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Folios 167-168. A letter to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson, at The Hague [Netherlands],...

Catalogue reference: SP 32/15/85

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This record is about the Folios 167-168. A letter to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson, at The Hague [Netherlands],... dating from 1698 July 8 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, William and Mary. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 32/15/85
Date
1698 July 8
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Folios 167-168. A letter to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson, at The Hague [Netherlands], from R [Robert] Yard, dated at Whitehall [London, Middlesex]. Reports on: a prospective dissolution of parliament, and calling of a new one, mentioning a legal ban on 'feasting and drinking'; King [William III's] planned trip to Holland [Netherlands], expectation that Lord Sunderland will be excluded, and Mr [?Charles] Montagu, who is expected to get an Irish or Scottish honour, will be included among the Lords Justices;

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The National Archives, Kew
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English
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