ELIZABETH I, (1533-1603, QUEEN OF ENGLAND)
SIGNATURE ON VELLUM "ELIZABETH R.",
£5,500
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Auction: 19 June 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
excised slip from vellum document, 8.5 x 21cms.
Footnote
Note: Daughter of Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth was carefully educated under Roger Ascham, accompanied her sister Mary to London on her accession, the following year was committed to the Tower of London, thence removed to Woodstock & afterwards to Hatfield House, and ascended the throne in 1558. Her reign, which is one of the most eventful in English History, lasted for 45 years. She was buried in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey.