Suffolk, Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of (1561-1626) Document signed, 1613 Warrant for payment, 'Henry Marten doctor of the Civill Lawes the kings Advocate and Levynus Munck Clerk of his Ma[jesty's] Signet emploied commissioners into the Palatinate for the settling of the Princesse Elizabeth her jointure, humblie demaund allowance for their charges of transportation to and fro [...] the eight of Aprill 1613 [...] They further demaund allowance for their entertainment of dyett at four markes by the day [...]', signed at foot by Henry Marten and Levynus Munck, countersigned by Thomas Howard 1st Earl of Suffolk ('T Suffolke'), and Sir Julius Caesar ('Jul. Caesar'), single bifolium of laid paper, 28.2 x 16cm, old folds, slightly soiled, later docket to conjugate blank verso. Together with a Queen Victoria letters patent, 17 September 1858, in favour of Charles Frédéric Vasserot, of 45 Essex Street, Strand, London, for 'machinery or apparatus for dressing and finishing fabrics', on 2 vellum membranes, printed text completed in manuscript, elaborate engraved acanthus-leaf columns to sides and royal arms and allegorical vignettes to head, retaining Great Seal in yellow wax (15.5cm diameter) depicting Victoria throned in majesty on obverse and Victoria on horseback on reverse, attached by red silk cord, in japanned metal skippet, a couple of shallow chips to rim (2)

Note: Document signed by four key figures at the Jacobean court, relating to expenses incurred by Sir Henry Marten (c.1561-1641) and Levinus Munck (c.1568-1623) in accompanying Princess Elizabeth (1596-1662), only surviving daughter of James I, to Germany following her marriage to Frederick V, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (1596-1632). Sir Julius Caesar (bap.1558-1636), civil lawyer, countersigns in his capacity as chancellor of the exchequer, Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1561-1626) as lord treasurer. Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk commanded the Golden Lion in the fleet which fended off the Spanish Armada, was instrumental in discovering the Gunpowder Plot as lord chamberlain to James I, subsequently overseeing the trial of the plotters in 1606, and became lord treasurer in 1613, before his disgrace and imprisonment in 1619 over charges of corruption, after which he never again held high office. Sir Henry Marten (c.1561-1641) was an influential civil lawyer and judge who established 'a personal rapport and a significant level of trust with James I' (ODNB), and was later entrusted with overseeing negotiations between the English and Dutch East India Companies. Levinus Munck was secretary to Sir Robert Cecil c.1596-1612, during which time his main concern was with foreign affairs; he is considered 'the most important of Cecil’s secretaries, probably a reflection of the fact that he was so intimately concerned with matters of state' (History of Parliament), and was involved 'at one time or another with almost every area in Europe which was significant in the conduct of English foreign policy' (ibid.).