Record

Document Reference	Pw A 2122/1-2
Title	Copy letter in French to Dr John Hutton; 30 Dec. 1687
Date	30 December 1687
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Uses code names; comments on the queen's [Mary of Modena] condition; refers to the relationship between Burnet and the Prince of Orange [later William III]; discusses support in the country for the proposed repeal of the Test Acts and [false] reports of the Prince of Orange's support for this measure; refers to conditions for the issuing of writs for elections imposed by the Test Act; describes 'Harris' [Halifax] as the 'oracle' for the London clergy who in turn govern the clergy throughout the kingdom; notes criticism of the king's [James II] proposal to give the Guildhall chapel to dissenters. Copy of Pw A 2123. Copy made in 1733 and forming part of a bundle of papers sent from Holland to England and referred to in the papers of the 3rd Duke of Portland (Pw F 1261).
Language	French
Term	revolutions, Glorious Revolution 1688, preparations
	religious affairs, England
	parliamentary business, acts, Test Acts 1673 and 1678
	intelligence, reports

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA30414	Mary of Modena (1658-1718); Queen Consort; (Queen of James II)	1658-1718
NA18601	Burnet; Gilbert (1643-1715); Bishop of Salisbury; attended Lord Russell on the scaffold; Bishop of Salisbury 1689-1715	1643-1715
NA1083	William III (1650-1702); King of England Scotland and Ireland	1650-1702
NA25767	Saville; George (1633-1695); 1st Marquess of Halifax; cr. Baron Saville of Eland 1668; cr. Earl of Halifax 1679; cr. Marquess of Halifax 1682	1633-1695
NA15001	James II (1633-1701); King of England Scotland and Ireland; succ. 1685; also styled Duke of York	1633-1701
NA29773	Hutton; John (-1712); Dr; 1st physician to Queen Anne; M.P.	-1712