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Long vellum roll, written in Latin in chancery hand, apparently part of the 1639 accounts of the High Sheriff of Berkshire, mentioning several notables including Sir Henry Savile, Sir Francis Castillion, Sir John Blagrave and Sir Edward Yate, Bart.

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[Vellum roll from the accounts of the High Sheriff of Berkshire, 1639, mentioning Sir John Blagrave (c.1578-1655); Sir Francis Castillion (1561-1638); William Lenthall; Sir Edward Yate (1577-1645)]
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Dated 13 July 1639. [Berkshire]
£220.00
Vellum roll from the accounts of the High Sheriff of Berkshire

On roll of vellum approximately 21 cm wide and 195 cm long. Neatly written in chancery hand, with approximately ten lines to every 10 cm length. The top part torn away, otherwise good, on aged vellum. The placename Westby is mentioned, which is found in both Lincolnshire and Lancashire, but on the other hand the document also refers to justiciars in Kent and at Westminster. An important clue may be that Sir John Blagrave and Sir Edward Yate are both listed as 'nuper vic' - presumably 'late sheriff'. The two men were High Sheriffs of Berkshire in 1624 and 1628 respectively.

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Typed 'Research Defence Society' document, urging the British Home Secretary Herbert J. Gladstone to issue the Report of the Royal Commission on Experiments on Animals, with the signatures of the twenty-three signatories.

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Research Defence Society [Herbert J. Gladstone; Sir Frederick Treves; Sir Edwin Ray Lankester; Sir Savile Crossley; Lascelles; Rothschild; vivisection; Royal Commission on Experiments on Animals]
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20 May 1909. 70 Harley Street, London.
£180.00

Foolscap bifolium (leaf dimensions roughly 32 x 20 cm): 3 pp. The letter itself is of fifteen lines, on the recto of the first leaf, with five signatures beneath it and the other eighteen on the following two pages. On aged and lightly-creased paper, with chipping to extremities and traces of glue from previous mounting on the blank reverse of the second leaf. A central vertical crease has been strengthened with a thin strip of archival tape. Founded in 1908 by Stephen Paget to defend the use of animals in scientific experimentation, the Research Defence Society is still in existence.

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Autograph Note in the third person to autograph collector 'Mr. Barker'.

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Arthur William de Brito Savile Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1870-1941), 1st Governor-General of New Zealand
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27 November 1908; 44 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW. [on embossed House of Lords letterhead].
£30.00

Two pages, 12mo. Very good. A formal letter written in the third person. 'Lord Liverpool presents his compliments to Mr. Barker and in answer to your [sic] letter regrets that his father has been dead two years and therefore he cannot comply with Mr. Barker's request for his signature.'

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