CHARLES I (1600-1649) and others

Details

CHARLES I (1600-1649) and others
A 1p. document, signed by the committee of the Public revenue, Westminster, 4th December, 1649, addressed to Thomas Fauconbridge (Receiver-General of the Public Revenue) requiring him to pay #34 to John Alexander, shoemaker, '...for Bootes, Shooes, and Slippers by him provided and delivered for the late King Charles from the 27th of November 1647 unto the 26th January 1648 [i.e. 1649, 4 days before the King's execution] and for his Journeys and attendance at Windsor' , signed by Sir Henry Vane (Governer of Massachusetts in 1636-7 and a close friend of Cromwell); Nicholas Love (one of the judges at Charles I's trial); Henry Mildmay (former Master of the King's jewel house); Cornelius Holland (a regicide, said to have drawn up the charges against Charles I); and Dennis Bond (a member of the Council of State); together with a clipped signature by John Barkstead and a 1p. a.l.s by Sir Robert Hyde. (3)

Lot Essay

Evidently Charles was still being provided with boots and shoes in the week of his execution. Sir John Barkstead was one of the judges appointed in 1648 to try Charles I in 1649, he was outlawed at the Restoration and fled to Hanau (then neutral territory) where he became a burgess but was eventually arrested whilst visiting Holland and executed. Sir Robert Hyde (1595-1665) sheltered Charles II during his flight from Worcester in 1651 in his house at Heale.

More from Printed Ephemera and Manuscript Letters

View All