Receipt from Samuell Heiwood to Nell Gwyn [manuscript] : signed manuscript, 1674/1675 March 9.
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Title
Receipt from Samuell Heiwood to Nell Gwyn [manuscript] : signed manuscript, 1674/1675 March 9.
Variant title
Text begins: Rec[eive]d then of madam[e] Ellen Gwin at [the] hand[e]s of Tho:[mas] Growndes
Dealer's title: Receipt issued in the name of 'madam Ellen Gwin' by her steward Thomas Groundes
Dealer's title: Receipt issued in the name of 'madam Ellen Gwin' by her steward Thomas Groundes
Produced
London, 1674/1675 March 9.
Description
1 item ; 12 x 19 cm mounted on a larger leaf 17 x 23 cm
Associated name
Heiwood, Samuell, active 17th century, signer.
Growndes, Thomas, active 17th century, associated name.
Trusse, Christopher, active 17th century, associated name.
Gwyn, Nell, 1650-1687, addressee.
Growndes, Thomas, active 17th century, associated name.
Trusse, Christopher, active 17th century, associated name.
Gwyn, Nell, 1650-1687, addressee.
Summary
Acknowledgement of payment delivered by Nell Gwyn's presumed steward, Thomas Growndes, totaling 7 pounds, 8 shillings, 6 pence for "10 thousand[e]s of Beech Billets" delivered to Gwyn's home. Payment was received by Samuell Heiwood for use by his father Christopher Trusse.
Note
Title devised by Folger cataloger.
Dated "March 9th 1674/5" [i.e. 1675].
Year reflects both the first day of the new year reckoned as March 25 ("Lady Day" dating) and as January 1.
Place of production based on citation of Nell Gwyn's residing in London at date of receipt. (Survey of London: Volumes 29 and 30, St James Westminster, Part 1, ed. F.H.W Sheppard (London, 1960), pages 377-378.).
A monetary calculation appears in the bottom left hand corner.
There is some uncertainty about the spelling of the signer's last name. It appears as "Horwood" in dealer's catalogue, but the second letter is an "e." The letters directly before and after the "e" are less clear.
Dated "March 9th 1674/5" [i.e. 1675].
Year reflects both the first day of the new year reckoned as March 25 ("Lady Day" dating) and as January 1.
Place of production based on citation of Nell Gwyn's residing in London at date of receipt. (Survey of London: Volumes 29 and 30, St James Westminster, Part 1, ed. F.H.W Sheppard (London, 1960), pages 377-378.).
A monetary calculation appears in the bottom left hand corner.
There is some uncertainty about the spelling of the signer's last name. It appears as "Horwood" in dealer's catalogue, but the second letter is an "e." The letters directly before and after the "e" are less clear.
Historical background
Thomas Growndes (presumably Nell Gwyn's steward) may be the Thomas Growndes, a gentleman of Sherborne in Dorset, who died in 1719. (National Archives, Kew PROB 11/568/277).
Location of related archival material
Fourteen similar receipts, plus other financial documents, appear as Lot 5 in the Sotheby's London catalog for July 17, 2008.
Transcription of two similar receipts (dated 19 March 1674/5 and 24 April 1675) appear in the article "Discovery of Nell Gwynne's jewel case" in Willis's current notes (December 1851).
Transcription of two similar receipts (dated 19 March 1674/5 and 24 April 1675) appear in the article "Discovery of Nell Gwynne's jewel case" in Willis's current notes (December 1851).
Provenance
Acquired from Blackwell's (cat.B192:35), 2018-03-13.
Genre/form
Receipts (financial records)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- production place.
Item Details
Call number
X.d.764
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available.
Folger accession
270195