25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST

The David Stather Library

 
  Lot 120
 

120

London Charity School - St Margaret's Hospital - 'The Green Coat School'
A small archive of 17th and 18th century manuscripts relating to the London charity school, St Margaret's Hospital which was known as 'The Green Coat School' and is now part of Westminster City School, comprising;
The Account of Abraham Acworth, Esq., Treasurer of St. Margarets's Hospital, Westminster, bound manuscript account book for the school.
18th October, 1775 to 18th October, 1780, quarto, ink on vellum in very neat hand, reversed calf binding (spine worn);
Indenture, Apprenticeship bond for Waler Pritchard leaving 'the Hospitall of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Kinge ...' To Live with Anne Paine to learn 'some likely good trade'.
9th February 1643, initialled by Anne Paine, and Geo. and Be. Hare, small seal, Latin and English, ink on paper, 39.5cm x 31cm, tear to top margin not touching script, folded, docket verso;
Indenture, Apprenticeship bond for John Rowstone 'one of the Poore Children of ye Hospitall of ye foundacon of the Late King Charls situate in Tutthill Fields in Westminster, indentured to John Gary, ?Lock Smith.
2nd February 1661, ink on vellum, 20.5cm x 31cm, signed by John Garry and witnesses, folded, docket verso, seal tag without seal;
With a small quantity of manuscript receipts, entry petitions, bills and birth certificates, 17th-19th century, ink on paper (qty)

Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

Auction: The David Stather Library, 25th Jan, 2023

A single-owner sale of the Library of David Stather (1940-2022)

The library comprises a large collection of early books, pamphlets and manuscripts on English history, focusing on the English Civil War, the ‘Popish Plot’,  the Monmouth Rebellion and the Glorious Revolution, early Parliament and the Monarchy of that period, the development of English law, the Reformation, early bibles and prayer books, chronicles of English history and some very early books on witchcraft.

The earliest manuscript dates from 1285, and the earliest book is an incunable from 1486, however the majority date from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Interestingly, many are books that contribute to English history rather than just reporting on it, for example the collection includes books reporting the Popish Plot, which were written specifically to create social division through what is now known as ‘fake news’.

 The books have been lovingly preserved by David Stather and the auction provides a rare opportunity to purchase books from a very focused collection built up over his lifetime.

Please submit any enquiries for the sale to books@tennants-ltd.co.uk 

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