CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland & Ireland 1660-85. D.S., Charles R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Whitehall, 18th October 1667. The manuscript document is addressed to Anthony, Lord Ashley, Treasurer of Prizes, and is a warrant for him to pay the sum of one hundred pounds of Royal Bounty from the monies remaining from the sale of prizes to the wife of Captain Archibald Douglas ´lately slaine in Our Service by the Dutch att Chatham......for the supply of her present necessityes´. Countersigned at the foot (and a second time in the left margin) by Henry Bennet (1618-1685) 1st Earl of Arlington, English statesman who served as Keeper of the Privy Purse and was a key adviser to King Charles II. With a few minor remnants of a seal to the upper left corner and blank integral leaf. Some small areas of paper loss, restored and professionally silked to a high standard. G Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683) 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. English statesman who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1661-72 and held several other senior political offices under King Charles II. Captain Archibald Douglas (d.1667) Scottish military officer who served under Colonel Lord George Douglas in the Royal Regiment of Foot (The Royal Scots). Captain Douglas and the regiment were recalled from garrison duty in France in 1667 in order to confront the Dutch threat during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, and in particular to defend Chatham. Douglas was sent with a detachment of soldiers to protect HMS Royal Oak during the Raid on the Medway in June 1667, and performed his duty with great courage, although his brave actions ultimately cost him his life at the hands of the Dutch, who set fire to the vessel. Despite being advised to retire, Douglas maintained his position, apparently declaring ´it shall never be told that a Douglas quitted his post without orders´, and subsequently perished in the flames on 13th June 1667. Douglas was married to Anne-Marie Herry (b.1639) at the time of his death.