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JAMES VI and I (King of Scotland, 1567-1625, and of England, 1603-1625). Letter signed (at upper margin, 'James R.') to Sir Robert Lee, 'Alderman of our Citie of London', Hampton Court, 25 September 1604, on paper, one page, folio (short split at central fold), integral address panel, contemporary annotations.
'OUR P[RE]SENT WANT OF MONEY'. A letter to an Alderman of the City of London, demanding a loan of £1,000, to be repaid within six months, or by default in Cornish tin: 'We have thought good in regard of our p[res]ent want of money to take up by way of loane for six moneths upon interest the said some ... And knowing you to be a man of good abilitie and well able to furnish a competent som[m]e of money towarde the same, and nothing doubtingof your ready disposic[i]on to give us satisfaction therin, We have made choice of you ...'. The contemporary annotations comprise a receipt signed by Sir Richard Smythe for the loan, and related receipts by Lee's executors, and by Smythe for renewals of the loan into 1605.
'OUR P[RE]SENT WANT OF MONEY'. A letter to an Alderman of the City of London, demanding a loan of £1,000, to be repaid within six months, or by default in Cornish tin: 'We have thought good in regard of our p[res]ent want of money to take up by way of loane for six moneths upon interest the said some ... And knowing you to be a man of good abilitie and well able to furnish a competent som[m]e of money towarde the same, and nothing doubtingof your ready disposic[i]on to give us satisfaction therin, We have made choice of you ...'. The contemporary annotations comprise a receipt signed by Sir Richard Smythe for the loan, and related receipts by Lee's executors, and by Smythe for renewals of the loan into 1605.
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