Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1388
Title	Report containing foreign news, London; 8 Sep. 1703
Date	8 September 1703
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Provides diplomatic news from various places throughout Europe; refers in great detail to the political unrest in Turkey and the march upon Adrianople; comments on the events surrounding the deposition of Mustafa II in favour of Achmet III; discusses affairs in the Papal States and their involvement in the war [of Spanish Succession]; comments on the diplomatic activities of the Duke of Buckingham with regard to Spain; mentions that the Duchess of Buckingham is 'dangerously ill of ye gout in her head'.
Term	intelligence, foreign reports
	diplomacy, between France and Papal States
	military campaigns, Turkish, against Adrianople Sep. 1703
	medical conditions, gout
	royalty, succession, Ottoman Empire
	civil disorder, rebellions, Ottoman Empire 1703
	wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714
Related Material	Note in typescript catalogue states that documents Pw2 Hy 1386-1399 are 'part of John Dyer's newsletters, rest in Portland [28] loan 29/359]'. Pw2 Hy 1386-1399

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA30066	Mustafa II (d 1703); Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; ( acc. 1695; deposed 1703)	d 1703
NA30067	Achmet III (d 1736); Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; ( acc. 1703; deposed 1730)	d 1736
NA28878	Sheffield; John (1647-1721); 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby; 3rd Earl of Mulgrave; Lord Chamberlain 1685-88	1647-1721
NA30068	Sheffield; Katherine (-1704); Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby; née Greville; m. 1699; dau. of 5th Baron Brooke; widow of 2nd Earl of Gainsborough	-1704