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LETTER-BOOK of William Blathwayt, Secretary-at-War, and acting Sec. of State to William III, containing copies or memoranda of official letters, mostly in Latin and French, to foreign potentates and others, with a few instructions for ambassadors, etc., 1695-1701. The greater part of the volume is apparently in the writing of one of Blathwayt's secretaries, whose hand occurs in parts of Add. MS. 22031 (Blathwayt's journal, 1697) and elsewhere among Blathwayt's papers,. e.g. Add. MS. 23617, f. 180, but letters on ff. 9 b, 11 b-12 b, 13, 63-64 appear to be in Blatthwayt's hand. Some of the original letters to which there are replies in the present volume are in Add. MS. 21523, and one other is in Add. MS. 11759.

The names of the foreign recipients, in the order of their occurrence, are :-

Leopold I, Emperor. Charles II, King of Spain. Christian V, King of Denmark. Charles XI, King of Sweden. Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg (afterwards Frederick I, King of Prussia). Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony (afterwards Augustus II, King of Poland). John William, Elector Palatine. Joseph Clement, Duke of Bavaria, Elector of Cologne. Lothair Francis, Elector of Mainz. Johann Hugo, Elector of Treves. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel. George William, Duke of Zell. Frederick Christian, Bishop of Münster.

Rudolph Augustus and Anthony Ulric, Dukes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy. Peter II, King of Portugal. Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden. Count Julius Heinrich von Friesen, envoy to the above. Cunigunda Sobieska, Electress of Bavaria. Frederick Christian, Count of Schaumburg. Hermann Werner, Bishop of Paderborn. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover. City of Bremen. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Deputies of the Circle of Suabia. Joseph Clement, Bishop of Liége (see also Joseph Clement, Elector of Cologne). John Ferdinand, Baron de Meau, Dean of Liége (answer to letter in Add. MS. 11759, f. 123). Francesco del Castillo, Marquis de Villa d'Arias. City of Aix-la-Chapelle. Protestant Cantons of Switzerland. Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. Marquard Rudolf, Bishop of Constance. Eberhard IV Louis, Duke of Würtemberg. Diego Mexia Felipez de Guzman, 3rd Marquis de Leganes. Charles XI, King of Sweden. Hedvig Eleonora, widow of Charles X of Sweden. Count Bengt Oxenstierna. Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. City of Worms. City of Spires. Cosmo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Eberhardina Sophia (?), Princess of East Friesland. Augustus II, King of Poland (see also Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony). Azem, Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire. States General of the Netherlands. Frederick Maurice, Count Bentheim. Leopold Joseph, Duke of Lorraine. Maximilian Emmanuel, Elector of Bavaria. Republic of Venice. Babba Hassan, Dey of Algiers. Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. Christina Eberhardina, Queen of Poland. City of Lübeck. Christian Ernest, Margrave of Brandenburg-Baireuth. Christian Eberhard, Prince of East Friesland. Charles Joseph, Bishop of Osnabrück. Bernard, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Leopold Eberhard, Duke of Würtemberg-Mompelgärd. Philip V, King of Spain. The Grisons. Conde del Palmar, Governor of the Canary Islands. John William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach. City of Geneva. Frederick Augustus, Duke of Würtemberg-Neustadt. Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Christian Augustus, Bishop of Raab. Diet of Ratisbon. Frederick I, King of Prussia (formerly Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg). Ernestina Charlotta, widow of William Maurice, Prince of Nassau - Ziegen. Frederick William Adolphus, Prince of Nassau-Ziegen.

There are in addition a number of copies or notes of passports for persons travelling abroad, etc. ; the names are given in the Index. Some of the letters have marginal notes, e.g., f. 75, " Upon the Envoy's insisting on serenissimo in the place of this he had a French letter, the draft of which was lost." A contemporary index is on f. 105, followed by a few memoranda. Paper; ff. i + 108. Quarto. A.D. 1695-1701.

Scope & Content:

John William; Elector Palatine of the Rhine: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1701.: Lat. and Fr.: Copies.

William Blathwayt: Letter-book of, as Acting Sec. of State to William III, with copies of official letters: 1695-1701.: Lat., Fr., and Engl.

