Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1380
Title	Unsigned letter to [Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford]; 27 Mar. 1714/5
Date	27 March 1715
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has little news not already communicated to Mr Bromley or the Bishop of London; wishes to travel to England for further instructions as to how to proceed on the issue of 'Trade to Flanders'; says that the situation has been altered now that the Emperor has made peace and that Prince Eugene is expected in May to discuss the receipt of the Spanish Netherlands for the Emperor; comments on negotiations in the Hague between various European leaders; comments on the quartering of the Danes; reports they have agreed to give up their demands for £15,000 from England, because of their desertion of the Duke of Ormond; fears that the 'squabling' of the Emperor will give France an opportunity to assist the Pretender. Old Style dating on letter. Parts of text missing due to damage to document.
Term	diplomacy, of Holy Roman Empire
	foreign policy, of Savoy towards Spanish Netherlands
	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	Scottish affairs, Jacobites
	armies, Danish, quartering of
	armies, Danish, desertion
	foreign policy, of Holy Roman Empire towards Spanish Netherlands
	foreign policy, trade, with Flanders
	trade, with Flanders
	diplomacy, of Savoy, on behalf of Holy Roman Empire

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA10324	Bromley; William (1664-1732); Mr; Secretary of State; Speaker of House of Commons 1710-13	1664-1732
NA29489	Eugene (1663-1736); Prince of Savoy	1663-1736
NA18634	Charles VI (1685-1740); Holy Roman Emperor	1685-1740
NA29686	Butler; James (1665-1745); 2nd Duke of Ormonde; succ. 1688; formerly styled Earl of Ossory; Jacobite; impeached and attainted 1715	1665-1745
NA18922	James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766); Prince of Wales; 'the Old Pretender'; son of James II; also known as Chevalier de St George	1688-1766
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724