SKELTON, BEVIL [SSNE 1431]

Surname

SKELTON

First name

BEVIL, BEWILL

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

GENTRY

Religion

CATHOLIC

Text source

Skelton undertook a mission to the Imperial Court in 1676 and was an accredited ambassador to various German Courts, the Dutch Republic and the Hanse towns between 1681-1685. He undertook a visit to Denmark in the spring of 1684 and received an audience on the 28th of May

Public Records Office, SP/80/13-16, SP/82/16, SP/104/56-58 & 190; Hamburg Staatsarchiv, 177/2b 'Diplomatenlisten' I, p.43; L. Bittner and L. Gross, Reportorium der diplomatischen vertreter aller lander, vol. 1, 1648-1715 (Oldenburg and Berlin, 1936), pp.181-204; G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990), passim.

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, VIENNA [IMPERIAL COURT]

Arrived 1675-12-29

Departed 1681-01-24

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, HANNOVER

Arrived 1681-10-01

Departed 1681-12-31

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, BRUNSWICK

Arrived 1682-01-30

Departed 1682-01-31

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, HAMBURG

Arrived 1682-02-01

Departed 1682-02-15

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, LUBECK

Arrived 1682-02-16

Departed 1682-03-31

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, SAXONY

Arrived 1682-02-28

Departed 1686-04-30

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, DENMARK-NORWAY

Arrived 1684-04-01

Departed 1684-06-01

Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC

Arrived 1685-03-16

Departed 1686-10-17

Capacity AMBASSADOR EX., purpose DIPLOMACY