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Folio 183: Sir Robert Southwell to Lord Arlington. Has come from Madrid to Lisbon....

Catalogue reference: SP 89/7/96

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This record is about the Folio 183: Sir Robert Southwell to Lord Arlington. Has come from Madrid to Lisbon.... dating from 1666 July 10 NS in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/7/96
Date
1666 July 10 NS
Description

Folio 183: Sir Robert Southwell to Lord Arlington. Has come from Madrid to Lisbon. Interview with Castelmelhor, who said that if Spanish delays in negotiating force Portugal into an alliance with France, he hopes this will not annoy English government. Duke de Beaufort well received at Lisbon, but his fleet is sickly. Was entertained at Badajoz by Caracena and at Estremoz by Schomberg. Both sides on the frontier are weary of the war. English troops are eight months in arrears, and English merchants complain of being ill used.

Date and place: 1666 July 10 NS Lisbon.

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