HENRY VI (1421-1471), king of England. Document with probably secretarial signature ('R. Henry'), Westminster, 13 December 1449, letters patent granting protection to any subjects of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, who may visit his dominions for the purposes of trade, in conformity with the recent treaty between himself and the Duke, in Latin, on vellum, first line decorated with calligraphic flourishes, 17 lines on one membrane, 185 x 345mm, one contemporary and one later endorsement in French on verso, Great Seal of England in yellow wax (intact) attached to slit lower strip of document; in a fitted folder. Provenance: Phillipps ms 32761; Sotheby's, 26 June 1967, lot 657.

HENRY VI (1421-1471), king of England. Document with probably secretarial signature ('R. Henry'), Westminster, 13 December 1449, letters patent granting protection to any subjects of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, who may visit his dominions for the purposes of trade, in conformity with the recent treaty between himself and the Duke, in Latin, on vellum, first line decorated with calligraphic flourishes, 17 lines on one membrane, 185 x 345mm, one contemporary and one later endorsement in French on verso, Great Seal of England in yellow wax (intact) attached to slit lower strip of document; in a fitted folder. Provenance: Phillipps ms 32761; Sotheby's, 26 June 1967, lot 657.

The apparent sign manual on the document does not closely match extant signatures of Henry VI, and its resemblance to the script and ink of the main body of the document suggests it is more likely to have been added by the scribe.