Lot 238
SACKVILLE, THOMAS, (1536-1608, 1ST EARL OF DORSET, ENGLISH STATESMAN AND POET)
MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED ("T. DORSET"), FOUR LINES,
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2019 at 12:00 BST
£375
Description
a warrant ordering the payment of £30 to Sir Henry Lee for the provision of hay for His Majesty's deer in Woodstock Park, Dorset, July 1606, 8 x 17cm., irregularly torn to two edges, tear affecting part of the text professionally repaired
Footnote
Note: Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset authored part of Myrroure for Magistrates (1559-63) and Tragedy of Gorboduc (1561). He served as ambassador and privy councillor under Queen Elizabeth and conveyed the death sentence of Mary Queen of Scots in 1586. Sir Henry Lee (1533-1611), Master of the Ordnance under Queen Elizabeth I.