1826 Cape of Good Hope Game Licence (Issued to Hendrik Cloete and son)

Game License issued by the Lieutenant Governor, Colonial Office, Cape of Good Hope on 4 January, 1827. The license measures 20.8x33.2cm and was issued to Pieter Cloete and his son Pieter "to shoot and kill GAME, during the season commencing the 1st December, 1826, and ending the 30th June, 1827". The License is signed by the Lieutenant Governor, another signature appears below "Registered" at the bottom and there is also a signature at the top right. The 188-year-old License has discoloured a bit and there is minimal wear to the page edges. Hendrik Cloete (b.1784) and Pieter (his son, b.1813) appear to be the grandson and great grandson of Pieter Cloete (snr) of the Groot Constantia estate. Hendrik (jnr) was the oldest son of Roedolph Cloete (b.1762 and one of the 9 sons of Hendrik Cloete snr) who farmed at Zandvliet (Geslacht-Register der Oude Kaapsche Familien, 1893). Hendrik Cloete (snr) was a member of one of the oldest families at the Cape and is credited for developing Groot Constantia into one of the foremost wine estates in the world.