![HENRY VII (1457-1509), King of England. Autograph signature ('Henricus R[ex]'), cut from a letter to King John of Denmark and Norway, Tower of London ('Ex Castello n[ost]ro Londoniae'), 11 November 1506.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_16019_0032_000(henry_vii_king_of_england_autograph_signature_cut_from_a_letter_to_kin060530).jpg?w=1)
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HENRY VII (1457-1509), King of England. Autograph signature ('Henricus R[ex]'), cut from a letter to King John of Denmark and Norway, Tower of London ('Ex Castello n[ost]ro Londoniarum'), 11 November 1506.
The signature in letters approximately 40 mm high, one page, 108 x 295 mm, papered seal bearing clear impression of the royal arms in left margin, addressed on verso (four small slits of which 2 through one letter of signature, traces of mounting and ownership stamp on verso). Provenance: sale at Christie's, 29 April 1981, lot 53 – Spiro Family Collection – sale at Christie's, 3 December 2003, lot 9.
In the course of his attempts to improve English trade in the Baltic, Henry VII concluded several commercial agreements with Denmark in the 1490s, procuring freedom of trade on favourable terms, and the right to fish in Icelandic waters: the letter from which this is taken may have concerned some such matter. John (or Hans) reigned in Denmark and Norway from 1481 to 1513; he was also, as Johan II, King of Sweden from 1497 to 1501.
The signature in letters approximately 40 mm high, one page, 108 x 295 mm, papered seal bearing clear impression of the royal arms in left margin, addressed on verso (four small slits of which 2 through one letter of signature, traces of mounting and ownership stamp on verso). Provenance: sale at Christie's, 29 April 1981, lot 53 – Spiro Family Collection – sale at Christie's, 3 December 2003, lot 9.
In the course of his attempts to improve English trade in the Baltic, Henry VII concluded several commercial agreements with Denmark in the 1490s, procuring freedom of trade on favourable terms, and the right to fish in Icelandic waters: the letter from which this is taken may have concerned some such matter. John (or Hans) reigned in Denmark and Norway from 1481 to 1513; he was also, as Johan II, King of Sweden from 1497 to 1501.
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