Letter from Sir Gilbert Gerard to his mother-in-law Lady Joan Barrington [manuscript], 1635 June 20.

Grey's Inn, London, 1635 June 20.

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Mounted in 19th-century collector's folder bearing handwritten biographical note and transcription.
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Adhered into 19th-century folder such that address leaf cannot be fully seen (though can be read).

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Ordered from: Christopher Edwards, D9529, 2021-09-24, purchased at Forum Auctions London, "Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper" 23rd September 2021", Lot #8. From dealer's description: "Lot 25 Parliamentarian politician.- Gerard (Gilbert) Autograph Letter signed to his Mother-in-Law Lady Joan Barrington, 1635, apologising for not having visited recently and promising to visit "within these ten daies, I am sorry to heere that your Ladiship is not well". Parliamentarian politician.- Gerard (Sir Gilbert, first baronet, presbyterian politician, of Flambards, Harrow-on-the-Hill, 1587-1670) Autograph Letter signed to his Mother-in-Law Lady Joan Barrington, 1p. with conjugate blank and address panel, folio, Grays Inn, 20th June 1635, apologising for not having visited recently and promising to visit "within these ten daies, I am sorry to heere that your Ladiship is not well", several tears (including 1 fold) slightly affecting a word of text, browned. ⁂ Joan, Lady Barrington (c. 1558-1641), godly matriarch and patron of clergy."

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