Bloomsbury Auctions

Lot 93
93. HM Customs on Lindisfarne (Holy Island).- Owen (Sam),
Ben Overton & others, Customs House London. le t t e r S i g n e d
to mr. no r m a n, ?Cu S t o m S ho u S e in be r w iC K , 1p., folio, London,
10th June 1703, “It has been advised to us by Mr Godolphin one of
our number that vessells sometimes discharge coastways at Holy
Island whereof no Accout is transmitted to his Office... and that
being a Creek belonging to your Port Wee direct that you informe us
what Deputys the Patent Officers have residing there competently
qualified to Certifie Returnes and that you communicate to our
Officer at that Place the forme of your Accot. of Shipps..., folds,
foxed and browned, remarginned, hole repaired. £200 - £300
94. Walpole (Robert, first Earl of Orford, prime minister,
1676-1745) me m o r a n d u m S i g n e d to t h e lo r d S o f t h e tr e a S u ry
r e q u e S t i n g pay m e n t o f t w o S u m S t o ta l l i n g £10,165 15S 0d,
described as ‘Demands for the Use of His Majesty’s Forces’ in
respect of guards and garrisons, and out-pensioners of Chelsea
Hospital, D.s. “Walpole”, manuscript, 1p. with conjugate blank,
folds, browned, folio, Pay Office, Horse Guards, 18th January
1721. £100 - £150
Lot 95
95. Protestant Broadside.- a de C l a r at i o n f o r wa r r, printed
broadside, woodcut royal coat of arms at head, right hand corner
torn away, folds, [ESTC lists the BL copy only], mount, 380 x
280mm., J. Basset [false imprint], [?1725]. £200 - £300
*** “An appeal for protestantism (addressed to King George I) and
against schismatic sects.
Lot 96
96. Recipe Book.- th e bo o K o f re C e i p t S, an n o do m i n i 1726,
manuscript in several different hands, 54 pp. in two sections, both
with contents list, and further recipes on 42 slips and 3 pp.folio,
3 pp. decorated with fleurons, potted flowers, or small birds,
contemporary stiff marbled wrappers, worn, in fitted case with
related correspondence from Deval and Muir, 4to, 1726-[c.1775].
£1,000 - £1,500
*** According to Deval and Muir the book came from a member
of the Walpole family. It comprises over 150 recipes, including a
“quaking pudding” (which with additions becomes a “hedg hog
pudding”); “a great Cake”, the ingredients including a stone of
flower, 5 pounds of butter, 3Ω pounds of sugar, a pint of sack, half
a pint of brandy, 2Ω pints of ale yeast, and 20 eggs; “a frigecy of
chickins & rabbits”; “Alemode Beef”; “Lemmon Brandy”; and “a
Pottater Puding”. Three of the recipes are Lady H. Berney’s, others
were by Mrs. Wace and Mrs.Hamnallé. Some were apparently sent
to a Mrs. Deb. Gibson, and one is on the back of a receipt with
engraved pictorial heading for Woods & Compy., Mercers, at the
Hen and Chickens in Chandos Street, Covent Garden.
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