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Folio 135: Charles Fanshaw to Earl of Sunderland. Is on excellent terms with French...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/16/69

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This record is about the Folio 135: Charles Fanshaw to Earl of Sunderland. Is on excellent terms with French... dating from 1684 Oct 23, NS in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/16/69
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1684 Oct 23, NS
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Folio 135: Charles Fanshaw to Earl of Sunderland. Is on excellent terms with French ambassador, St. Romain, and with the Abbé de Lorrain, `A very fine young gentleman', who is paying a brief visit to Lisbon, probably to induce his brother-in-law, the Duke of Cadaval to favour a French bride for the King. No news received from Goa but the Jesuits and monopoly-contractors have been expelled from the Maranhão by the settlers. A Crown lawyer, Simão de Sousa, appointed as Envoy to England. Three English prisoners from Mozambique finally released.

Date and place: 1684 Oct 23, NS Lisbon.

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