Warrant from Treasury Commissioners to Sir Robert Howard for payment to Baptist May [manuscript] : signed manuscript, 1680 May 11.
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Warrant from Treasury Commissioners to Sir Robert Howard for payment to Baptist May [manuscript] : signed manuscript, 1680 May 11.
Variant title
Text begins: After our hearty comendacions, by vertue of his Maiesty.
Text begins: After our hearty commendations, by virtue of his Majesty.
Text begins: After our hearty comendac[i]ons, by vertue of his Ma[ies]ty.
Dealer's title: Charles II exchequer warrant
Text begins: After our hearty commendations, by virtue of his Majesty.
Text begins: After our hearty comendac[i]ons, by vertue of his Ma[ies]ty.
Dealer's title: Charles II exchequer warrant
Produced
London, England, 1680 May 11.
Description
1 item ; 35 x 23 cm (bifolium)
Associated name
Rochester, Laurence Hyde, Earl of, 1641-1711, signer.
Ernle, John, Sir, -1697, signer.
Dering, Edward, Sir, 1625-1684, signer.
Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin, Earl of, 1645-1712, signer.
Fox, Stephen, 1627-1716, signer.
Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698, addressee.
Ernle, John, Sir, -1697, signer.
Dering, Edward, Sir, 1625-1684, signer.
Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin, Earl of, 1645-1712, signer.
Fox, Stephen, 1627-1716, signer.
Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698, addressee.
Summary
Warrant authorizes Sir Robert Howard (as Auditor of the Receipt) to draw up an order for 3,000 pounds to be paid to Baptist May (the Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse) for the procurement of gold for Charles II's use of the coins as healing medals in the ceremony of touching for the king's evil (scrofula). The warrant is signed by Charles II's five Treasury Commissioners.
Note
Title devised by Folger cataloger.
Place of production and date specified at the end of warrant: "Whitehall Trea[su]ry Chambers May the 11th 1680."
Original storage folds visible, indicating that the warrant was folded into fourths and stored vertically.
Place of production and date specified at the end of warrant: "Whitehall Trea[su]ry Chambers May the 11th 1680."
Original storage folds visible, indicating that the warrant was folded into fourths and stored vertically.
Provenance
Acquired from John Drury (cat.187:92), 2018-02-08.
Genre/form
Warrants.
Manuscripts (documents)
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- production place.
Item Details
Call number
X.d.740
Folger-specific note
Adopted by generous donors, Acquisitions Night 2019.
Folger accession
270120