Brenda, this explains a small puzzle I've had about the text which didn't seem to make sense. The letter begins: "James Duke of Lenox knight of the most noble order of the Garter and one of the Lords of his Ma.ties most honoble privie Concell and Jerom Earle of Portland Baron of Mayland Captaine and Governor of the Isle of Wight and Vice Admiral of the seacost in the said Isle and Comtie of Southton Lords Leiuetennts of the said Comtie."
It was the "Lords Lieutenants of the said County" that has puzzled me. Looking at the signature of the Portland on the one link, it is not a match to the one on my document. This makes me wonder if they would have had "assistants" (by whatever title) who signed these sorts of documents on their behalf, and perhaps sealed them as well? The document is starting to fall apart, and I'm increasingly considering that it should be preserved/conserved by an appropriate historical entity in an appropriate setting. But of course, before I might actually do anything like this, I want to learn as much as I can about it. I'm finding I have lots of things yet to discover here, all quite exciting! Thurlow Brenda Paternoster wrote: Lennox and Portland were jointly Lords Lieutenant of Hampshire (or is it Lord Lietenants of Hampshire?) which is why they were charged with raising a militia. To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected].
