Lot 80 , From the Dering Surrenden collection - A commission appointing Samuel Tavenour as governor of Deal Castle, 1654, bears the sign manual of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector – Oliver P. Commission of Samuel Tavenour as gov

° From the Dering Surrenden collection - A commission appointing Samuel Tavenour as governor of Deal Castle, 1654, bears the sign manual of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector – Oliver P. Commission of Samuel Tavenour as governor of Deal Castle and of the forces of and within the same;
sign manual of Oliver Cromwell – Oliver P[rotector] Endorsed: J B Torson 15/2/62 Y 10 Feb 1654

Gorringe’s are grateful to Christopher Whittick, former County Archivist, East Sussex Record Office, for his valuable research and description of this important early archive.

£2,000-3,000

Sold for £3,200