Event Comment: Know all men by these presents, that
Colley Cibber, Esq; of the
Parish of St/James's in the
County of Middlesex, for and in consideration of the sum of Eighty Pounds of lawful Mony of
Great Britain to him in hand paid by
John Watts of
London, Stationer, he the said Colley Cibber,
Esq; hath bargained, sold and assigned, and set over, and by these presents doth bargain, sell, assign and set over all that the full and sole right and title, of, in and to the copy of a Tragedy, intitled,
Papal Tyranny in the Reign of King John, written by the said Colley Cibber,
Esq; to have and to hold the said copy of the said tragedy unto the said John Watts, his heirs and assigns for ever, notwithstanding any act or law to the contrary: In witness whereof the said Colley Cibber,
Esq; hath hereunto sett his hand and seal this twentieth day of February, 1744/5. [Signed] C. Cibber. [Witnesses]
James Webster,
John Mark Bimson. [Original Document in
Folger Shakespeare Library, validated by three Sixpence stamps, and Cibber's seal. Case No. 993 among Cibber documents.