Signature on portion of an Order of the Exchequer, in Latin with transcription, (Sir Robert, 1626-1698, Restoration Dramatist and collaborator with Dryden, from 1673 Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer)

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Date d'édition : 1675

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to pay Lady Ruth Trevor £250, being her half-year's pension to Christmas 26 Charles II (1674), 1 side 2¼" x 8", 11th January 1674, new style sides defective just touching last two letters of signature Lady Ruth was the widow of Sir John Trevor, 1626-1672, an M.P. under the Commonwealth but who favoured the Restoration, from 1668 Secretary of State. The pension was one of a handful of priority payments out of the excise, granted by Letters Patent of 24th July 1672. It appears to have been last paid in November 1687. Signed also by [Thomas] Vernon (d. 1685, from 1676 2nd Bart.), one of the four Tellers of the Exchequer.

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• Titre: Signature on portion of an Order of the Exchequer, in Latin with transcription, (Sir Robert, 1626-1698, Restoration Dramatist and collaborator with Dryden, from 1673 Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer)
• Date de parution: 1675
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
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