KEEPING A BENEFICE IN THE FAMILY
ANSALDI
(Ansaldo, 1651-1719, judge and from 1717 Dean of the Court of the Sacred Rota, Chaplain to Pope Clement XI)
Document, in Latin with English summary,
addressed to the Cardinal Papal Legate (Governor) of Bologna, and his deputy, also to the Cardinal Archbishop of Bologna and his Vicar General, to an immense list of types of official that are to take notice, and to defendants the Counts Catelano and Prosper Filippo Castelli reciting his commission to hear their appeal, but confirming now the previous judgment in favour of Counts Antonio Galeazzo Castelli and Bartolomeo and Baldassare Castelli for possession of the united benefices of SS. Maria and Luca of Castelli, plus the plaintiff's costs of 81 scudi and 6½ for the present document, with power to distrain on the possessions of the defendants if not paid. Subscribed by Soccorso de Amicis, Notary of the Sacred Rota, with his metal-stamp device and motto, small judge's wafer seal, vellum, 16½" x 7¾", Court of the Sacred Rota, Quirinal Palace, Rome, 7th July
Item Date:
1713
Stock No:
18726
£200
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ANSON
(Hon. Adalbert John Robert, 1840-1909, first Bishop of Qu'Appelle 1884-1892)
Signed postcard photo as Canon of Lichfield,
15th August
newspaper cutting attached at corner
Item Date:
1905
Stock No:
50264
£25
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[ANTRAIGUES
(Louis de Launay, 1753-1812, Comte d', French publicist and political adventurer)]
Group of 16 Autograph Letter Signed, in French with checklist and translations,
addressed to d'Antraigues, by James Tyrrell ROSS (Private secretary, 1807-1809, to George CANNING, the Foreign Secretary, later Prime Minister), written in increasingly familiar terms, but in very guarded language, Ross is acting as d'Antraigues' main contact with Canning and with 'Il', 'l'Ami' or 'votre Ami', whom he meets at Gloucester Lodge (Old Brompton, bought by Canning in 1809), thanking him for information, arranging for copies of leaflets to be distributed on the coast of France, referring to 'le Général' (probably Puisaye, see below), setting up meetings at dinner, and asking him to use an ordinary seal ('cachet') rather than his personal one, together 30 sides mostly 8vo, written from Spring Garden, St. James' Street, Gloucester Lodge, or the Foreign Office, 6th February - 18th December 1809 and no place, no date, but London c.
Item Date:
1809
Stock No:
51187
£1250
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ARBUTHNOT
(George, 1802-1865, Treasury Official)
Autograph Note Signed "with ... compliments"
to the Revd. E. Neale at Barbourne Lodge, Worcester, with envelope front and flap bearing Treasury seal, franked 'O.M.S.' with crowned 'Paid' stamp, 1 side 8vo., Treasury, 26th January
Item Date:
1842
Stock No:
18852
£20
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ARCELLA
(Fabio, Bishop of Bisignano, Deputy to the Papal Governor of Bologna)
Document signed by his secretary Leo de Magistris,
in Latin with English summary, in a fine clear script, allowing Giovanni Battista CASTELLI , (d. 1583), to hold united the parish of St. Bartolomeo della Beveraria, worth not more than 6 gold ducats p.a., free by the resignation of Dionisio Castelli, with the parish of St. Nicholas and St. Agata at Zola Predosa (8 miles west of Bologna), during the life of the applicant, and referring to the Constitutions of Boniface VIII (Pope, 1294-1303) on unions of this kind, vellum, 12½" x 21½", Bologna, 4th August
lacks seal, with a few small holes just touching a few letters
Item Date:
1538
Stock No:
21901
£325
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