MARLBOROUGH (Sarah, 1660-1744, née Jennings, favourite of Queen Anne, wife of John, 1st Duke), Francis GODOLPHIN (1678-1766, 2nd Earl, Nobleman and Politician) and George BYNG, Viscount TORRINGTON (1663-1733, Admiral and Commander on the Fleet)

Very fine receipt signed for the sum of £5000 paid to the executors and trustees of the late Duke of Marlborough by George Byng "I do hereby Assign and Transfer all my Right and Title in and to this Order and the tally thereunto belonging for the Principal Sum of Five Thousand pounds with all Interest due thereon unto Sarah Dutchess Dowager ... Earl of Godolphin, William Clayton, William Guidott and John Hanbury Esq ...", the printed part of the document is the original order which details the debt to the "Right Honourable George Viscount Torrington ... the sum of Five thousand pounds in Repayment of the like Sum by him lent upon Credit of the said Act and paid into the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer the said Twenty-eighth Day of February 1722 ...", with the partial signatures of the Commissioners of the Treasury, Henry Pelham, George Baillie and Charles Turner, the amount was received "in full" on 23rd December, 2 sides folio, no place, 23rd December worn on one fold and trimmed, lacking a small piece affecting the signatures of the Treasury Commissioners



Item Date:  1724

Stock No:  39757      £375

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