[HENRY IV]: (1553-1610) King of France. CHARLES DU PLESSIS, Sieur de Liancourt (1551-1620), Counsell...

[HENRY IV]: (1553-1610) King of France. CHARLES DU PLESSIS, Sieur de Liancourt (1551-1620), Counsellor and Squire of King Henri IV. Rare L.S., `Ch. Du Plesseys«, one page, vellum, 4to, [Paris], 21st February 1610, in French. The letter being a signed receipt by Du Plessis, acknowledging the payment of his salaries, the receipt states `Received from Charles Frayol, Counselor of the King and House Treasurer, the amount of 3500 sterling, ordered to us by His Majesty ..of our estate, as first squire during the year 1609..« Bearing to the verso a contemporary three lines annotation. Two extremely small holes not affecting the text or signature, small creasing to the borders with edges slightly irregularly trimmed, otherwise G £200-300 a Less than three months after the present letter was signed, Charles du Plessis was accompanying the King of France Henri IV, in his carriage, on 14th May 1610, when the coach was blocked by several carts and Ravaillac climbed on and with a knife stabbed the King to death. Du Plessis, alongside Henri IV was witness of the regicide.