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Folios 65-66. A letter from Ja [James] Vernon to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson,...

Catalogue reference: SP 32/7/46

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This record is about the Folios 65-66. A letter from Ja [James] Vernon to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson,... dating from 1697 June 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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SP 32/7/46
Date
1697 June 1
Description

Folios 65-66. A letter from Ja [James] Vernon to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson, dated at Whitehall [Middlesex]. Reports: five regiments embarked for Flanders, with General Erle; fears for the life of the Lord Chancellor [John Somers], who is ill; the Duke of Shrewsbury is in better health, thanks to asses' milk; [Exchequer teller William] Palmes' belief that he can realise funds to cover [£17,000 of public moneys he has diverted for his own private use]; the departure to Ireland, via Holyhead [Anglesey], of the Lords Justices for Ireland; directions for translating the Bishop of Clogher [Richard Tennison] to Meath, the Bishop of Cloyne [St George Ashe] to Clogher, and Dean Puerly [John Pooley] to be Bishop of Cloyne.

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