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BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vol. CCCCXLVII (ff.265). Diplomatic correspondence and papers; 1711-1722. Partly French, Italian, Spanish and German. Partly drafts and copies. Followed (ff. 231-265b) by letters from Louis Renard, intelligence agent at Amsterdam; 1718-1720. French. Mostly signed.

includes:

f. 1 Christoph Friedrich Kreienberg, Hanoverian Resident in London: Letter to: 1711.: Fr.
f. 1 Hanover, Electors of. Ernest Augustus: Letter of his widow, Sophia, to C. F. Kreienberg: 1711.: Fr.: Copies.
f. 3 Anne of England: Petitions, memorials, etc., to: circ. 1702-1714, n.d.: Partly Fr., Ital. and Span.
f. 3 Baron Thomas Grote,; Hanoverian diplomatist: Memorial to Qu. Anne: 1713.: Fr.: Copy.
ff. 5-9 Huguenots: Observations rel. to their exclusion from France: 1713.
ff. 5-9 Louis XIV of France: Observations rel. to his ordinance against Huguenots: 1713.
ff. 10-13b John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol and (1713) of London: Correspondence with Baron Le Begue: 1713.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 10-13b Baron Joseph Le Begue,; Minister of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine; diplomatist: Correspondence with Bp J. Robinson: 1713.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 11, 14 Baron Joseph Le Begue,; Minister of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine; diplomatist: Letter to: 1713.: Fr.
ff. 11, 14 Dukes of Lorraine: Letter to Baron Le Begue: 1713.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 16-37 William Bromley, Secretary of State: Memorial, etc., to: 1714.: Partly Fr.
ff. 16-37 Peter the Great; Emperor of Russia: Memorial, etc., rel. to English ships for: 1714.: Partly Fr.: Signed.
ff. 16-37 Carl Gyllenborg, Count; Swedish Minister in London: Memorial, etc., to W. Bromley: 1714.: Partly Fr.: Signed.
ff. 22-23b Ralph Robinson, merchant, of London: Examination of: 1714.: Signed.
ff.22-23b,30-31b,34-35b Erasmus Lewis, Under Secretary of State: Witnessed, in: 1714.
ff. 24-25b Henry Baker, mariner: Affidavit by: 1714.: With mark.
ff. 24-25b Edward Shoesmith, mariner: Affidavit by: 1714.: With mark.
ff. 24-27b John Martyn: Witnessed, in: 1714.
ff. 26-27b Andrew Peirson, mariner: Affidavit by: 1714.: With mark.
ff. 28-29b Alexander Pearse, mariner: Affidavit by: 1714.: Signed.
ff. 28-29b William Curtis, mariner: Affidavit by: 1714.: Signed.
ff. 30-31b Thomas Purnell, mariner, of London: Examination of: 1714.: Signed.
ff. 32-33b Thomas Bronsdon, shipwright: Examination of: 1714.: Signed.
ff. 34-35b Samuel Eyre, merchant, of London: Examination of: 1714.: Signed.
ff. 36-37 Privy Council, The: Minutes rel. to ships supplied to Russia: 1714.
ff. 38-41b Louis XIV of France: Will: 1715: Fr.: Copy.
ff. 42-45b Leopold Eberhard, Duke of Württemberg-Montbeliard: Letter, etc., of: 1714.: Fr.: Signed and copy.
ff. 44, 53 George I of England: Letters to, partly as Elector of Hanover: 1707-1717.: Fr., Lat., Germ. and transl.
f. 46 Prince James Francis Edward Stuart,; the 'Old Pretender': Letter rel. to: aft. 1715.
f. 48 Tuscany, Grand Duke of. Cosimo III: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1717.: Ital.: Signed.
f. 50 Gerrit van Ommeren: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1717.: Dutch.: Signed.
f. 51b Peter Flournoys, Huguenot; tutor in Sunderland household: Note to Lord Sunderland, etc.: 1714-1717.: Fr.
ff. 51-52 Jean Du Pan, son of Marc Du Pan, syndic of Geneva: Memorial rel. to: 1714-1717.: Fr.
f. 53 Charles Philip; Elector Palatine of the Rhine: Letter to George I: 1717.: Lat.
f. 55 René de Sauniers, Sieur de l'Hermitage; Dutch agent in London: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1717.: Fr.
ff. 57-60b, 90 Charles Whitworth, Baron Whitworth: Correspondence with Lord Sunderland: 1709-1718.: Partly Fr.: Partly drafts and copies.
