Add MS 7077

Volume XX of the Stepney Papers, consisting of the diplomatic correspondence of George Stepney esquire, whilst resident at several of the European Courts, with the English Ministers at home and abroad.

This volume contains miscellaneous letters and papers.

1. Letter from Mr. Egert to Mr. Stepney. Dated Stockholm, 17 August 1687. (folio 1)

2. Letter from Mr. Potit to Mr. Stepney. Dated Hamburg, 9 February 1691/1692. (folio 3)

3. Letter from Mr. Lacombe de Vrigny (Secretary to Mr. Vernon) to Mr. Stepney. Dated Copenhagen, 6 May 1702. (folio 5)

4. Letter from Mr. Storer to Mr. Stepney. Dated London, 7 August 1702. (folio 7)

5. (Copy) Letter from Mr. Wartenberg to Mr. Stepney. Dated Orangeberg, 14 October 1702. (French). (folio 9)

6. Extract of a letter from Mr. Aglionby. Dated Zurich, 13 January 1703. (folio 11)

7. Letter from Count de Lamberg to Mr. Stepney. Dated Rome, le 20 Oct. 1703. (French). (folio 13)

8. Letter from Count Staremberg to Mr. Stepney. Dated Revere, 6 November 1703. (Italian). (folio 15)

9. Letter from Mr. Bruyninx to Mr. Stepney. Dated Presbourg, ce 6 Mars 1704. (French). (folio 17)

10. Letter from Mr. Bruyninx to Mr. Stepney. Dated Schinta, le 10 Mars 1704. (French). (folio 19)

11. Letter from Mr. Wich to Mr. Stepney. Dated Hamburg, 1 April 1704. (folio 21)

12. Letter from Mr. Wich to Mr. Stepney. Dated Hamburg, 25 April 1704. (folio 23)

13. Letter from Mr. Wich to Mr. Stepney. Dated Hamburg, 16 May 1704. (folio 25)

14. Letter from Mr. Wich to Mr. Stepney. Dated Hamburg, 13 June 1704. (folio 26)

15. Letter from Mr. Wich to Mr. Stepney. Dated Hamburg, 22 July 1704. (folio 28)

16. Letter from Mr. Fury (Mr. Stepney’s secretary, or confidential servant) to Mr. Stepney. Dated Vienna, 13 September 1704. (folio 30)

