Add MS 61544

Vol. CCCCXLIV (ff. 148).

(1) Morocco, including statement of case with counsel's opinion and accounts of money collected for redeeming Christian captives of the Emperor; 1707, 1708. Mostly copies. ff. 1-21b.

(2) France, including (f. 26) a passport signed by Louis XIV, 1707, and (ff. 40-47) correspondence with the mayor of Calais; 1707-1710. Mostly French. Partly printed and copies. ff. 22-47.

(3) Iberian Peninsula, including papers relating to Gibraltar, to the commercial treaty with 'Charles III', and the supply of Allied troops, with marginal annotations and minutes by Sunderland; 1703-[1710], n.d. Partly Spanish. Partly printed, drafts and copies. ff. 48-148.

includes:

• ff. 1-21b Accounts: For redemption of Christian captives in Morocco: 1700-1708.: Partly copies.
• ff. 1-21b Morocco, North Africa: Papers rel. to redemption of Christian captives in: 1700-1708.: Partly copies.
• ff. 1-6 Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury: Accounts, as Commissioner for Redemption of Captives: 1707.: Signed.
• ff. 1-6b Peter Joye, merchant, of London: Accounts, as Commissioner for Redemption of Captives: 1707.: Signed.
• ff. 1-6b Sir John Houblon, Lord Mayor of London, and first Governor of the Bank of England: Accounts, as Commissioner for Redemption of Captives: 1707.: Signed.
• ff. 1-6b William Fawkener, of the Levant Company: Accounts, as Commissioner for Redemption of Captives: 1707.: Signed.
• ff. 4-6b Henry Compton, Bishop of London: Accounts, as Commissioner for Redemption of Captives: 1707.: Signed.
• f. 8 Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt: Legal reports and opinions by: 1707-1709.: Partly signed and copies.
• f. 14 Portugal. Army of: Pay of Portuguese troops in Catalonia: 1708.
• f. 22 William Housley, projector, of Cambridge: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1707.
• ff. 23-24b Jean Baptiste René de Froulai, Count of Tessé; Marshall of France: State of his troops: 1707.: Fr.
• ff.23-24b General Chronicles and History of, etc. Army of France: State of Comte de Tessé's troops: 1707.: Fr.
• f. 25 Louis XIV of France: Declaration rel. to French coinage: 1707.: Fr.: Printed.
• ff. 25-25b Coinage: Declaration of Louis XIV rel. to: 1707.: Fr.: Printed.
• ff. 26-27 Dunkirk, Nord: Passport registered by its Admiralty: 1707.: Fr.
• ff. 26-27b Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse: Passport signed by: 1707.: Fr.: Seal.
• ff. 26-27b Louis XIV of France: Passport signed by: 1707.: Fr.
• ff. 26-27b Passports and Safeguards: Louis XIV, for A. Curtin: 1707.: Fr.
• ff.26-27b André Curtin, of Geneva: French passport for: 1707.: Fr.
• ff.26-27b Louis Phélypeaux, Comte de Pontchartrain; Chancelier de France (d.1727): Passport signed by: 1707.: Fr.
• ff. 28-29b Louis XIV of France: Proposal for increasing power of Estates-General: 1709.: Fr.
• ff. 30b-3 1 Redmond Butler: French passport for: 1709.: Fr.: Partly printed. Seal.
• ff. 30b-31 Thomas Butler: French passport for: 1709.: Fr.: Partly printed. Seal.
• ff. 30b-31 Passports and Safeguards: Louis XIV, for R. and T. Butler: 1709.: Fr.: Partly printed. Seal.
• ff. 30b-31 Louis XIV of France: Passport for R. and T. Butler: 1709.: Fr.: Partly printed. Seal.
• ff. 32-33b Petrus Knaap, Swedish painter: Proposal by (?), to Lord Sunderland: 1706-1710.
