ROYAL WARRANT FROM GEORGE III providing for the maintenance of Chelsea Hospital out of the pay of the armed forces; 30 Dec. 1763. Signed by George III. Presented anonymously in 1957, with Add. MS. 49459, and Add. Chs. 75457 and 75731, through J. L. Douthwaite, Esq., and the Friends of the National Libraries. Incorporated in 1970.
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George III of England: Army; England: Chelsea, Middlesex: Warrant for maintenance of Chelsea Hospital , from George III: 1763: Signed.
APPOINTMENT by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, of William Leathes as Paymaster of Artillery; 18 March 1704. English. Presented, with Add. MS. 50285, by the Norwich Museums Committee.
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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Army; England: William Leathes, Paymaster of Artillery: Appointment as paymaster of artillery by the Duke of Marlborough of William Leathes: 1704.
INDENTURE between Henry V and Sir Esmond Ferrers of Chartley for the supply of troops by the latter. Dat. at Rouen, 22 Jan. 1419. French. Phillipps MS. 30678 (part). Purchased at Sotheby's, 13 April 1981, lot 48. Fragm. of royal seal.
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Henry V of England: Sir Esmond Ferrers: Army; England: Indenture betw. Henry V and Sir E. Ferrers for the supply of troops: 1419: Fr.
COMMISSION to Morgan J. J. P. O'Connell as Adjutant, Land Forces; 7 Feb. 1878. English. Purchased, with Add. MSS. 62712-62715, from Mrs N. M. Evans, 22 Nov. 1982. Signed by George, Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief, and Col. Frederick Arthur Stanley, Secretary to the Treasury.
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Morgan J. J. P. O'Connell, Adjutant, Land Forces: George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge: Colonel Frederick Arthur Stanley, Secretary to the Treasury: Army; England: Commission to Morgan J. J. P. O'Connell, signed by Duke of Cambridge and F. A. Stanley: 1878.
Certificate of the state of the militia in Hastings, co. Suss.; 16th cent. English. Hastings, Sussex: Army; England: State of the militia in Hastings: 16th cent.