Sovereign Prince of Orange (1650-1702) who served as King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 until his death. Manuscript DS, signed “William R.,” one page, 8.75 x 13.75, March 6, 1699. Document issued "To the Commissioners of Our Treasury" asking them "by vertue of our Generall Letters of Privy Seale bearing the date the 19th day of Aprill 1689…to pay…Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely beloved Cousin Mary Dutchess of Buckingham £300…Well beloved Cousin Dorothy Countess of Dorchester £400…Welbeloved Robt. Phillips Esq. £100, Thomas Povey £100, Katharine Leslie £100, And Katharine & Mary O Hara Each Fifty pounds. In all £1,100." Signed in the upper border by King William III, and countersigned at the conclusion by treasury commissioners Stephen Fox, John Smith, and Richard Hill. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing, and a clipped lower right corner. Interestingly, Thomas Povey (1613—1705), a merchant-politician who is being paid £100, was sometimes called England’s 'First Colonial Civil Servant.' His son-in-law, Giles Bland, was executed for treason in Virginia in 1677, having played a leading part in Bacon's Rebellion in the previous year.
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