f. 59 Inventories: Damage done by J. Diaz, Moroccan Ambassador: 1708.
f. 59 Thomas Arne, appraiser: Inventory of damage done by J. Diaz, Moroccan Ambassador: 1708.: Signed.
f. 61 Anthonie Heinsius, Grand Pensionary of Holland: Letters, etc., to: 1703-1717.: Mostly Fr.
ff. 6 5, 72-73b John Calvert, of Albury, county Hertfordshire: Correspondence with Lord Sunderland: 1717.
f. 66 Frederick Wesselowski, Russian Minister in London: Credentials for: 1717.: Fr.
f. 66 Peter the Great; Emperor of Russia: Credentials for F. Wesselowski: 1717.: Fr.: Copy.
f. 68 Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1717.: Fr.
f. 73 John Webster: Letter to J. Calvert: 1717.: Copy.
f. 74 Christian Siegfried von Plessen, Danish diplomatist: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1717.: Fr.: Signed.
ff. 78-79b Louis XV of France: Memorandum rel. to Anglo-French relations: 1717.: Fr.
ff. 78-79b Philip V of Spain: Memorandum rel. to effect of his death on Anglo-French relations: 1717.: Fr.
f. 80 [Willem?] van Wassenaer, Lord of Duyvenvoorde; [Dutch major-general?]: Letter to: 1717.: Fr.
f. 82 George I of England: Letter to Duc d'Orléans: 1718.: Fr.: Draft.
f. 82 Philippe II Orléans, Duc d'; Regent of France: Letters, etc., to: 1709-1718.: Fr.
ff. 82-89 Sir Luke Schaub, diplomatist: Letters, etc., on behalf of George I: 1718.: Fr.: Drafts.
f. 83 George I of England: Letter to Emperor Charles VI: 1718.: Fr.: Draft.
f. 83 Charles III of Spain: Letters, etc., to: 1706-1718, n.d.: Fr., Lat., Span., Ital. and Dutch.
ff. 96-123 Trade and Plantations; Board of Commissioners for: Letter, etc., to J. Craggs: 1718.: Copies.
ff. 96-123 John Craggs, junior; Secretary of State., etc: Letters, etc., to: 1708-1721.
ff. 104- 119b Spain, General: Memoranda rel. to trade with: aft. 1715.
ff. 104- 119b Trade and Commerce: Memoranda rel. to trade with Spain: aft. 1715.
ff. 120-123 Spain, General: Memorial rel. to British Consuls: aft. 1718.
f. 124 Bonenchi: Letter to Admiralty: 1718.: Span.
ff. 124, 245-252 Admiralty: Letters, etc., to: 1718, 1719.: Fr. and Span.
f. 126 Island of Minorca: Letters, etc., rel. to: 1709, 1718.: Partly Fr.
ff. 128-129b Campbell, Jarrat, and Dobson; merchants, Stockholm: Memorial to Baron G. H. von Görtz: 1718.: Fr. transl.
ff.128-129b Count Georg Heinrich von Schlitz,; called von Görtz; Schleswig-Holstein and Swedish Minister: Memorial to: 1718.: Fr. transl.
f. 130 Isidro Casado, Marquis de Monteleone; Spanish Ambassador at the Hague: Correspondence of: 1716-1718.: Span., Ital., and Fr.: Mostly copies and extracts.
f. 130 Michel Fernandez Duran, Marques de Tolosa; Spanish minister: Letter to Marques de Monteleone: 1718.: Span.: Signed.
ff. 138-143b Edward Wortley Montagu, Ambassador to Turkey: Memorial by: 1718.
ff. 144-145 Count Georg Heinrich von Schlitz,; called von Görtz; Schleswig-Holstein and Swedish Minister: Notes on his coinage: 1714-1718.: Fr.
ff.144-145 Coinage: Notes on coinage of Baron von Görtz: 1714-1718.: Fr.
ff. 146-147 Luis da Cunha, Portuguese Plenipotentiary at Utrecht and Ambassador in England and France: Memorial to George I: 1716-1718.: Fr.: [Copy?].
ff.146-147, 172-197b George I of England: Memorials, etc., to, partly as Elector of Hanover: 1710-1722, n.d.: Fr.
ff. 148-149 University of Paris: Speech to Lord Sunderland by Doctor of Sorbonne: 1719.: Fr.
ff. 150-151b Frederick IV of Denmark: Additional instructions to Lords justices rel. to treaty with: 1719.
ff. 150-151b George I of England: Commission and instructions to Lords justices: 1719.: Partly Lat.: Copies.
f. 152 Charles Delafaye, Under Secretary of State: Letters to: 1706-1722.: Partly Fr.
f. 152 Charles Whitworth, Baron Whitworth: Letter to C. Delafaye: 1719.
f. 154 Charles Whitworth, Baron Whitworth: Letter to Sir L. Schaub: 1719.: Fr.
