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CROMWELL OLIVER: (1599-1659) Lord Protector of England 1653-58. A fine D.S., Oliver P, as Protector, at the head, one page, oblong folio, on vellum, Whitehall, 16th June 1657. The manuscript document, penned in an attractive hand, reads, in part, 'To the Commissioners authorized by a late Ordinance for Approbation of Public Preachers or any officer of them, Greeting. We present Mr. Richard Franklyn to the Rectory of Brumham in the County of Wiltshire void by the death of Mr Richards the last incumbent there and to Our Presentation devolved by lapse, to the end he may be approved of by them and admitted thereunto with all its rights members and appurtenances....' With a fine blind embossed paper seal affixed at the foot. One small hole to the upper edge, otherwise a very clean document featuring a good signature of Cromwell. Rare. VG
Brumham is now known as Bromham, where there is a public house named after Oliver Cromwell. |
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| Autograph Auction
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| Radisson Edwardian Hotel Heathrow |
| 13 February 2010 |
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