• ff. 34-35b Calais, France: French policy rel. to fortifications at: 1708-1710.: Fr.
• ff. 34-35b Louis XIV of France: French policy rel. to Calais and Genoa: 1708-1710.: Fr.
• ff. 34-35b Republic of Genoa: French policy towards: 1708-1710.: Fr.
• ff. 36-38 Picardy, France: Proposal for Allied landing on coast: [1708-1709?].: Fr.
• ff. 40-47b Calais, France: Correspondence of Mayor with Lord Sunderland: 1710.: Fr.: Copies.
• f. 48 Roque Monteiro Paim, Secretary to Pedro II of Portugal: Letter to Count Waldstein: 1703.: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 48 Count Karl Ernst von Waldstein,; Imperial Ambassador in Lisbon: Letter to: 1703.: Portug.
• f.48 Peter II of Portugal: Letter rel. to his reception of 'Charles III': 1703.: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 48-148 Charles III of Spain: Letters, etc., rel. to: 1703-1710.: Partly Fr., Span. and Portug.: Partly printed.
• ff. 48-148 Philip V of Spain: Letters and papers rel. to: 1703-1710.: Partly Fr., Span, and Portug.
• ff. 52-53b Spain, General: Memorial rel. to administration of Allied troops in: [1703-1705 ?].
• ff. 54-55b Anne of England: Petitions, memorials, etc., to: circ. 1702-1714, n.d.: Partly Fr., Ital. and Span.
• ff. 54-55b Charles III of Spain: Address from his Catalan ministers to Qu. Anne,: 1705.: Span.: copy and transl.
• ff.56-57b,105-108b Spain, General: Strength of Allied army in: 1706-1709.: Partly Fr. and Span.
• ff. 58-59, 65-66 Charles III of Spain: Proclamations by: 1706.: Fr. and Span.: Printed.
• ff. 60-61b Francisco Bemardo de Quiros, plenipotentiary of 'Charles III' at Brussels and The Hague: Full powers to negotiate with Maritime Powers: 1706.: Span.
• ff. 60-61b Charles III of Spain: Full powers for F. B. de Quiros to negotiate with Maritime Powers: 1706.: Span.: Signed. Seal.
• ff. 60-61b Anne of England: Full powers for F. B. de Quiros to negotiate with: 1706.: Span.
• ff. 60-61b Netherlands, United Provinces: Full powers for F. B. de Quiros to negotiate with: 1706.: Span.
• ff. 63-64 Thomas Martin, paymaster of 'Charles III' at Lisbon: Accounts of: 1706.
• ff. 63-64b Army of Spain: Accounts rel. to British subsidy for: 1708.
• ff. 63-64b, 109-114, 125-126b,138-145b Accounts: Allied army in Spain and Portugal: 1703-1711.
• f. 67 Philip V of Spain: Proposal to destroy his treasure fleet: 1707.
• ff.67-67b Porto Bello, Panama: Proposal to destroy Spanish treasure fleet in: 1707.
• f. 69 Sir Charles Peers, Lord Mayor of London: Letter to: 1708.
• f. 69 Samuel Pitt, merchant at Gibraltar: Letter to Sir C. Peers: 1708.: Signed.
• ff. 69,116-117b,135-136b Gibraltar: Memorials, etc., rel. to its trade: 1708-1710.
• ff. 71-86b Charles III of Spain: Protocol, etc., of commercial treaty with England: 1707.: Mostly Lat. and Span.: Partly drafts and copies.
• ff. 71-86b Anne of England: Papers rel. to commercial treaty with 'Charles III': 1707.: Partly Lat. and Span.: Partly drafts and copies.
• ff. 71-86b Trade and Commerce: Protocol, etc., of commercial treaty betw. England and 'Charles III': 1707.: Partly Lat. and Span.
• ff. 74-79 Charles III of Spain: English project for Asiento with: 1707.: Copy.
• ff. 74-79 Slaves, Slave Trade: English project for Asiento with 'Charles III': 1707.