17. Letter from Mr. Fury to Mr. Stepney. Dated Vienna, 17 September 1704. (folio 32)

18. Letter from Mr. Fury to Mr. Stepney. Dated Vienna, 20 September 1704. (folio 34)

19. Letter from Mr. Fury to Mr. Stepney. Dated Vienna, 29 September 1704. (folio 36)

20. Letter from Mr. Lewis to Mr. Stepney. Dated Whitehall, 22 September 1704. (folio 40)

21. Letter from Mr. Plantamour to Mr. Stepney. Dated London, ce 20 Oct. 1704. (French). (folio 42)

22. Letter from Mr. Gwynne to Mr. Stepney. Dated Hanover, 16 December 1704. (folio 44)

23. Letter from Mr. Watkins to Mr. Stepney. Dated Arschot, 21 September 1705. (folio 46)

24. Letter from Mr. Gould to Mr. Stepney. Dated Florence, 19 June 1706. (folio 48)

25. Letter from Mr. Gould to Mr. Stepney. Dated Florence, 11 September 1706. (folio 50)

26. Letter from M. Occuluesani to Mr. Stepney and Mr. Bruyninx. Dated 31 August 1706. (Latin). (folio 52)

27. Letter from M. Begoysse to Mr. Stepney. Dated Frankfurt, 22 September 1706. (French). (folio 54)

28. Extract of a letter from Baron Forstner to Mr. Stepney. Dated Rastat, 15 October 1706. (French). (folio 56)

29. Letter from Lord Hallifax to Mr. Stepney. Dated London, 22 October 1706. (Copy). (folio 58)

30. Letter from Lord Hallifax to Mr. Stepney. Dated London, 6/17 December 1706. (Copy). (folio 59)

31. Letter from Mr. Macky to Mr. Stepney. Dated Bruges, 27 October 1706. (French). (folio 60)

32. Letter from Monsieur Falon to Mr. Stepney. Dated Cologne, 28 October 1706. (French). (folio 62)

33. Extract of a letter from Monsieur Bruyninx to Mr. Stepney. Dated Vienna, 15 November 1706. (French). (folio 64)

34. Letter from Mr. Drummond to Mr. Stepney, Dated Amsterdam, 26 November 1706. (Copy). (folio 67)

35. Letter from Mr. Watkins to Mr. Stepney. Dated The Hague, 1 December 1706. (folio 68)

36. Extract of a letter from Mr. Bruyninx to Mr. Stepney. Dated Vienna, 1 December 1706. (French). (folio 69)

37. Extract of a letter from Mr. Bruyninx to Mr. Stepney. Dated Vienna, 15 December 1706. (French). (folio 71)

38. Letter from Mr. Stanyan to Mr. Stepney. Dated Berne, 1 January 1707. (folio 72)

39. Letter from Mr. Manning to Mr. Stepney. Dated Berne, 5 February 1707. (folio 74)

40. Letter from Mr. Steenlode to Mr. Stepney. Dated The Hague, 29 March 1707. (folio 76)

41. Letter from Mr. Stepney to Sir Robert Sutton. Dated Vienna, 28 July 1706. (Copy). (folio 78)

42. Letter from Mr. Stepney to Mr. Cardonnel. Dated Vienna, 4 August 1706. (Copy). (folio 79)

43. Letter from Mr. Secretary Harley to Mr. Stepney. Dated Whitehall, 4/20 July 1706. (Copy). (folio 80b)

44. Letter from Mr. Stepney to Mr. Tilson. Dated Vienna, 18 August 1706. (Copy). (folio 81)

45. Letter from Mr. Stepney to the Duke of Marlborough [John Churchill]. Dated Vienna, 20 August 1706. (Copy). (folio 82b)

46. Letter from Mr. Stepney to Colonel Browne. Dated Vienna, 18 August 1706. (Copy). (folio 83)

47. Letter from Mr. Stepney to Lord Hallifax. Dated Vienna, 22 September 1706. (Copy). (folio 85)

48. Letter from Mr. Stepney to Mr. Bruyninx. Dated à La Haye, 24 November 1706. (Copy). (folio 86)

49. Letter from Mr. Stepney to Mr. Wyberg. Dated The Hague, 24 November 1706. (Copy). (folio 86b)

50. Letter from Mr. Stepney to the Duke of Marlborough. Dated The Hague, 3 December 1706. (Copy). (folio 87)

51. Letter from Mr. Stepney to the Duke of Marlborough. Dated The Hague, 3 December 1706. (Copy). (folio 89)

52. Letter from Mr. Stepney to Mr. Secretary Hedges. Dated The Hague, 3 December 1706. (Copy). (folio 91)

53. Letter from Mr. Stepney to the directors of the Post in England. Dated The Hague, 3 December 1706. (Copy). (folio 92)

54. Letter from Mr. Duncombe to Mr. Johnston. Dated Stockholm, 2 September 1691. (folio 93)

55. Relation of the Hamburg sedition. (December 1693). (folio 94)

56. Relation of the Hamburg sedition. 24 November 1693. (folio 96)

57. Relation of the retreat of the allies from Nijmegen under the Earl of Athlone. 11 June 1702. (folio 98)

58. Letter of intelligence respecting the same event, with a statement of the disposition of the English troops in the low countries. Dated The Hague, 13 June 1702. (folio 100)

59. Copy of a letter of Louis XIV to the King of Denmark [Frederick IV]. Dated 10 July 1702. (folio 102)

60. Copy of the Earl of Marlborough’s letter to the States General. Dated Camp de Heleteren, 26 August 1702. (folio 104)

61. Extract from a German memorial. Dated Baaden, 1 September 1702. (German). (folio 106)

62. Copy of Mr. Stepney’s credentials from Queen Anne to the King of Sweden [Charles XII]. 6 October 1702. (folio 108)

63. Copy of Mr. Clark (Judge advocate)’s letter to Count Wratislaw. Dated Whitehall, 28 November 1702, and the Count’s answer. Dated London, 30 November 1702. (folio 109)

