Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 858
Title	Petition from Fernando Diaz 'and others', to Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford]; n.d. [c.1703-1709]
Date	1703-1709
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that he and the other petitioners are Portuguese Jews who fled from Portugal to Bayone, France in order to escape the Inquisition; states that they were going to Holland in a Dutch ship and were 'sett on shore att Portsmouth'; requests permission to visit relatives in London. This document is undated; the date provided is based on that of related documents.
Term	religious affairs, Portuguese, inquisition
Term	government business, foreign nationals

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29629	Diaz; Fernando (fl 1703-1709); Portuguese Jew; requested permission to visit relatives in London	fl 1703-1709
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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