William III of England: Letters to foreign potentates, etc.: 1695-1701.: Lat. Fr., and Engl.: Copies.

includes:

ff. 1-102 b passim Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1701.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 1 b, 15 b. 17 b, 20 b. 26, 34, 37 b, 50 b Charles II of Spain: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1697.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 2-72 passim Christian V of Denmark: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1699.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 2 b, 18 b, 20 b, 24, 26, 32 b, 37 b Charles XI of Sweden: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1697.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 3 b-81 b Brandenburg, Electors of. Frederick III: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1700.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 4, 20 b, 30 b, 37 b, 72 Saxony, Electors of. Frederick Augustus I: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1697.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 5-89 b passim Cologne, Archbishops Electors of. Joseph Clement, Duke of Bavaria: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1701.: Lat. and Fr.
ff. 5 b, 20 b, 27 b, 37 b, 51 b, 57, 57 b, 60 b, 62, 95 Mainz, Archbishop Elector of. Lothair Francis von Schönborn: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1701.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 6, 20b, 25, 27 b, 32, 37 b, 51 b, 60 b, 62, 95, 100 b Trier, Archbishop-Electors of. Johann Hugo von Orsbeck: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1701.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 6 b, 20 b, 37 b Ernest Augustus; Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1697.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 7-89 passim Hesse-Cassel, Landgraves of. Charles: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1701.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 7 b, 16 b, 20 b, 37 b, 57 b, 72, 100 b George William; Duke of Zell: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1701.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 8-90 Münster, Bishops of. Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg-Lenhausen: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1701.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 8 b, 16 b, 20 b, 25 b, 37 b, 56, 62, 68, 72 Rudolph Augustus and Anthony Ulric; Dukes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1698.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 9 b, 42, 50 b, 52 b, 92 Peter II of Portugal: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1701.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 9b, 21, 88, 104 b Victor Amadeus II; Duke of Savoy: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1701.: Lat. and Fr.: Copies.
ff. 11 b, 67 Baden-Baden, Margrave of. Louis William: Letters to, from William III: 1695, 1698.: Fr.: Copies.
f. 12 Bavaria, Elector Duke of. Maximilian Emmanuel: Letter from William III to the Electress Cunigunda Sobieska: 1695.: Fr.: Copy.
f. 12 Julius Heinrich von Friesen, Count; William III's Envoy to the Prince of Baden: Instructions for: 1695.: Copy.
f. 14 b Frederick Christian, Counts of Schaumburg - Lippe - Buckeburg: Letter to, from William III: 1695.: Lat.: Copy.
ff. 16 b, 51 b, 57 b Paderborn, Bishop of. Hermann Werner von Wolf-Metternich: Letters to, from William III: 1695.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 16 b, 57, 57 b, 62 Hanover, Electors of. Ernest Augustus: Letters to, from William III: 1695, 1697.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 17, 24 b, 69 City of Bremen: Letters to, from William III: 1695-1698.: Lat.: Copies.
f. 18 Hesse-Homburg, Landgraves of. Frederick II: Letter to, from William III: 1695.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 19 Circle of Swabia: Letter to the Deputies of, from William III: 1695.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 21 b Münster, Bishops of. Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg-Lenhausen: Ratification by William III of agreement with: 1696.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 24 John Ferdinand Mean, Baron; Dean of Liége: Letter to, from William III: 1696.: Fr.: Copy.
