Record

Document ReferencePw2 Hy 598
TitleLetter from 'W.B.' [William Harrison], to Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford]; 27 Dec. 1705
Date27 December 1705
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionSays 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.
Termcrimes, pro-Jacobite

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA18608Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland1665-1714
NA18922James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766); Prince of Wales; 'the Old Pretender'; son of James II; also known as Chevalier de St George1688-1766
NA432Louis XIV (1638-1715); King of France; (the Sun King)1638-1715
NA29362Harrison; William (fl 1680-1706); Mr; aged about 25 in 1706; offered to discover persons conspiring against Queen Anne; of Irelandfl 1680-1706
NA893Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-17141661-1724
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