64. Extract of Queen Anne’s instructions to the Earl Rivers, for the Spanish Succession War. (folio 111)

65. Copy of Queen Anne’s reply to the States General. Dated Whitehall, le 14/3 Dec. 1702. (folio 113)

66. Copy of the Elector of Bavaria [Maximilian II Emanuel]’s answer to the Cardinal. Dated Headquarters at Stamer, 3 May 1703. (German). (folio 115)

67. Copy of a letter from the Prince of Baden [Louis William] to the Circle of Suabia. Dated Oberbüchl, 25 April 1703. (German). (folio 116)

68. Copy of a letter from the Prince of Baden to the Circle of Suabia. Dated Oberpüll, 27 April 1703. (German). (folio 116b)

69. Copy of Mr. Whitworth’s letter to Mr. Secretary Hedges. Dated Ratisbon [Regensburg], 7 May 1703. (folio 117)

70. Copy of Intelligence sent by Mr. Whitworth to Mr. Secretary Hedges. Dated Ratisbon, 30 July 1703. (folio 119)

71. Copy of Sir Cloudesley Shovell’s letter to the Great Duke of Florence [Cosimo III]. Dated Leghorn Road, 29 September 1703. (folio 121)

72. Copy of the oath in the abjuration bill. (folio 123)

73. Verses on Lady St. John of Bletso. (folio 125)

74. La Contessa di quattro nunci. Testa per musica nel felicissimo giorno natalizio della S.R.M. di Amelia Willelmina, Regina di Romani. L’anno 1705. (folio 126)

75. Copy of Mr. Secretary Harley’s letter to Count Galas. Dated Whitehall, 14/25 May 1705. (French). (folio 132)

76. Copy of a letter from Count Galas to Mr. Secretary Harley. Dated London, 19/31 May 1705. (French). (folio 134)

77. Copie d’une Lettre intercepteé écrite par un Ministre de l’Electeur de Baviere, touchant le Negotiation du Colonel Seefild, avec l’Envoyé de Suede à Ratisbonne. Dat. Munich, le 25 Avril 1705. (folio 136)

78. Copy of Mr. Secretary Harley’s letter to Monsieur Hoffman. Dated à Whitehall, ce 29 de Juin 1705. (folio 138)

79. Copy of Mr. Hoffman’s letter to Mr. Secretary Harley. Dated 30 Juin 1705. (folio 140)

80. Copy of Mr. Secretary Harley’s letter to Monsieur Hoffman. Dated à Whitehall, ce 3/14 de Juillet 1705. (folio 142)

81. Extract of a letter from Madrid, most probably from General Stanhope to his father at the Hague. Dated Madrid, 16 June 1706. (folio 144)

82. Copy of Prine Ragoczi (General of the Hungarian confederates)’s memorial. Dated Ex Castris nostris ad Ersch Uipar pontis, 15 August 1706. (Latin). (folio 147)

83. Copy of the King of Sweden’s declaration on entering Saxony. Dated Headquarters at Krunnen Oelse, 26 August 1706. (folio 150)

84. Copy of the King of Poland [Stanisław I]’s declaration on his leaving Poland, and entering Saxony. Dated In Castris nostris, 10 September 1706. (Latin). (folio 152)

85. Copy of Mr. Stepney’s re-credentials from the Empress Dowager to Queen Anne. Dated Vienna, 25 September 1706. (italian). (Folio 154)

86. Copy of a letter from Prince Ratroczi to Mr. Bruyninx. Dated Ex castris nostris as Mera positis, 18 October 1706. (Latin). (folio 155)

87. Extract of a letter from Lord Hallway (with an enclosure). Dated Valentia, 6 November 1706. (folio 156)

88. Fragment of a complaint against the conduct of Major General [unknown] with regard to the clothiers in Holland. (folio 159)

89. Extract from the Register of the States General. Dated 18 November 1706. (Dutch). (folio 160)

90. Copy of a letter from the Chapter of Cologne to the Duke of Marlborough. Dated Cologne, 25 November 1706. (French). (folio 162)

91. Copy of the decision of the Dutch councillors respecting Queen Mary’s Jewels. 22 December 1706. (French). (folio 164)

92. Copy of the King of Sweden’s letter to the States General. Dated Pinsce in Lithuania. 15/25 May 1706. (Latin). (folio 168)

93. Copy of the King of Poland’s letter to the States General, notifying his accession to the crown. Dated Leisner in Saxonia, 29 November 1706. (Latin). (folio 169)