ARMISTEAD
(Hugh and Isabel, of Ingleton, Bentham parish, West Yorkshire)
Indenture conveying for £58 to Robert Wilkinson
"and to his Heirs & Assigns for ever ... All that our whole Estate ... at the Holin Tree [on verso, 'Holling Tree'] in Ingleton viz: one Mansion ... with one Barn one Stable & all other Edifices thereunto Belonging, Likwise one Orchard two Gardens one Croft all Adjoyning ... to the Lands of Richard Foxcroft on the East side, and one other Croft Called the Leads Croft Adjoyning to the Lands of James Thornbeck, And one P[ar]cell of Land Lying on Rarebenside Containing by Estimacion one Rood ... with one Hemprigg Lying Betwixt the Lands of Richard Foxcroft & Ann Knipe, with all ways waters water courses woods ... And all other Rights ... as Moors Mosses Commons Pastures Common of Pastures Seats in the Church", subject only to a payment of 1s 8d per annum to "the Rector of Bentham", signed and sealed 'Hugh Armistead Isabel Amistead her mark', and witnessed by James Thornbeck, James Walker and John Cockin, in another hand "Perus'd & Allow'd by Richd. Goodall Rr. of Bentham", 1 side 18" x 23", no place, 22nd November
short tears in folds of right margin with loss of five letters (easily supplied), wavy top margin a little creased
Item Date:
1725
Stock No:
14538
£75
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ARMSTRONG
(Revd. Richard Acland, religious writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to Sydney Ansell Gimson, 1860-1938,
manufacturing engineer, later President of the Leicester Secular Society, regretting that he has "no travels to tell of, like Mr Hopps, & ... not a single lecture in my possession which wd not be much too grave & serious" for "your Social Union", 2 sides 8vo., Nottingham, 15th October
Item Date:
1883
Stock No:
24321
£15
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ARUNDEL CASTLE
Festival of Britain Souvenir Brochure, by the Lady Winefride Freeman,
illustrated with photographs, describing the Castle, its history and buildings, including the FitzAlan Chapel and its restoration, with portraits of the Arundel and Norfolk families, 'The Castle in the War' lists units stationed there, including the Observer Corps' post in the Keep, the Home Guard's night piquet in the South Tower during the Battle of Britain, and the dances in the Barons' Hall, 32 sides and paper covers, Southern Publishing Company, Brighton, no date but
a few dates neatly added in pencil
Item Date:
1951
Stock No:
53885
£25
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ASSIGNAT
(French Revolutionary paper money)
Assignat for 5 livres, series 29986,
woodblock design with designs in white on black in corners, facsimile signature ‘Jean Corset’, engraved area 4½” x 3½”, no place, 1st November
Item Date:
1791
Stock No:
42874
£35
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ASTOR
(John Jacob, 1886-1971, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, Publisher)
Typed Letter Signed to F.W. Robbins,
arranging an informal luncheon in the boardroom at Printing House Square, with a striking magazine photograph of Astor's portrait neatly stapled at top of recto, 1 side 8vo., The Times, Printing House Square, E.C.4, 18th December
traces of laying down on blank verso
Item Date:
1956
Stock No:
14691
£45
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