Folios 141-145. Folio 141. Letter from the Duke of Richmond to the Attorney-General...

Folios 141-145. Folio 141. Letter from the Duke of Richmond to the Attorney-General enclosing copies of a note and letter from Timothy Brecknock and requesting his opinion whether there is any foundation for Brecknock's 'assertion that the King cannot receive and entertain at his Court an Infidel Ambassador consistently with the laws of the land, and that such Ambassador is not entitled to the privileges and immunities which the Ambassadors from Christian Princes and States are understood to enjoy'. Folios 142-143. Letter dated 8 July 1766 from Timothy Brecknock to the Duke of Richmond that either his demands on Hamed Aga [the Ambassador from Tripoli] be paid out of the royal coffers or that the King will command Mr Kennet, Sheriff of Middlesex, to grant Brecknock 'such writ as is usual in similar cases'. Folio 144. Note dated 15 July 1766 from Mr Brecknock who 'takes the liberty to acquaint his Grace that he is peremptorily resolved to print the State of his Case in all the public papers, if the determination in respect to his demand on Hamed Aga be not obtained and notified to him before Thursday evening - and if Mr Brecknock cannot find redress by these mild applications, he will most assuredly carry his complaint before 25 Barons of this realm, who in such case will be under a necessity of compelling the King to render an injured subject immediate justice, agreeable to the express tenets of our Magna Carta'.