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Catalogue description Board of Trade: Tangier Original Correspondence, etc.
| Reference: | CO 279 |
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| Title: | Board of Trade: Tangier Original Correspondence, etc. |
| Description: |
This series contains original correspondence relating to Tangier. Includes entry books and local records sent to London when Tangier was abandoned in 1684, including the court books of the Court Merchant and of the Courts of Record and Sessions, local notarial documents, and similar material. |
| Date: | 1661-1735 |
| Related material: |
additional finding aid ZBOX 1/65/4 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 49 volume(s) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Tangier was ceded by Portugal to England in 1661 as part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza, Charles II's Portuguese wife. From 1661 to 1684 it was under a British governor, who had legislative authority and was at the head of a military administration until 1668 when a charter of incorporation established an elective council, headed by a mayor and aldermen. The English left Tangier in 1684. |
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