HENRY II: (1519-1559)

HENRY II: (1519-1559)
HENRY II: (1519-1559) King of France 1547-59. D.S., Henry, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Montargis, 20th February 1549, in Middle French. The manuscript document is addressed to Jehan La Guette, treasurer and receiver general of extraordinary finances to the King, and is a warrant for La Guette to make a payment from funds received from the clerk of the salt store established at Beaufort-en-Vallee, 'a Nre cher et bien ame Cristofle Petit saulcier en nre cuisine de bouche La somme de Vingtcinq escuz dor sol. Vallans a Raison de xxvi ltz (?) piece' (Translation: 'to our dear and well-beloved Cristofle Petit, saucier in our kitchen, the sum of Twenty-five gold sun crowns, worth at the rate of xxvi livres tournois (?) piece'). Signed by the King at the foot and countersigned ('Par le Roy, Delaubespine') by Claude de l'Aubespine (1510-1567) Baron de Chateauneuf, French diplomat and Secretary of State. One neat slit and area of loss to the lower right and with some light staining to the right edge, affecting a few words of text, otherwise about VG