Mary I’s Wyatt Rebellion response letter doubles estimate

A letter from Mary I (1516-1558) to privy councillor William Paget on the outbreak of Wyatt's Rebellion doubled its lower estimate at Edinburgh auction house Lyon & Turnbull.

Estimated at £15,000-20,000 at the sale on February 5, the letter hammered down at £30,000.

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