Signed letter addressed to Louis XI of France

Item author: Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, the King-maker
Item date: 1471
Grant Value: 90
Item cost pre-decimal: 90
Item date acquired: 1955
Item institution: British Library
Town/City: London

Subscription and signature are autograph, text throws light on negotiations for an alliance between England and France against Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Arthur Gimson donated 40 of the total purchase price. Add MS 48988, f 40

Item Provenance
Andre de Coppet collection sold at Sothebys July 1955, lot 1013.