Payment Queen Anne (1 results)

One page, cr 8vo, bifolium, bottom edge trimmed with some (small) loss of text, aged, a bit battered, but (except very bottom) text complete and clear. See Image. Signed boldly by Henry Cartwright, presumably a Teller, with two other signatories (J Miller and another). Text: " Received the 22 Aprill 1706 of the Lord Fitzhardinge and of the [?] Tellers of the Receipt of her Maj[est]ies Exc[heque]r Six Thousand Nine Hundere Thirty one pounds in part of an Order for £10000 dated the 30th day of March 1706 for the Service of Her Majesty [?]". Purpose of money not yet known, but the number 6931 appears on the verso with the date. Presumably the Henry Cartwright who became Receiver General of Stamp Duties, dying in 1736.…