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Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… of other people." Sampson, whose real name was Antonio de Escobar, was a Portuguese spy living in Paris, ostensibly …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… provide for him in Paris." Sampson or Sanson (Antonio de Escobar) was a Portuguese agent in France, ostensibly …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… from Sampson (the Portuguese spy in Paris, Antonio de Escobar) asking for a good grant in aid, and Mendoza … and other nobles were killed. This is ratified (?) by Escobar and Stafford, who say that if they go with so strong … traitor, which latter is quite likely. His references to Escobar and Stafford, who were both in Spanish pay, must have …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… Edward Perrin commands the four men- of-war. Antonio de Escobar tells me that he hopes to God that Don Antonio will, … who is at Rouen. He has received them from Antonio de Escobar Don Antonio's agent, who has returned from England 32 … but whoever he was he seems to have had no idea that Escobar, the Pretender's principal man in France (at that …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… trick, namely, telling me that Guadagni had written to Escobar, Don Antonio's agent here, telling him to go to … Mendoza this piece of news he was, of course, unaware that Escobar (Sampson) was like himself, in the pay of Spain. In …