• ff. 74-79 Anne of England: Project for Asiento with 'Charles III': 1707.: Copy.
• ff. 81-82 Sir William Hodges, 1st Baronet: Proposals rel. to English trade with Spain: 1704.: Copy.
• f. 87 Claude François de Bidal, Marquis d'Asfeld; French general: Letter to [Duke of Berwick?]: 1707.: Fr.: Signed.
• ff. 91-106b Island of Sardinia: Letters, etc., rel. to: 1708.: Span. and Fr.
• ff. 91-106b Captain Gaspar al. Jasper Hickes, RN: Correspondence with 'Charles III' and Conde de Cifuentes: 1708.: Span. and Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 91-93b Fernando de Silva y Menezes, Conde de Cifuentes; Marques de Alcanchel; Viceroy of Sardinia: Correspondence with J. Hicks: 1708.: Span. and Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 95-106b Charles III of Spain: Correspondence with J. Hicks: 1708.: Span. and Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 97-98b Barcelona, Catalonia: Council of war at: 1708.: Span.
• ff.97-98b Councils of War: At Barcelona: 1708.: Span.
• ff. 105-113, 141-145b England Army of. Establishments: Spain and Portugal: 1703-1711.
• ff. 109-113 Spain, General: Establishments of English and Dutch forces in: 1705-1711.
• ff.109-113,141-145b Portugal. Army of: Establishments for: 1708.
• f. 118 Joseph Taylor, merchant, of London: Letters to, partly attested by: 1708.: Partly Span.
• f. 118 Valle de Salazar, Marques y Conde de; Governor of San Lucar: Letter to J. Taylor: 1708.: Span.: Signed.
• f. 120 Shipping: Sizes and prices of masts in Majorca: 1708.
• f. 122 Osnabrück, Bishop of. Charles Joseph, Prince of Lorraine; Archbishop-Elector of Trier 1711: Papers rel. to his troops in Anglo-Dutch pay: 1703-1711.: Partly Fr.
• ff. 123b-124 The Grisons: Ranks, numbers, etc., of Grisons troops departing for Spain: 1708.: Ital.
• ff. 125-126b Portugal. Army of: British subsidies to: 1707-1711.
• ff. 127-127b Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers: Proclamation by (?), as commander of British forces in Spain: [1708?].: Draft.
• f. 128 Conde Diego Mendonça de Corte Real, Portuguese Secretary of State: Letters to: 1709, 1724.: Fr., Span. and transl.
• f. 128 Alexandre Maitre, Marquis de Bay; French general: Letter to D. de Mendonça: 1709.: Span.: Copy.
• ff. 130-132b United Provinces. Navy of Netherlands: Vindication of: 1706-1710.: Fr.
• ff. 133-134b England Army of. Supplies: Bread and forage contracts: 1691-1711, n.d.
• ff. 133-134b Army; Allied: Treaties, contracts, etc., rel. to recruitment and provisioning: 1701-1711.
• ff. 133-134b James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope: Corn contract for British troops in Spain: 1709.: Copy.
• f. 137 Army of Spain: Notes rel. to condition of: 1706-1710.
• ff. 138-139 John V of Portugal: Income and war expenditure: [1710?].
• ff. 138-139b Accounts: John V of Portugal; income and war expenditure: [1710?].
• f. 140 Spain, General: Projects, memorials, etc., rel. to Allied operations in: [1705?]-1711.: Partly Fr.
• f. 146 Army of Spain: Winter quarters for cavalry: circ. 1708.: Fr.
• f. 147 Republic of Genoa: Expenses of transporting cavalry from, to Barcelona: circ. 1708.
• f. 147 Spain, General: Expenses of transporting cavalry from Genoa to Barcelona: circ. 1708.
• f. 148 Spain, General: Minutes by Lord Sunderland rel. to command and strength of Allied forces in Spain: circ. 1708.