GRANTHAM, Sir Thomas (ca 1640 - 1718). British Exchequer receipt signed ("Tho: Grantham") by the suppressor of "Bacon's Rebellion," N.p., 12 No[vember] 1713.

Partially printed English Exchequer receipt, 1p, approx. 7 x 6 in. Grantham's signature in the righthand margin, with the last letter of the surname underlined by him twice.

Sir Thomas Grantham signs to confirm receipt "[Of] the Honourable Russel Robartes Esq; One of the Four Tellers of Her Majesty's Receipt of Exchequer, the Sum of fifty pounds in full of all former Directions of the said Order, and for Six Months Annuity, due at Michmas last past, of One hundred Pounds per Annum, upon an Act of Parliament, (Entitled, An Act for granting an Aid to Her Majesty for carrying on the War, and other Her Majesty's Occasions, by telling Annuities of several Rates, and for such respective Terms or Estates as are therein mentioned:) ....'

Sir Thomas Grantham was an English tobacco trader, a naval officer, and commander of the naval fleet of the British East India Company. In 1676, Grantham embarked for Virginia at the behest of the colony's Colonial Governor William Berkeley in order to put an end to unrest known as "Bacon's Rebellion." Bacon's Rebellion was an armed uprising by Virginia settlers that took place from 1676 to 1677, and was the most serious challenge to royal authority before the American Revolution. The rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Colonial Governor William Berkeley, after Berkeley refused Bacon's request to drive Native Americans out of Virginia. Grantham and the Royal Navy arrived in November 1676, eventually subduing the rebellion.