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Folios 197-198. A letter from J [John] Ellis to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson,...

Catalogue reference: SP 32/15/100

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This record is about the Folios 197-198. A letter from J [John] Ellis to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson,... dating from 1698 Aug 19 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 32/15/100
Date
1698 Aug 19
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Folios 197-198. A letter from J [John] Ellis to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson, dated at Whitehall [London, Middlesex]. Reports on: the absence of the Lord Chancellor [Lord Somers] and the Lord Steward [the Duke of Devonshire] in the country, and the consequent need for a 'deposition to swear [in] the members of the House of Commons'; the peculiarity of plans to 'prorogue' parliament; concern over the pregnancy of the Princess [?Anne]; advises that [George] the Prince [of Denmark] is in Windsor [Berkshire], and has gout; and the arrival of a troop of Dutch troops with grey horses.

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English
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