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HENRY VII

10 November 2009, 11:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

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HENRY VII

Letter signed ("Henry R" at the foot), to [René II] Duke of Lorraine ("Tres-hault & puissant prince: tres-cher & tres-ame cousin"), in French, informing him of the King of Scotland's intention in the face of all undertakings to invade England with an army of three or four thousand men and to burn houses and slaughter men, women and infants and the need he therefore has to march North with a force to oppose him; and requesting therefore a force of five hundred, comprising four hundred pikemen and a hundred arquebusiers; the letter delivered by the Norroy Herald [Christopher Carlill]; counter-signed "Meautis"; address on verso ("Tres-hault & puissant prince: tres-cher & tres-ame cousin: Le Duc de lorrayne"), folded for delivery with trace of seal, contemporary endorsement and later docket, one page, on paper, lightly browned, small hole in blank area at foot, minor wear at edges etc., but overall in fine attractive condition, large 4to (395 x 285 mm.), Tower of London ("chasteau de londres"), 9 January 1496

Footnotes

HENRY VII APPEALS FOR MILITARY AID, IN THE FACE OF INVASION BY JAMES IV OF SCOTLAND IN SUPPORT OF PERKIN WARBECK: the invasion was in fact to take place eight months later the following September, but the hoped-for support by English Yorkists for Warbeck failed to materialize, and the invasion fizzled out into just another heavy border raid (albeit with some of the usual accompanying pillage, as Henry had feared). A year later, in September 1497, Henry and James concluded a truce, which was to lead in 1503 to the marriage of Henry's sister Margaret to James and thus, ultimately, the union of the two crowns in the person of their descendant James VI & I. Warbeck had meanwhile escaped to Ireland and, finding no support there, joined the Cornish uprising against Henry's heavy taxation, surrendering that same September of 1497.

Documents signed in full by Henry VII, as opposed to those bearing just his monogram are rare: the present fine example of his signature is illustrated from the collection of the late Eric Allen by Ray Rawlins, The Guinness Book of Autographs, 1977, p.24. The text is in the hand of the counter-signatory, John Mewtas, Clerk of the Signet and French Secretary to Henry VII and Henry VIII between 1591 and 1522.

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