f.24 Cologne, Archbishops Electors of. Joseph Clement, Duke of Bavaria: Letter to, as Bishop of Liége, from the same: 1696.: Fr.: Copy.
f. 26 b Francesco del Castillo, Marquis de Villa d'Arias: Letter to, from William III: 1696.: Fr.: Copy.
f. 29 James Cressett, diplomatist: Powers to, from William III, for treating at Pinneberg: 1696.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 30 Aix La Chapelle, Germany: Letter to the City, from William III: 1696.: Lat.: Copy.
ff. 31, 71, 76 b Switzerland: Letters from William III to the Protestant Cantons: 1696-1699.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 31 b, 37 b, 45 b, 66 b, 72, 79, 82 Frederick IV; Duke of Holstein-Gottorp: Letters to, from William III: 1696-1700.: Lat. and Fr.: Copies.
f. 32 Marquard Rudolf von Rodt, Bishop of Constance: Letter to, from William III: 1696.: Lat.: Copy.
ff. 32, 41 b, 62, 72 Eberhard IV Louis; Duke of Würtemberg: Letters to, from William III: 1696-1698.: Lat.: Copies.
f. 36 Diego Mexia Felipez de Guzman, 3rd Marqués de Leganes; Duque de San Lucar: Letter to, from William III: 1697.: Fr.: Copy.
ff. 38, 40 b, 62, 72, 84 b, 94 b, 100, 100 b Charles XII of Sweden: Letters to, from William III: 1697-1701.: Lat.: Copies.
f. 39 Charles X of Sweden; Gustavus: Letter to his widow Hedvig Eleonora from William III: 1697.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 39 b Bengt Oxenstierna, Count Swedish Foreign Minister: Letter to, from William III: 1697.: Fr.: Copy.
f. 40 b Philip Draycott: Passport for: 1697.: Lat.: Copy.
ff. 42 b, 72, 93 Baden-Durlach, Margrave of, Frederick VII: Letters to, from William III: 1697-1701.: Lat.: Copies.
f. 44 City of Worms: Letter to, from William III: 1697.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 44 b Spires, Germany: Letter to, from William III: 1697.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 47 Tuscany, Grand Duchy of. Cosmo III: Letter to, from William III: 1697.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 49 Petrus Paulus: Passport for: 1697.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 49 b Christian Eberhard, Prince of Friesland, East: Letter to his wife Eberhardina Sophia (?), from William III: 1697.: Fr.: Copy.
ff. 49 b, 61 b, 81 b, 85 Augustus II of Poland: Letters to, from William III: 1697-1700.: Lat.: Copies.
f. 54 b Sir Lambert Blackwell, 1st Baronet; diplomatist: Passport for, as Envoy to Tuscany and Genoa: 1697.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 55 Azem, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire: Letter to, from William III: 1697.: Copy.
f. 59 b Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey: Recall of, from embassy to Holland: 1697.: Copy.
ff. 59, 59 b, 93 b Netherlands, United Provinces. William Henry, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder (1672-1702): Letters to the States-General from William III of England: 1697-1701.: Fr.: Copies.
f. 61 Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexington: Recall of, from Vienna: 1697.: Copy.
f. 62 Frederick Maurice Bentheim - Tecklenburg - Rheda, Count: Notes of letters to, from William III: 1697.
f. 64 Sir John Wodehouse, 4th Baronet; MP: Passport for: 1698.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 64 b John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol and (1713) of London: Powers to, for treaty with Sweden: 1698.: Lat.: Copy.
ff. 65, 79 b Leopold Joseph; Duke of Lorraine: Letters to, from William III: 1698, 1699.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 65 b, 74 b, 79 b, 90 b, 100 b Bavaria, Elector Duke of. Maximilian Emmanuel: Letters to, from William III: 1698-1701.: Lat. and Fr.: Copies.
ff. 65 b, 95 b Venice: Letters to, from William III: 1698, 1701.: Lat.: Copies.
f. 67 b Algiers, Dey of. Babba Hassan: Letter to, from William III: 1698.: Copy.
f. 68 b Augustus II of Poland: Letter from William III to his wife Christina Eberhardina: 1698.: Fr.: Copy.
