suckling”, manuscript on vellum,
20 lines, elaborate initial “T”, lacks seal, 235 x 500mm., 1615;
ex C e r p t f r o m p l e a r o l l, Francis Pemberton, justice of the bench,
John Holliday, Taylor, attached to the suit of Thomas Dew, about a
certain cottage at Wigginton, which Elizabeth Bishop widow had,
manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 20 lines, folds, browned, 180 x
256mm., [1683], folds, browned v.s., v.d. (2). £75 - £100
Lot 87
87. Charles II King of England, Scotland & Ireland, 1630-85)
au t o g r a p h le t t e r S i g n e d to Sir he n ry Si d n e y, 1p., 8vo, Whitehall,
10th January 1684 [1685], “Harry Sidney, I would have you assure
Temple that I am very kinde to him, and if he can compasse the
match he designes at Paris, I will use my best offices with the king
of france to make it in all points as easy to him as I can Charles R”,
with contemporary ink docket: “King Charles’s letter to Mr Savil at
Paris”, red wax seal, folds, repaired, slightly browned; and another
contemporary manuscript item, loosely inserted in a folder to be
sold at auction on behalf of The Duke of Gloucester’s Red Cross
and St. John Fund, 17 Oct 1944. £800 - £1,200
*** wr i t t e n l e S S t h a n a m o n t h b e f o r e h e d i e d: t h i S m u S t b e o n e o f
Ch a r l e S ii’S l a S t w h o l ly a u t o g r a p h l e t t e r S.
This letter is rather characteristic of Charles II’s personality. Written
in an open and friendly manner, its purpose is veiled and its meaning
unclear. Sidney had strong links with the Temple family, he courted
Anne Temple as a youth, and it is possible that he is using Sidney as
a messenger between himself and Sir William Temple. Ostensibly
in retirement, Temple, a long standing politician and diplomat had
been removed from the privy council and as ambassador to Spain
in 1681 and this letter may perhaps be an assurance from the king
of future favour if the clandestime nature of the “designes in Paris”
are successful. Mr Savil is Henry Savile, a friend of Sidney.
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