SCOTLAND - GEORGE II AND THE 'FIFTEEN'

GEORGE II AND THE 'FIFTEEN'
Warrant signed by George Prince of Wales (the future George II), as Prince Guardian of the Realm ("George P.C.R"), authorising £167-8s be paid to the Commissary-General, Colonel Solomon Rapin, for the pay of several officers "to take Care of the Rebell Prisoners at Chester Leverpool & Lancaster, from the First of July 1716. to the 31st of August following", directed to the Paymaster General, Henry, Earl of Lincoln, and counter-signed by the Secretary-at-War, William Pulteney; with John Mulcaster's account inserted, listing officers and civilians, including the master surgeon, and cooks at Lancaster, Preston and Chester with sums entered against each; contemporary docket (indicated as settled on 15 December), 3 pages in two bifolia, paper guard, light dust-staining, especially to blank verso, a few minor tears at edges, etc., but overall in good and attractive condition, folio, Hampton Court, 29 September 1716