ff. 68 b, 72 Frederic II; Duke of Saxe-Gotha: Letters to, from William III: 1698.: Fr.: Copies.
f. 69 City of Lübeck: Letter to, from William III: 1698.: Lat.: Copy.
ff. 69 b, 70 Sir Robert Sutton, KB; diplomatist: Instructions for, as Sec. at Vienna: 1698.: Copies.
ff. 70 b, 72, 100 b Hanover, Electors of. George Louis (afterwards George I of England): Letters to, from William III: 1698, 1701.: Lat.: Copies.
ff. 72, 74 Brandenburg-Baireuth, Margrave of. Christian Ernest: Letters to, from William III: 1698.: Lat.: Copies.
f. 73 b Christian Eberhard, Prince of Friesland, East: Letter to, from William III: 1699.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 75 b Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard: Passport for: 1699.: Lat.: Copy.
ff. 75, 77 b Osnabrück, Bishop of. Charles Joseph, Prince of Lorraine; Archbishop-Elector of Trier 1711: Letters to, from William III: 1699.: Lat. and Fr.: Copies.
f. 76 b Bernard; Duke of Saxe-Meiningen: Letter to, from William III: 1699.: Lat.: Copy.
f.77 George Stepney, diplomatist: Recall of, from Brandenburg: 1699.: Copy.
f. 78 Zachary Cradock, d 1695 DD, Provost of Eton: Appointment (non-effective) of, as Dean of Lincoln: 1695.
f. 78 Edward Walkington: Appointment of, as Bishop of Down and Connor: 1695.: Copy.
f. 80 Leopold Eberhard; Duke of Würtemberg-Mumpelgard: Letter to, from William III: 1699.: Lat.: Copy.
ff. 80 b, 82 Philip V of Spain: Letters to, from William III: 1700.: Lat.: Copies.
f. 81 The Grisons: Letter to, from William III: 1700.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 83 Canary Islands: Letter from William III to the Governor: 1700.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 83 Pedro de Ponte, Conde del Palmar; Governor of the Canary Islands: Letter to, from William III: 1700.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 83 b John William; Duke of Saxe-Eisenach: Letter to, from William III: 1700.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 83 b St. John Brodrick: Note of passport for: 1700.
f. 83 b John Coffin: Note of passport for: 1700.
f. 83 b Sir Thomas Morgan: Note of passport for: 1700.
f. 83 b Thomas Lewis: Note of passport for: 1700.
f. 86 b City of Geneva: Letter to the City of, from William III: 1700.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 87 Cornelius de Bruyn: Passport for: 1700.: Lat.: Copy.
ff. 87 b, 100, 102, 103 Frederick IV of Denmark: Letters to, from William III: 1700, 1701.: Lat.: Copies.
f. 88 b Frederick Augustus; Duke of Würtemberg-Neustadt: Letter to, from, William III: 1701.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 89 Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk: Passport for: 1701.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 90 William Cadogan, 1st Baron and (1718) Earl Cadogan: Appointment, as Commissary for the Danish forces: 1701.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 90 William Aldersey: Appointment, as Commissary for the Danish forces: 1701.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 91 Frederick William; Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Letter to, from William III: 1701.: Lat.: copy.
f. 91 James de Grave: Passport for: 1701.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 93 b Raab, Bishops of. Christian Augustus: Letter to, from William III: 1701.: Fr.: Copy.
f. 96 b Diet of Ratisbon: Letter to, from William III: 1701.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 98 b Frederick I of Prussia: Letter to, from William III: 1701.: Lat.: Copy.
f.102 Henry Bentinck, Viscount Woodstock; 2nd Earl (1709) and 1st Duke (1716) of Portland: Passport for: 1701.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 103 b Charles Montagu, 4th Earl and (1719) 1st Duke of Manchester: Recall of, as Ambassador to France: 1701.: Copy.
f. 104 William Maurice, Princes of Nassau-Siegen: Letter to his widow, Ernestina Charlotta, from William III: 1701.: Fr.: Copy.
f. 104 b Frederick William Adolphus, Princes of Nassau-Siegen: Letter to, from William III: 1701.: Copy.

