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Folio 33: John Methuen to Earl of Nottingham. Problem of the ships' passes and Portuguese...

SP 89/17/19 | Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. John Methuen. | Folio 33: John Methuen to Earl of Nottingham. Problem of the ships' passes and Portuguese claims to `free ship, free goods', and growth of their trade as neutrals. Movements of the French Fleet at Lagos Bay and the strict discipline maintained by De Tourville. Hisconfidential interviews with Pedro II, and endeavours to persuade him to make a defensive alliance with France, or join the Alliance against France. Date and place: 1693 June 17/27 Lisbon.

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