An attractive and historic original Military Commission dated 1732

Signed and issued by John Earl of Leicester, Viscount Lisle (1680-1737)

Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent & City of Canterbury;

Constable of His Majesty's Tower of London; 

Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the Tower Hamlets and Liberties thereof;

Knight of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, and one of His Majestys' most Honorable privy Council &c

Appointing Sir Charles Farnaby, Baronet, Captain in the Troop of Horse,

"to be raised within the lath of *Sutton-at-Hone and take the same"

Signed "Leicester' at the end of the document

Description: 14 x 9.5 inches, on vellum, folded three times to pocket size;

with toning over much of the document, the original red seal is missing;

note two small holes visible from the view verso. The inscription verso is illegible.

*Sutton-at-Hone is a village in the county of Kent, England