Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 853
Title	Unsigned statement regarding the case of Paul Breton; n.d. [c.1703-1709]
Date	1703-1709
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Provides information which has been given to the Secretaries of State; relates to 'unlawfull correspondence carryed on by some merchants dwelling in London'; says that they 'negotiated Bills of Exchange' which remitted 'great sums of money' for the King of France; states that several merchants were arrested in 1703, but released due to lack of evidence; says that Paul Breton was an agent for the Huguetans, Bankers at Amsterdam; states that the Huguetans were asked to leave by the town of Amsterdam; says that Paul Breton was discharged. This document is undated; the date provided is based on that of related documents.
Term	crimes, pro-Jacobite

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29621	Huguetans, bankers, c.1703-1709 ( Amsterdam later of Geneva)	c.1703-1709
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA29366	Hedges; Charles (-1714); Sir; politician; lawyer; knighted 1689	-1714
NA29622	Breton; Paul (fl 1703-1709); -; French; arrested for assisting in the financial affairs of Louis XIV	fl 1703-1709