George I, King of England

Document signed ("George R"), 2 pages (12 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.; 314 x 198 mm) on a bifolium watermarked Pro Patria, (London), 19 March 1719/20, being a warrant "to give Leave to Second Lieutenant John Crosse of Our most Dear Son George Augustus Prince of Wales Own Royal Regiment of Welsh Fuziliers Commanded by Our Trusty and Wellbeloved Major General Joseph Sabine to Exchange his Commission of Second Lieutenant in that Regiment with the half Pay of Francis Bolton a Reduced Second Lieutenant of the Said Regiment upon the Establishment of Half Pay in Our Kingdom of Great Britain and to allow Half Pay to the said John Crosse ins the room of the said Francis Bolton, …" countersigned by George Treby, docketed on verso of second leaf, some spotting. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of George I.