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An Account of his Excellence Roger Earl of Castlemaine's Embassy, from his Sacred Majesty James the IID. King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland &. To His Holiness Innocent XI.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2011

Margery Corbett
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The historical circumstances of Lord Castlemaine's embassy are well known. James II, as the Roman Catholic monarch of Britain, wished to pay his respects to the Pope, Innocent XI, and to secure a papal ambassadorial representative to his kingdom. There must have been further urgent requests of a political nature. He sent Lord Castlemaine as ambassador, the husband of Barbara Villiers. The Pope was made anxious by the close ties of James with Louis XIV and was not eager to receive him; a private audience at the Vatican was granted on 19 April 1686 not long after his arrival. The public entry, postponed owing to the indisposition of the Pope, did not take place until 8 January 1687.

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 70 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 117 - 120
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1990

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14 All references are to the English edition unless otherwise stated. Th e figures on the full page illustrations wer e inserted by the engraver. Preface.

15 Ragguaglio delta solenne comparsa Fatta in Roma gli otto do gennaio MDCLXXXVII dall' illu-strissimo … Conte de Castlemaine Ambasciadore straordinario… di Giacomo secondo Re' d'Inghilterra … alla same sede Apostolica, … all' udienza della santità … Papa Innocenze undecimo.

16 Preface.

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21 Figs. 3,4,5.

22 33ff.

23 49, 48.

24 Figs. 6, 7, 8.

25 70.

26 83.

27 Figs. 1 and 2.

28 24ff.

29 27.

30 Italian edition, 37.

31 48ff.

32 Fig. 9.

33 54.

34 Figs. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

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36 Fig. 10.

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39 Ibid., 164.

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