King Charles the Second Letter of Marque

This is a custom made King Charles the Second Letter of Marque we have just finished making for one of the bretheren.

It is 18"x25" like many of the original ones and has the strip of seals at the bottom like original documents of the era too. It was researched as much as I could from actual letters or marque, royal charters and indentures to make it as authentic as possible. It is written by Thomas Modyford who was the Governor of Jamaica at the time, and Prince James the Duke of York who was Lord Admiral at this time too. All the signatures are actual reproductions of surviving examples where possible.

It is printed on a heavyweight parchment vellum which feels and looks as close to an original 17th century vellum indenture that I could get (I know as i own one. Modern leather vellum seems very brittle compared to this 18th century one). It folds down into a more transportable 4.5" x 8.5" also based on surviving indentures of this period.