Lot 264

NEWCASTLE - HYDE, EDWARD, 1ST EARL OF CLARENDON
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("CLARENDON") , TO SIR JAMES CLAVERING BT., MAYO OF NEWCASTLE

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
£750
Description
stating how solicitous the King is for the safety and good of Newcastle, remarking that the best bulwark against the recovery of the "Phanatick party" in the north is the active and vigorous work of the magistrates, complimenting Clavering on his good governance and urging him to continue his government of the city, bifolium, 32 by 20cm., Worcester House, 15 September 1664, address panel holed from removal of wax seal (purchased Lyon & Turnbull, 10 June 2009, lot 252 for £480 hammer)
