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Folios 159-160. A letter to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson, from R [Robert]...
Catalogue reference: SP 32/15/81
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This record is about the Folios 159-160. A letter to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson, from R [Robert]... dating from 1698 July 1 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, William and Mary. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1698 July 1
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Folios 159-160. A letter to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson, from R [Robert] Yard, dated at Whitehall [London, Middlesex]. Reports on: the employment of English and Irish priests by foreign ministers, and the illegal attendance on them by 'his Majesty's Popish [Roman Catholic] subjects'; Mr Bridgeman stepping down as secretary at the Admiralty, where Mr Berchet is now sole secretary; and King [William's] plans to travel to Holland [Netherlands].
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, William and Mary
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