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Pw2Hy - Papers of the Harley Family, 1602-1738, in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection
Document Reference
Pw2 Hy 598
Title
Letter from 'W.B.' [William Harrison], to Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford]; 27 Dec. 1705
Date
27 December 1705
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Says that some persons have lately arrived from France with the intent of raising trouble in the Kingdom in favour of the French King and 'pretended Prince of Wales'; provides the names of various suspects.
The letter is signed 'W.B.'; this has been identified in the previous catalogue as William Harrison.
Term
crimes, pro-Jacobite
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA18608
Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
1665-1714
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
NA432
Louis XIV (1638-1715); King of France; (the Sun King)
1638-1715
NA29362
Harrison; William (fl 1680-1706); Mr; aged about 25 in 1706; offered to discover persons conspiring against Queen Anne; of Ireland
fl 1680-1706
NA893
Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714
1661-1724
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