King James I. Magnificent hand signed document date October 1618 Westminster, Londo

King James I. Magnificent hand signed document date October 1618 Westminster, London. King James I of England (1566-1625). James King of Scotland as James VI and King of England and Ireland as James I 1603 to his death. He was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots and he succeeded Queen Elizabeth I when she died without a child. The flourishing of Elizabethan literature continued under his reign and he is best remembered for sponsoring the King James Bible, The Gun Powder Plot Guy Fawkes. This document was also signed the same month and year that Sir Walter Raleigh was executed. An incredible piece of British Royal history. The document is over 400 years old. 100% original NOT a copy. Please note photos are for reference only and do not come with document.
A scarce letter signed “James R” as King of England, France, Ireland and Scotland. He wrote to the Exchequer. “Trustie and well beloved wee greet you well. Our certyn important causes be moving, we require you with all convenient speed to sums unto us a perfecte and time certificate by you subscribed of all such our debts, or stand in charge whom you particular owe, not gratned await formenlie by us. In which certificate we shall expect not onlie the name of the debitore but the put all somes remaining due and by the tymes wherein they become due unto us. All this to be done with all faithfulness as maye assured its duties of your place and this our particular charge. Given under our signet at our pallace at Westminster this.....daie of October in the fifteenth years of our reigne of England, France and Ireland and of Scotland to two and fifteenth. On the verso, it is addressed “To our trusty and wel beloved on remembrance of our courte of Exchequer or to his deputy”. This was signed just a few months after the Thirty Years war began, in which England joined other protestant nations to fight the Holy Roman Empire.Size: one page 8 ½” x 9” The letter has dark ink and a large royal autograph. The condition is fair to good with foxing, light staining and modern tape on the verso as well as some professional tape repairs.

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