Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 726
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 2/13 Nov. 1705
Date	13 November 1705
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that it is 'unlucky' that the States are being difficult regarding the loan to the Duke of Savoy and B[ishop?] of Eugene; discusses the problems surrounding the Bishopric of Lubec; relays the queen's request that the guarantors of the Treaty of Travandahl should meet to debate whether this issue is covered by the terms of the treaty; fears what the King of Denmark may do. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	foreign policy, Lübeck, bishopric of
	diplomacy, with guarantors of the Treaty of Travendahl
	treaties, Travendahl
	military campaigns, Iberian Peninsular 1705
	diplomacy, with Sweden
	diplomacy, with Denmark

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29438	Joseph I (1678-1711 ); Holy Roman Emperor; ( styled King of the Romans until 1705)	1678-1711
NA29377	Frederick IV (1671-1730); King of Denmark; ( acc. 1699)	1671-1730
NA29478	Vittorio-Amedeo II (fl 1675-1720); King of Sicily; Duke of Savoy 1685-1720; King of Sicily 1713-1718	fl 1675-1720
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