Price and proposalls of Renatus Harris for his organ in the Temple Church, humbly offered to the Right Hon.ble the Lord High Chancellor of England and the two Hon.ble Societies of the Temple, [ca. 1685].

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Price and proposalls of Renatus Harris for his organ in the Temple Church, humbly offered to the Right Hon.ble the Lord High Chancellor of England and the two Hon.ble Societies of the Temple, [ca. 1685].

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Document containing Harris's request for a decision in the competition between the organs built by himself and by Bernard Smith for the Temple Church. Harris defends his price, notes sabotage of the pipes and bellows, and proposes rules to govern the test of the organs. Letter petitioning Jeffreys either to pay Smith for his organ or to allow him to remove it from the Temple Church. Bookplate: Ex libris Michael Gillingham; Arthur F. Hill, FSA.

1 v. (2 p., bound in vol.) ; 35 x 23 cm. + Transcript.

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Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, Baron, 1644 or 1645-1689

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English judge. From the description of Document signed, as Recorder of London : London, 1679May 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270494524 British Baronet and Chief Justice for Chester. From the description of Household accounts, 1669-1689, Chester, England. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83206947 ...

Temple Church (London, England)

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Harris, Renatus, 1640?-1715?

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Smith, Bernard, 1630?-1708

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