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Secret Letters and Crown Struggles Amid Spanish Reprisal Threats
The document details a correspondent reporting to a high church figure about shifts in minutes of manifestoes and a plan to influence royal service. It discusses nominees, pensions, and the need for full powers from the king, with concerns about succession and Regency dynamics if the king or regent dies. It also notes London actions declaring general reprisals against Spain, and court notices from the Old Bailey including executions, pardons, and other criminal outcomes.
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Catalonia
Paris
Orleans
Marty
Monsieur
de Chartres
Duke de Bourbon
Duke de Chartres
Duke d
Orlears
N. Prince de Cellamare
London
Spain
Privy Council
Admiralty
Old Baily
Richard Morgan
Richard Spackman
Robery
King’s High Way
Ralph Emmery
Fellony
Mary Goiton
Jacob William Harris
Alias Simpson
Col
Westall
Ambrose
House of Hanover
Thomas Berks
Ludlam
Royal Exchange
Hugh Ryley
Bow
Nathaniel Mist
Aldermen and Dominion Council
Morgan Edwards
Edward Morgan
Eyloe
Gibraltar
Minorca
John Warter
Thomas Juber
Houghton
Writtle
Cheimusford
Eslix
Lord Portes
Miditerranean
Struriag
Collene
Stanhope
Madrid
S Acre
Laft
Nicholas Rowe
Laurent
Lijerty
Isoonauth
India
Biuiks Izic