| Document Reference | Pw2 Hy 1160 |
| Title | Letter from William Van Heels [Huls], to [Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford]; 4 Dec. 1713/4 |
| Date | 23 January 1714 |
| Extent | 2 ff |
| Level | Item/file |
| Content Description | Discusses the subject of the 'prolongation of Lord Albermarle's pass'; encloses a letter detailing the 'false representations of his [Albermarle's] secret enemys'; believes that Oxford is in the best possible position to 'remove the ill grounded prevention the Court of France hath conceived against that poor Lord'; asks for Oxford's help as Albermarle has often acted for the English Crown; reports he has an epistle from Albermarle explaining his actions against his enemies but does not wish to bother Oxford with it; has no news of the 'secret negotiations' [with the Netherlands?]; awaits Oxford's commands and asks if he may send 'word of comfort to unhappy Lord Alb[ermarle]'.
Enclosure at Pw2 Hy 1161
Old Style dating on letter. |
| Term | travel, passports |
| diplomacy, with Netherlands |
| diplomacy, with France |
| patronage, requests for |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
| NA29944 | Keppel; Arnold Joost van (1670-1718); 1st Earl of Albemarle; member of Nobles of the States General | 1670-1718 |
| NA29941 | Huls; Carel Willem van (fl 1663-1714); Dutch; diplomatic channel between 1st Earl of Oxford and Pensionary Heinsius | fl 1663-1714 |
| NA893 | Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714 | 1661-1724 |