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The Correspondence of an English Diplomatic Agent in Paris, 1669–1677
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 February 2009
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Amongst the multifarious contents of the Old State Paper Office in Whitehall which were brought to light after the death of the famous Secretary of State of King Charles II., Sir Joseph Williamson, who was also keeper of the diplomatic archives, were certain bundles of despatches received from Mr. William Perwich, and dated at Paris between the years 1669 and 1677. These distinctive bundles, which at that time stood for the diplomatic correspondence between England and France during the most critical period of the foreign policy of the reign, have long since been broken up and distributed amongst the series of ‘State Papers, France,’ preserved in the Public Record Office.
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page 131 note 1 State Papers, Domestic, Ch. II., August 6, 1666.
page 131 note 2 Ibid. May 21, 1668.
page 132 note 1 State Papers, Domestic, Ch. II., May 21, 1668.
page 132 note 2 Ibid. July 18, 1668.
page 132 note 3 Ibid. July 23, 1668.
page 132 note 4 Ibid. April 21, 1670.
page 132 note 5 Ibid. August 18, 1670.
page 133 note 1 Letters of Sir J. Williamson, i. 10.
page 133 note 2 State Papers, France, December 30, 1673.
page 133 note 3 Montagu-Arlington Correspondence, February, 6, 1677. P. 523.
page 134 note 1 Montagu-Arlington Letters, p. 435.
page 134 note 2 Mignet, , Negotiations relativessur la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV., iii. 23Google Scholar.
page 134 note 3 Ibid. ii. 39.
page 134 note 4 State Papers, For., May 1, 1669.
page 135 note 1 Montagu-Arlington Letters, p. 428.
page 135 note 2 Ibid. p. 423.
page 135 note 3 State Papers, For., April 17 1669.
page 135 note 4 Ibid. May 11, 1699.
page 135 note 5 Baschet, , Transcripts, Ambassador Colbert to Monsieur Colbert, 09 12, 1669Google Scholar; ‘On insiste fort ici sur deux points, sur lesquels je ne crois pas que vous ayez dessein de leur donner satisfaction. Le premier est que les tarifs des entrees et sorties soient remis de port et d'autres au m≖me état qu'ilsetaient en 1664, disant, comme il est vrai, que par celui de 7667 vous avez rehausse les droits d'entrée sur les manufactures d'Angleterre au double de ce qu'ils etaient, et qui vont à présent a prés de 80 pour cent de la valeur desdites marchandises.’
page 136 note 1 Clément, , Hisloire de Colbert, p. 296Google Scholar. For the curious and instructive debates on this subject in the Council of Trade see the Domestic State Papers of the period.
page 136 note 2 State Papers, For., June 26, 1669.
page 136 note 3 Ibid. September 24, 1669.
page 136 note 4 Montagu-Arlington Correspondence, September 11, 1669, pp. 438, 439.
page 137 note 1 State Papers, For., November 2, 1669. Paris.
page 137 note 2 Ibid., December 28, 1669.
page 137 note 3 Mignet, iii. 110.
page 137 note 4 Ibid. iii. 112.
page 137 note 5 State Papers, For., February 1, 1670.
page 138 note 1 Stale Papers, For., February 8, 1670.
page 138 note 2 Mignet, iii. 199.
page 138 note 3 Montagu-Arlington Correspondence, June 22, 1670, p. 475.
page 138 note 4 Mignet, iii. 221.
page 138 note 5 State Papers, For., August 23, 1670.
page 138 note 6 Mignet, iii. 224.
page 139 note 1 Mignet, ii. 225.
page 139 note 2 Ibid. iii. 228.
page 139 note 3 Ibid. iii. 230.
page 139 note 4 State Papers, For., October I, 1670.
page 139 note 5 Ibid.
page 140 note 1 State Papers, For., October II, 1670.
page 140 note 2 Mignet, iii. 230.
page 140 note 3 Ibid. iii. 232.
page 140 note 4 Ibid. iii. 240.
page 140 note 5 State Papers, For., October 16 and November 29, 1670.
page 141 note 1 Mignet, iii. 241.
page 141 note 2 Ibid. iii. 270.
page 141 note 3 Ibid. iii. 284.
page 141 note 4 State Papers, For., January 4, 1671.
page 141 note 5 Ibid. January 18, 1671.
page 141 note 6 Ibid. April 11, 1671.
page 142 note 1 State Papers, For., July 25, 1671.
page 142 note 2 Mignet, iii. 628, 629.
page 142 note 3 Ibid. iii. 633.
page 142 note 4 Ibid. iii. 633.
page 142 note 5 Ibid. iii. 633.
page 142 note 6 Ibid. iii. 633.
page 143 note 1 Mignet, iii. 653, 654.
page 143 note 2 Montagu-Arlington Correspondence, p. 502.
page 143 note 3 Ibid. December 15, 1671, p. 507.
page 143 note 4 Mignet, iii. 654, 655.
page 144 note 1 State Papers, France, December 24, 1671.
page 144 note 2 Ibid. December 19, 1671.
page 144 note 3 Mignet, iii. 663.
page 144 note 4 State Papers, For., December 26, 1671.
page 144 note 5 Mignet, iii. 671.
page 145 note 1 Mignet, iii. 672.
page 145 note 2 Ibid. iii. 675.
page 145 note 3 Ibid. iii. 677.
page 145 note 4 State Papers, France, February 6, 1672.
page 145 note 5 Ibid. January 2, 1672.
page 146 note 1 State Papers, France, February 27, 1672.
page 146 note 2 Ibid. February 6, 1672.
page 146 note 3 Montagu-Arlington Con espondence, p. 515. The statement as to the practice of the English Admiralty is correct, and is an interesting confirmation of official tradition.
page 146 note 4 State Papers, France, April 6, 1672.
page 146 note 5 Ibid. April 9, 1672.
page 146 note 6 Ibid. April 9, 1672.
page 147 note 1 State Papers, France, April 23, 1672.
page 147 note 2 Mignet, iii. 703.
page 147 note 3 State Papers, France, August 6, 1672.
page 147 note 4 Ibid. August 5, 1673.
page 147 note 5 Ibid. August 30, 1673.
page 147 note 6 Ibid. September 20, 1673.
page 148 note 1 State Papers, France, October 7, 1673.
page 148 note 2 Ibid. December 24, 1673.
page 148 note 3 Mignet, iv. 141.
page 148 note 4 Ibid. iv. 139.
page 149 note 1 Mignet, iv. 141.
page 149 note 2 State Papers, France, July 15, 1673.
page 149 note 3 Mignet, iv. 147.
page 149 note 4 Ibid. iv. 153.
page 149 note 5 State Papers, France, February 14½24, 1674.
page 149 note 6 Ibid. February 20, 1674.
page 149 note 7 Ibid. February 14, 1674.
page 149 note 8 It may be noted in this connection that French historical students have been much interested of late years in this romantic episode, and the result of exhaustive researches amongst the State Papers and criminal archives in Paris was published in the Revue hebdomadaire, Dec. 1898 to Jan. 1899. Curiously enough, the subject was being investigated at exactly the same time in this country, and a long article appeared in the Athenceum, Feb. 4,1899, based upon Perwich's narrative and the reports of his agents. From these published narratives it would appear that the information supplied by Perwich's despatches is better than that which is to be found in the French archives.
page 150 note 1 State Papers, France, January 23, 1675.