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WORLD WAR I - CHRISTMAS TRUCE. 2 Autograph letters signed with initials by Major J.P.V. Hawksley to his sister Muriel describing the truce of 1914; 27 and 29 December 1914. Bonhams, 20752, 19 June 2013, Lot 224. Creation dates: December 1914
GEORGE VI, King of England. Typescript draft of his speech on the outbreak of World War II, with added pencil note by the civil servant Harold Vale Rhodes ('HVR'). Sotheby's, 10 Dec 2013, Lot 218. Creation dates: 25 Aug 1939
SPELMAN, John. Letter from the lawyer John Spelman to his uncle, the Norfolk JP and MP Sir Hamon L'Estrange, regarding the trial of the Catholic lawyer John Williams, author of the manuscript book called Balaam' Asse, which commented on James I. Creation dates: 6 May [1619]
CHARTERS and TUDOR MANUSCRIPT (7 items): 1. Grant by Isabella, daughter of William de Kayton, to Hugh de Collum, of land in Cowlam. Late 13th or early 14th century. 2. Grant by Walter de Haukesword, of estates at Menston, Yorkshire (West Riding). Feast of St. Martin, 1303. 3. Three related gr...