WHYTE'S THE HISTORY SALE TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1-11 NOVEMBER 2023

23 1853 Patent appointing John Bernard Burke to the Office of Ulster King of Arms and Principal Herald of All Ireland and other manuscripts relating to Upminster Hall. Manuscript on vellum. Includes vignette of Queen Victoria and is attached to her Great Seal. Three other manuscripts are 1788 leases of land at Upminster between Champion Branfill andWilliam Russell and Edward Brydges and a Settlement on Marriage for Champion Branfill of Upminster Hall and Charlotte Brydges. 27 by 27in. (68.6 by 68.6cm) Condition: Couple slight bumps and chips to the wax seal, overall very good. King Harold II gave the manor of Upminster Hall to the abbots of Waltham Abbey circa 1050. The present house, which dates from circa 1500, remained in the ownership of the abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536, when King Henry VIII gave it to Thomas Cromwell. It was then occupied by the Latham family from 1543 until it passed to Edward Noel, later 1st Earl of Gainsborough, in 1677. It was then owned by the Branfill family from 1685 until it was bought by Major Godfrey Pike in 1921. It became the clubhouse of Upminster Golf Club in 1927. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 23 24 1849 (11 May) card signed by Thomas Francis Meagher, William O’Brien and Patrick O’Donoghue at Richmond Prison, Dublin. On an embossed calling card. Signed two months before Meagher was transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), Rare. Accompanied by a reprint of a 19th century photograph of Meagher. 3 by 4.50in. (7.6 by 11.4cm) Provenance: Anderson Auction Co., 21 January 1904, Lot 339 (original catalogue excerpt accompanies this lot; Private collections and a dealer since. Condition: Very good. Thomas Francis Meagher (1823-1867 was a leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848. Convicted of sedition, he was first sentenced to death, then transportation for life to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania). In 1852, Meagher escaped and made his way to the United States, where he settled in New York City. He studied law, worked as a journalist, and presented lectures on the Irish cause all over the USA. At the beginning of the American Civil War, Meagher joined the U.S. Army and rose to the rank of brigadier general. He was most notable for recruiting and leading the Irish Brigade, and encouraging support among Irish immigrants for the Union. Following the Civil War, Meagher was appointed Montana’s Territorial Secretary of State by President Andrew Johnson, and served as acting territorial governor. In 1867, Meagher drowned in the Missouri River after falling from a steamboat at Fort Benton, Montana. Estimate €400-€600 (approx £340-£520) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 24 History 18