12th Sep, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 29
 

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George II Letters Patent issued in 1757 on behalf of Stephen Newton, after bringing suit...

George II Letters Patent issued in 1757 on behalf of Stephen Newton, after bringing suit against Thomas Webster to reclaim a Moiety of land with appurtenances in Ashdon. The suit brought in Thomas Sclater and his wife Ann, and their tenant Edmund Wilson. Wilson ''although solemnly called cometh not again and departed in Contempt of Court And maketh Default'', as such the Sheriff was ordered to aid Newton in seizing his land again. MSS document on vellum, laid down on card, bearing well-preserved Great Seal (some loss but still whole), with original tin case, on stamped ribbon. With seventeen legal instruments such as indentures, leases, wills, a receipt and marriage contract dating from 1637 to 1865 (five 17th, eight 18th and four 19th c.). There is particular representation of Hertford (including two 17th c. indentures drawn up for William Fuller of Hemel Hempstead) and Linton and Essex, most particularly in the thirteen-page 1697 marriage contract between John Flacke of Lynton, Cams and Anne Barrington of Barrington Hall, Essex. The documents present a history of the written law as it touched people's lives. It is easy to forget, in our digital world, the critical importance the paper documents held for people, their significance shown by the care and artistry with which they were drawn up. The other striking thing is the permanence of the law, even as the centuries change. As wax seals give way to paper stamps, as handwriting develops, even as monarch replaces monarch, the legal language and formulae maintain the consistency of tradition for which English law is famed.

Sold for £100
Estimated at £150 - £200


 

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