£780
1631 (May 8) Entire letter from London, written by the clerk to Sir Robert Heath at the Inner Temple, addressed "To the Hon. Edward Heath at Sr Wm Morleys house at Halnaker near Chichester". The reverse has two draft letters from Heath to his wife's mother, and also eighteen examples of his signature. Robert Heath became Lord Chief Justice in 1631 and tried various Parliamentarians in 1642; during the Civil War he fled to France where he died in 1649. A fine Charles I period letter, referring to Heath writing to his son by messenger at a cost of 2/6 per day for the horse. Photo on Page 122.
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