Royal Navy.- Naval Prize Money and the rights of capturing vessels.-

Royal Navy.- Naval Prize Money and the rights of capturing vessels.- Heads of an Argument delivered at Serjeants Inn... touching the Legality of the Commission of Appeals in Prize Causes, manuscript, 23pp., slightly browned, original wrappers, upper cover working loose, 1748; Stephens (Anthony, cashier to the Navy treasurer, fl. 1680s) Money order of £4,000 to the Treasurer of the Navy, D.s. "A Stephens", manuscript, 1p. with conjugate blank, creased, folds, browned, 23rd April 1684; and 3 others including a copy letter from Canton, incomplete at end, 1765, folio (5). *** Second mentioned because of their overlapping roles handling naval finances and logistics, Stephens is mentioned in Pepys’s diary.

Estimate:£200

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