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Lot 57

GEORGE I
Document signed ("George R" at head), being a leaf from the Establishment Book, covering Portland Castle, Portsmouth, Southsea Castle, Sheerness, Scilly Island, Scarborough Castle, Sterling Castle, Tynemouth Castle and Upnor, [no date]

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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GEORGE I

Document signed ("George R" at head), being a leaf from the Establishment Book, covering Portland Castle, Portsmouth, Southsea Castle, Sheerness, Scilly Island, Scarborough Castle, Sterling Castle, Tynemouth Castle and Upnor, listing the garrison of each and their pay per diem and for 365 days (the Governor of Portsmouth receiving £1-18s-4¼d a day, while a gunner received a shilling), 2 pages on one leaf, numbered 19 and 20, guard on verso, folio, [no date]

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Included in the lot is the printed Ceremonial for the Reception of His Most Sacred Majesty George... Upon His Arrival from Holland to his Kingdom of Great Britain, printed by John Nutt (authorised by the Earl Marshal on 6 September 1714). This, the state entry into Britain of the first of the Hanoverians, took place on 20 September, amid much magnificence; the last paragraph of the ceremonial stating that ʻDuring the whole Proceeding from St Margaret's Hill, the Conduits at Stocks-Market, and other Parts of the City, are to run with Wine as usual. And the great Guns at the Tower are to be twice discharged...'.

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