MARY I Letters Patent signed ("Marye the quene") at head and headed ("By the Queene"), St James's, 9 October ("the fiveth and sixte yeres of our reignes") 1558 — MARY I Letters Patent signed ("Marye the quene") at head and headed ("By the Queene"), St James's, 9 October ("the fiveth and sixte yeres of our reignes") 1558 - REWARDING A TRUSTED ADMINISTRATOR WEEKS BEFORE HER DEATH

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Estimate: £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $13,828–$20,741
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books and Manuscripts, London, Knightsbridge · 15 September 2021
Record ID: TB-2026-634568
Record: first seen 21 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Mary I Letters Patent Signed, MARY I Letters Patent signed ("Marye the quene") at head and headed ("By the Queene"), St James's, 9 October ("the fiveth and sixte yeres of our reignes") 1558. Bonhams, 15 Sep 2021, lot 54. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-634568.

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Mary I Letters Patent Signed, MARY I Letters Patent signed ("Marye the quene") at head and headed ("By the Queene"), St James's, 9 October ("the fiveth and sixte yeres of our reignes") 1558. Bonhams, 15 Sep 2021, lot 54. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-634568.

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From the same sale Fine Books and Manuscripts · Sep 2021

Lot	Artist	Estimate	Result
Theatrum machinarum novum, [Cologne, Paul Principis, 1662]	Boeckler	£800–£1,200
VI Original Canzonettas, SIGNED BY THE COMPOSER, 1794	Music - Haydn	£3,000–£4,000
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QUEEN ANNE - FUNERAL Letter signed ("Edward Southwell") to George Com…	Queen Anne - Funeral Letter Signed	£400–£600
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