f. 154 Sir Luke Schaub, diplomatist: Letter to: 1719.: Fr.
ff. 160-161b Spain, General: Memorandum rel. to war with: 1718-1719.
f. 162 Charles, Prince of Denmark; brother of Frederick IV: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1720.: Fr.: Signed.
f. 164 Baron Johann Christoph von Wallenrodt,; Prussian Envoy in London: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1720.: Fr.
f. 166 Count Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorff,; Austrian Court Chancellor: Letters, etc., to: 1707, 1720.: Fr. and transl.
f. 166 Count Hans Kaspar von Bothmer,; Hanoverian diplomatist and minister: Letter to Count Sinzendorf: 1720.: Transl. Extract.
f. 166 Baron Andreas Gottlieb von Bernstorff,; Hanoverian Minister: Letter attrib. to, to [Count von Schönborn?]: 1720.: Transl. Extract.
f. 168 Baron Ernst Hendrik van Ittersum,; Dutch lieutenant-colonel and diplomatist: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1720.: Fr.
f. 170 [Jacques?] Saurin, Huguenot minister, of The Hague: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1720.: Fr.
ff.172-197b Count Mikhail Petrovic Bestuzhev-Rjumin,; Russian Resident in London: Memorial to George 1: 1720.: Fr.: Copy.
f. 198 Saxe-Zeitz, Christian Augustus, Duke of; Cardinal Bishop of Raab; afterwards Archbishop of Gran: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1720.: Fr.: Signed.
f. 200 Jean Leers, nephew of Reynier Leers: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1720.: Fr.
ff. 202-205b Baron Johann Josef von Imhoff,; Grand Bailiff of Mindelheim: Letter, etc., to Lord Sunderland: 1720, 1721.: Fr.
ff. 202-205b Bavaria, Electors. Maximilian Emanuel II: Project for loan to, etc.: 1720, 1721.: Fr.
ff. 206-207b MacDonnagh, Prior of Flaux Usez in Languedoc: Recommendation for: aft. 1720.
ff. 206-207b Archibald Hutcheson, MP, FRS: Letters, etc., to Lord Sunderland: aft. 1720-1722.
f. 208 Agostino Stefani, d 1728 Bishop of Spiga: Memorial by: 1720-1721.: Fr.
f. 209 Guillaume Dubois, Cardinal; Archbishop of Cambray: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1720.: Fr.: Signed.
ff. 211-214b Thomas Strickland, Bishop of Namur: Letter, etc., to Lord Sunderland: 1721.: Fr.
ff. 213-214b Germany, General: Memorial by Dr. T. Strickland rel. to bishoprics in: 1721.: Fr.: Copy.
f. 215 Jean Albert d' Archembaud, Comte de Bucquoy alias Buquoit: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1721.: Fr.
f. 217b Charles Atkinson: Letter to: 1721.
f. 217b John Nonnen, of Bremen: Letter to C. Atkinson: 1721.: Copy.
ff. 217-218b John Nonnen, of Bremen: Letter, etc., to M. Fetherston: 1721.: Partly copies.
ff.217-218b Matthew Fetherston, of Newcastle: Letters, etc., to: 1721.
f. 218 François Louis de Pesmes, Sieur de St. Saphorin; French Ambassador to Vienna: Letter to: 1721.
f. 218 Charles Atkinson: Letter to M. Fetherston: 1721.: Copy.
f. 218 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: Letter to Sieur de St Saphorin: 1721.: Copy.
ff. 219-222b Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton: Letters to: 1708, 1722.: Partly Fr.
f. 223 François Louis de Pesmes, Sieur de St. Saphorin; French Ambassador to Vienna: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1722.: Fr.: Signed.
ff. 225-228 Johann Christoph Penteridter, Imperial Ambassador to France: Letter to J. P. von Hoffmann: 1722.: Germ., extract and Fr. transl.
ff. 225-228 Johann Philipp von Hoffmann, Imperial Resident in London: Letter to: 1722.: Germ. extract and Fr. transl.
f. 229 Ercole Tomaso Roero, Marquese di Cortanze; Sardinian diplomatist: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1722.: Fr.
ff. 231-265b Louis Renard, bookseller and intelligence agent, of Amsterdam: Letters, etc., to Lord Sunderland: 1718-1720.: Fr.: Mostly signed.
f. 265 South Sea Company: Proposal to: 1720.: Fr.

