Manuscript/Mixed Material Final portion of a document signed
About this Item
Title
- Final portion of a document signed
Summary
- A legal document in regard to a loan of money, connected with the office of the Treasurer of the Navy, to which post Hawkins had been appointed in 1573. As he was knighted in 1588, and does not use his title here, it can be assumed that the present document falls somewhere between those years.
Names
- Hawkins, John, Sir, 1532-1595
- Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- before 1588.
Headings
- - Hawkins, John,--Sir,--1532-1595
- - Financial/legal transaction
Notes
- - 1 page. Folio (410 x 285 mm.). In a cloth case.
- - The document begins imperfectly; though it is unusually badly written, one can see that a legal proceeding of claim is involved, since it speaks of "Counsell learned in the Lawe". It concerns also a claim for payment of expenses connected with the delivery of money in repayment of the loan money. There are a number of interlinear additions, and some passages are struck through, which would indicate that this is a preliminary drafting of the document. A single-word docket "Loane," is on the blank verso of the first leaf.
- - Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595) was an associate of Sir Francis Drake through out his life; he served as Rear-Admiral (third in command under Howard and Drake) of the English fleet which defeated the Invincible Armada. Hawkins' signature is in his usual, large bold style.
- - Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
- - Description based on Global Gateway metadata.
- - drakenew
Medium
- 1 sheet
Repository
- Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbc.home
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021699429
Online Format
- image