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WILLIAM III
Warrant signed ("William R" at head) and counter-signed by the First Lord of the Treasury, Sidney, Earl of Godolphin, and his fellow lords, Kensington, 4 May 1695

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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WILLIAM III

Warrant signed ("William R" at head) and counter-signed by the First Lord of the Treasury, Sidney, Earl of Godolphin, and his fellow lords, Stephen Fox, Charles Montague, William Trumbull and John Smith, addressed to the Commissioners of the Treasury, and directing that £850 be paid "unto Our Right Trusty and Right Welbeloved Cousin Dorothy Countess of Dorchester" as "Our free guift and Royall bounty to her for and towards the maintenance and Support of her daughter the Lady Katherine Darnley"; half crown duty blindstamp at head; with two dockets later attached, 1 page, integral leaf removed, laid down, slightly browned in the margins, folio, Kensington, 4 May 1695

Footnotes

A GRANT BY WILLIAM III TO THE DAUGHTER AND MISTRESS OF JAMES II. Catharine Sedley, beneficiary of the present grant, was daughter of the Restoration poet and wit, Sir Charles Sedley, and had been the mistress of James II, when Duke of York. After his accession, the King broke off their affair, as a moral example to the Court, but granted her a pension and created her suo jure Countess of Dorchester. Following a spell in exile, she and the King continued their affair, albeit clandestinely. Following James's overthrow, she associated with the most important group of Jacobite conspirators in London. Lady Katherine Dudley, who is also the beneficiary of this grant, was the only one of her children by the Duke to survive into maturity.

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