An Original Very Rare Handwritten and Signed Navel Warrant Paper Base by Parliamentarian Naval Officer During the English Civil War Robert Rich 2nd Earl of Warwick. Further Signed by Giles Greene, John Rolle, Alexander Bence. Dated 1646. Ink Signature, ‘Warwicke’, 4 February 1646, being the lower portion of the paper naval warrant with bold signature and additionally signed by Giles Greene, John Rolle, Alexander Bence and one other unidentified Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (May/June 1587 – 19 April 1658) was an English naval officer, politician, and peer who commanded the Parliamentarian navy during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A Puritan, he was also lord of the Manor of Hunningham. He was a promoter of the American colonies. Warwick's Richneck Plantation was located in what is now the independent city of Newport News, Virginia. The Earl of Warwick was an influential Puritan, involved in almost every important colonial venture of his time, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the New England Company, the Providence Island Company, the Somers Isles Company (Bermuda) and the Virginia Company. His plantation was located in present-day Newport News, Virginia. The Warwick River, Warwick Towne, Warwick River Shire, and Warwick County, Virginia are all believed named for him. Giles Green was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1648. Sir John Rolle (1626-1706) was knighted by Charles II in 1660. He had remained loyal to the King during the Civil War, helped Charles II financially when he was in exile, and actively supported the Restoration. Irregularly but neatly removed from the original document, some spotting and age toning. Alexander Bence (born ca. 1590) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648 and in 1654. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War. Size is 190mm x 120mm.