Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 732
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 31 Nov./11 Dec. 1705
Date	11 December 1705
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that the House of Commons has voted extra monies in order for the queen to go ahead with her proposal regarding increasing the force in Catalonia following the recent successes there of the Anglo-Dutch force; says that the Commons did not vote any more monies due to the uncertainty surrounding the plans of the Dutch in this area; hopes that the Dutch can be induced to increase their numbers as well so as to bring a 'safe and speedy end to the war'; says that the Lord Treasurer has arranged for money to be sent immediately to the King of Spain; directs Stanhope to convey directions to the [Duke of] Marlborough instructing him to negotiate with the States on this issue; encloses copies of the Houses' addresses to the queen and her answer [not present]. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	military campaigns, Iberian Peninsular 1705
	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	government business, Treasury, loans, Spain
	diplomacy, with Spain
	parliamentary business, votes, armed forces
	wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714
	armies, English, augmentation of

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA19276	Godolphin; Sidney (1645-1712); 1st Earl of Godolphin; M.P.; Lord High Treasurer 1702-1710	1645-1712
NA18625	Philip V (1683-1746); King of Spain	1683-1746
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA29446	Stanhope; Alexander (1638-1707); Mr; English Envoy Extraordinary to the Netherlands 1700-6; father of 1st Earl Stanhope	1638-1707