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Record Id:

040-001950486

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001949954

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000392.0x0001e1

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Vol. CCCCVIII (ff. 146). Correspondence, etc., of John Methuen, as Ambassador at Lisbon, and his son Paul, Envoy successively to the Duke of Savoy and 'Charles III', and Ambassador at Lisbon, with Sir Charles Hedges, Sunderland and his Under- Secretary, Joseph Addison; 1704-June 1707; including (f 9) a letter from Paul Methuen to his father, 1706. Mostly signed and copies.

includes:

f. 1-2b Henry de Massue de Ruvigny, 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny; Earl of Galway: Correspondence, etc., with Sir C. Hedges: 1704-1707.: Partly Fr.: Partly signed and copies.
ff. 1-2b Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State: Correspondence with Lord Galway,: 1704-1707: Partly Fr: Partly signed, copies and extracts.
ff. 1-2b Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State: Correspondence with J. Methuen: 1704-1705.: Extracts.
ff. 1-2b John Methuen, Ambassador to Portugal: Correspondence with Sir C. Hedges: 1704-1705.: Copies and extracts.
f. 5 John Holden, Consul at Faro: Letter to J. Methuen: 1705.: Signed.
f. 5 John Methuen, Ambassador to Portugal: Letters to: 1704-1705.
ff. 7-8b Sir Paul Methuen, KB, Ambassador to Spain and Portugal, afterwards Secretary of State: Private instructions to: 1705.
ff. 9-27b, 43 Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State: Correspondence with P. Methuen: 1704-1706.: Mostly copies.
ff. 28-139b Sir Paul Methuen, KB, Ambassador to Spain and Portugal, afterwards Secretary of State: Correspondence with Lord Sunderland, etc.: 1706-1710.: Partly Fr. and Portug.: Partly printed and copies.
ff. 32, 38 Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell: Letters to P. Methuen: 1706.: Copies.
ff. 34, 36, 58, 110-115b, 136 Conde Diego Mendonça de Corte Real, Portuguese Secretary of State: Correspondence with Sir P. Methuen: 1706-1708.: Copies and transl.
ff. 38-39b John Beaumont, Mayor of Canterbury: Witnessed: in 1708.
ff. 41-42b John V of Portugal: Letters, etc., to: 1706-1709.: Partly Fr.
ff. 41-42b Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers: Memorial to John V of Portugal: 1706.: Copy.
f. 48 Henry de Massue de Ruvigny, 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny; Earl of Galway: Letters to: 1697-1709.
f. 52 City of Lisbon: Councils of war at: 1706, 1707.
f. 52 Councils of War: At Lisbon: 1706, 1707.
ff. 66-79b John Holden, Consul at Faro: Letter, etc., to P. Methuen: 1706.
ff. 68-79b Accounts: J. Holden; expenses, as Consul at Faro: 1694-1706.
ff. 84-93b, 98, 122, 132-135b Sir Paul Methuen, KB, Ambassador to Spain and Portugal, afterwards Secretary of State: Correspondence with Marques de Alegrete: 1707.: Transl.
ff. 84-93b, 98, 122, 132-135b Manoel Telles da Silva, Marquês de Alegrete: Correspondence with P. Methuen: 1707.: Transl.
f. 124 Joseph Addison, dramatist and essayist: Letters, etc., to: 1706-1718.: Partly Fr. and Span.
f. 126 George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington: Letter to P. Methuen: 1707.: Extract.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001949954
033-001950460
036-001950476
037-001950479
040-001950486

Is part of:

Add MS 61101-61710, Add Ch 76069-76142, Seal CCV.8 : BLENHEIM PAPERS
Add MS 61491-61665 : D. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF THE 3RD EARL OF SUNDERLAND61491-61665. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. CCCXCI-DLXV. Correspondence…
Add MS 61501-61547 : D. Section III. DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS
Add MS 61503-61537 : BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. CCCCIII-CCCCXXXVII. Correspondence with British diplomats, etc., mostly as Secretary of State for…

Add MS 61508 : Vol. CCCCVIII (ff. 146). Correspondence, etc., of John Methuen, as Ambassador at Lisbon, and his son Paul, Envoy successively to…

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032-001949954[0004]/033-001950460[0003]/036-001950476[0003]/037-001950479[0004]/040-001950486

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 61101-61710, Add Ch 76069-76142, Seal CCV.8

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English
French
Portuguese
Spanish

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1704

End Date:

1707

Date Range:

1704-Jun 1707

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Material Type:

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Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Addison, Joseph, dramatist and essayist
Beaumont, John, Mayor of Canterbury
Byng, George, 1st Viscount Torrington
Hedges, Charles, Sec of State
Holden, John, Consul at Faro
John V, of Portugal
Massue, Henri, 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny, soldier and diplomat, 1648-1720
Mendonça de Corte Real, Conde Diego, Portuguese Secretary of State
Methuen, John, Ambassador to Portugal
Methuen, Paul, KB, Ambassador to Spain and Portugal, afterwards Secretary of State
Savage, Richard, 4th Earl Rivers
Shovell, Cloudesley, Knight, naval officer, 1650-1707
Telles da Silva, Manoel, Marquês de Alegrete

Places:

Lisbon, Portugal