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Start Date:

1695

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1701

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1695-1701

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Names:

Aldersey, William, of Add MS 39860
Algiers, Dey of. Babba Hassan
Augustus II, of Poland
Azem, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Bentheim - Tecklenburg - Rheda, Frederick Maurice, Count
Bentinck, Henry, Viscount Woodstock; 2nd Earl (1709) and 1st Duke (1716) of Portland
Bernard, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Blackwell, Lambert, 1st Baronet, diplomatist
Blathwayt, William, of Add MS 39860
Brandenburg, Electors of. Frederick III
Brandenburg-Baireuth, Margrave of. Christian Ernest
Brodrick, St. John
Bruyn, Cornelius
Cadogan, William, 1st Earl Cadogan, army officer and diplomat, 1671-1726
Castillo, Francesco del, Marquis de Villa d'Arias
Charles II, of Spain, 1661-1700
Charles X, of Sweden, Gustavus
Charles XI, of Sweden, 1655-1697
Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718
Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel
Christian Eberhard, Prince of Friesland, East
Christian V, of Denmark, 1646-1699
Coffin, John, of Add MS 39860
Cologne, Archbishops Electors of. Joseph Clement, Duke of Bavaria
Cradock, Zachary, DD, Provost of Eton, d 1695
Cressett, James, diplomatist
Diet of Ratisbon
Draycott, Philip, owner of a passport, fl 1697
Eberhard IV Louis, Duke of Würtemberg
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1629-1698
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, of Add MS 41807
Frederic II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
Frederick Augustus, Duke of Würtemberg-Neustadt
Frederick Augustus, Elector of Saxony
Frederick Christian, Counts of Schaumburg - Lippe - Buckeburg
Frederick I, of Prussia
Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Frederick IV, of Denmark
Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1647-1709
Frederick William Adolphus, Princes of Nassau-Siegen
Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, of Add MS 39860
Friesen, Julius Heinrich, Count, William III's Envoy to the Prince of Baden
George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1660-1727
George William, Duke of Zell
Grave, James, recipient of a passport, fl 1701
Hesse-Homburg, Landgraves of. Frederick II
Howard, Thomas, 8th Duke of Norfolk
John William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Leopold Eberhard, Duke of Würtemberg-Mumpelgard
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany, 1640-1705
Leopold Joseph, Duke of Lorraine
Lewis, Thomas, of Add MS 39860
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Chief Commander of the Imperial Army, 1655-1707
Mainz, Archbishop Elector of. Lothair Francis von Schönborn
Maria Elisabeth, Governor of the Netherlands, daughter of Emperor Leopold I
Maximilian II, Emanuel Maria, Elector of Bavaria, 1662-1726
Mean, John Ferdinand, Baron, Dean of Liége
Mexia Felipez de Guzman, Diego, 3rd Marqués de Leganes; Duque de San Lucar
Montagu, Charles, 4th Earl and (1719) 1st Duke of Manchester
Morgan, Thomas
Münster, Bishops of. Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg-Lenhausen
Netherlands, United Provinces. William Henry, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder (1672-1702)
Osnabrück, Bishop of. Charles Joseph, Prince of Lorraine; Archbishop-Elector of Trier 1711
Oxenstierna, Bengt Gabrielsson, Count, Swedish Foreign Minister, 1623-1702
Paderborn, Bishop of. Hermann Werner von Wolf-Metternich
Paulus, Petrus
Peter II, of Portugal
Philip V, King of Spain
Ponte, Pedro, Conde del Palmar, Governor of the Canary Islands
Raab, Bishops of. Christian Augustus
Robinson, John, diplomatist; Bishop of Bristol; Bishop of London, 1650-1723
Rodt, Marquard Rudolf, Bishop of Constance
Stepney, George, diplomatist
Sutton, Robert, 2nd Baron Lexington, diplomatist, 1661-1723
Sutton, Robert, KB; diplomatist
Trier, Archbishop-Electors of. Johann Hugo von Orsbeck
Tuscany, Grand Duchy of. Cosmo III
Ulric, Family
Vane, Christopher, 1st Baron Barnard
Victor Amadeus II, of Savoy
Villiers, Edward, 1st Earl of Jersey
Walkington, Edward
Wilhelm, Johann, Elector Palatine, 1658-1716
William III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1650-1702
William Maurice, Princes of Nassau-Siegen
Wodehouse, John, 4th Baronet, MP

Places:

Aix La Chapelle, Germany
Bremen, Germany
Canary Islands, Spain
Geneva, Switzerland
Grisons, the Netherlands
Hodeidah, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
Libya, Africa
Lübeck, Germany
Spires, Germany
Swabia, Germany
Switzerland
Venice, Italy
Worms, the Rhineland