Dominic Winter Book Auctions
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*Tetley, Langmead & Wynne Archive. A large archive of letters, deeds and other ephemera relating to this family line, mostly 18th and 19th century, including two autograph letters signed from King William IV, when Duke of Clarence, both signed ‘William', both to Mrs Winne (mother of M. C. Langmead), one dated 27th April 1797, one concerning John Winne (Mrs Winne's son?) and the Duke's ‘friendship for you and yours', the second undated letter with consolation offered on the death of her husband George Winne ‘I now take up my pen to answer, in order to assure you and your family of my real friendship and regard', mentioning his love for her husband, 2 & 4 pp., 4to, together with a large quantity of family letters, deeds, documents, etc., many with penny blacks and penny reds and posting marks on envelopes, a large amount concerning Canon George Tetley's family history researches, and all included in his tin trunk with his name ‘Reverend J. G. Tetley' stamped to one edge. A copy of George Tetly's autobiography ‘Old Times and New' (1904) is included in the trunk. In it he traces his ancestry back to his great grandfather George Winne in Plymouth. (a tin trunk)
