Extract from letters patent for an annuity from the Exchequer to Thomas Bell: [manuscript],: 1592/3 February 24.

Extract from letters patent for an annuity from the Exchequer to Thomas Bell [manuscript], 1592/3 February 24.

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Title

Extract from letters patent for an annuity from the Exchequer to Thomas Bell [manuscript], 1592/3 February 24.

Description

1 leaf ; 13 x 21 cm

Corporate author

Associated name

Scope and content

Official copy. For an annuity of £50. Original signed under privy seal by Rotheram; copy signed: Jo. Puckering C.S.

Historical background

Thomas Bell, a Catholic priest who recanted his faith and became a prolific writer of anti-Catholic tracts, was given a pension of £50 by the Queen.

Provenance

Formerly Folger MS Add 822 (1).

Source of acquisition

Acquired from W. Myers October 1982.

Genre/form

Place of creation/publication

Great Britain -- England.

Call number

X.d.608 (4)

Folger accession

MS Add 822 (1)