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Add MS 61101-61710, Add Ch 76069-76142, Seal CCV.8 : BLENHEIM PAPERS
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1711

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1722

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Names:

Admiralty, 1708-1964
Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714
Archembaud, Jean Albert, Comte de Bucquoy alias Buquoit
Arne, Thomas, appraiser
Atkinson, Charles, of Add MS 61547
Baker, Henry, mariner, fl 1714
Bernstorff, Andreas Gottlieb, Baron, Hanoverian Minister
Bestuzhev-Rjumin, Mikhail Petrovic, Count, Russian Resident in London
Board of Commissioners for Trade and Plantations
Bonenchi
Bothmer, Hans Kaspar von, Count Hanoverian diplomatist and minister
Bromley, William, Sec of State
Bronsdon, Thomas, shipwright
Calvert, John, of Albury, county Hertfordshire
Campbell, Jarrat, and Dobson, merchants, Stockholm
Casado, Isidro, Marquis de Monteleone, Spanish Ambassador at the Hague
Charles III, of Spain, 1716-1788
Charles Philip, Elector Palatine of the Rhine
Charles, Prince of Denmark, brother of Frederick IV
Craggs, John, jun, Secretary of State etc
Cunha, Luis da, Portuguese Plenipotentiary at Utrecht and Ambassador in England and France
Curtis, William, mariner, fl 1714
Delafaye, Charles, politician and civil servant, 1677-1762
Dubois, Guillaume, cardinal, statesman and Archbishop of Cambray, 1656-1723
Durán, Miquel, Marques de Tolosa, statesman, 1681-1721
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1629-1698
Eyre, Samuel, merchant, of London
Fetherston, Matthew, of Newcastle, fl 1721
Flournoys, Peter, tutor in Sunderland household, fl 1708-1717
Frederick IV, of Denmark
George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1660-1727
Grote, Thomas, Baron, councillor and diplomat, 1674-1713
Gyllenborg, Carl, Count, Swedish Minister in London
Heinsius, Anthonie, Grand Pensionary of Holland
Hoffmann, Johann Philipp, Imperial Resident in London
Hutcheson, Archibald, MP, FRS
Imhoff, Johann Josef, Baron, Grand Bailiff of Mindelheim
Ittersum, Ernst Hendrik, Baron, Dutch lieutenant-colonel and diplomatist
Keppel, Arnold Joost van, 1st Earl of Albemarle
Kreienberg, Christoph Friedrich, Hanoverian Resident in London
Le Begue, Joseph, Baron, Minister of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine; diplomatist
Leers, Jean, nephew of Reynier Leers
Leopold Eberhard, Duke of Württemberg-Montbeliard
Lewis, Erasmus, Under Sec of State
Lorraine, Family
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
Louis XV, of France, 1710-1774
MacDonnagh, Prior of Flaux Usez in Languedoc
Martyn, John, of Add MS 61547
Maximilian Emanuel II, Elector of Bavaria
Nonnen, John, of Bremen
Ommeren, Gerrit
Orléans, Philippe II, Duc d', Regent of France
Pan, Jean, subject of a memorial, fl 1714-1717
Pearse, Alexander, mariner
Peirson, Andrew, mariner
Penteridter, Johann Christoph, Imperial Ambassador to France
Pesmes, François Louis de, Sieur de St Saphorin, French Ambassador to Vienna
Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia
Philip V, King of Spain
Plessen, Christian Siegfried, Danish diplomatist
Privy Council, The
Purnell, Thomas, mariner, of London
Renard, Louis, bookseller and intelligence agent, of Amsterdam
Robinson, John, diplomatist; Bishop of Bristol; Bishop of London, 1650-1723
Robinson, Ralph, merchant, of London
Roero, Ercole Tomaso, Marquese di Cortanze, Sardinian diplomatist
Sauniers, René, Sieur de l'Hermitage, Dutch agent in London
Saurin, Jacques?, Huguenot minister, of The Hague
Saxe-Zeitz, Christian Augustus, Duke of; Cardinal Bishop of Raab; afterwards Archbishop of Gran
Schaub, Luke, diplomatist
Schlitz, Georg Heinrich, Count, called von Görtz; Schleswig-Holstein and Swedish Minister
Shoesmith, Edward, mariner
Sinzendorff, Philipp Ludwig von, Count Austrian Court Chancellor
South Sea Company, 1710-?1850
Stefani, Agostino, Bishop of Spiga, d 1728
Strickland, Thomas, Bishop of Namur
Stuart, James Francis Edward, Prince the 'Old Pretender'
Townshend, Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Tuscany, Grand Duke of. Cosimo III
University of Paris
Wallenrodt, Johann Christoph, Baron, Prussian Envoy in London
Walpole, Horatio, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton
Wassenaer, Willem?, Lord of Duyvenvoorde; Dutch major-general?
Webster, John, of Add MS 61547
Wesselowski, Frederick, Russian Minister in London
Whitworth, Charles, Baron Whitworth, of Add MS 61129
Wortley Montagu, Edward, Ambassador to Turkey

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