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Autographs Sir Horatio Vere 1617 (31 December) receipt by Sir Horatio Vere for £200,
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Sir Horatio Vere
1617 (31 December) receipt by Sir Horatio Vere for £200, a quarterly payment due for the quarter ending on 25 Decemeber, 1617, from his annuity of £800 "in Consideracion of the relinquishing of my employmente of the goverment of the Cautionarie Town Hall in Hollande". Signed "H: Vere" and sealed with a wafer seal.
The money was received from Sir William Garroway, farmer of the customs and subsidies for silks. Photo
Sir Horatio Vere (1565-1635), Baron Vere of Tilbury and long serving military man. After serving under his brother Sir Francis Vere for various spells in Holland (1590-94), and Cadiz (1596) among other campaigns, he succeeded his brother in command of the English in Holland in 1604. He later became Governor of Brill 1609-16 and Utrecht 1618. He commanded the English troops which garrisoned the Palatinate during the winter of 1620 but returned to England in 1623 after capitulation, becoming Master General of the Ordinance. He served in the siege of Mastricht (1632) just three years before his death.
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Sir Horatio Vere
1617 (31 December) receipt by Sir Horatio Vere for £200, a quarterly payment due for the quarter ending on 25 Decemeber, 1617, from his annuity of £800 "in Consideracion of the relinquishing of my employmente of the goverment of the Cautionarie Town Hall in Hollande". Signed "H: Vere" and sealed with a wafer seal.
The money was received from Sir William Garroway, farmer of the customs and subsidies for silks. Photo
Sir Horatio Vere (1565-1635), Baron Vere of Tilbury and long serving military man. After serving under his brother Sir Francis Vere for various spells in Holland (1590-94), and Cadiz (1596) among other campaigns, he succeeded his brother in command of the English in Holland in 1604. He later became Governor of Brill 1609-16 and Utrecht 1618. He commanded the English troops which garrisoned the Palatinate during the winter of 1620 but returned to England in 1623 after capitulation, becoming Master General of the Ordinance. He served in the siege of Mastricht (1632) just three years before his death.
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