Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 740
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 14 May 1706
Date	14 May 1706
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Hopes that Stanhope has recovered his health; encloses 'home papers' [not present] to be laid before the Pensionary?; directs Stanhope to either remedy the affair or return an answer; says that the queen wishes to settle the compensation for Prince Ch[arles] of Denmark; states that the queen is prepared to pay £4000 (as her two thirds) and wishes to know if the States would pay their one third portion; directs Stanhope to gauge the Pensionary's opinion. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford.
Term	diplomacy, with Netherlands
Term	diplomacy, with Denmark

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29492	Charles (1680-1729); Prince of Denmark; (4th son of King Christian V of Denmark)	1680-1729
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