BRADSHAW, RICHARD [SSNE 1422]
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Richard Bradshaw served as the resident in northern Germany for the English Parliament between 1650-1657 based variously in Hamburg and Bremen. From there he undertook missions to Denmark and Courland while stationed at Hamburg as a representative of the English Commonwealth. Bradshaw's mission to Courland was actually part of a mission to Russia, but the Russians refused his entry since they refused to deal with regicides. there are 3 letters dated Riga in 1657 and one dated Hamburg 1658 from Bradshaw to King Karl X Gustav of Sweden.L. Bittner and L. Gross, Reportorium der diplomatischen vertreter aller lander, vol. 1, 1648-1715 (Oldenburg and Berlin, 1936), pp.183, 190, 196; Swedish Riksarkiv, bref till Konung Karl X Gustaf; Swedish Riksarkiv, Adolf Johans Arkiv i Stegeborgssamlingen, 5 letters from Richard Bradshaw to Duke Johan Adolf, 1657-1658; CSPD, 1650; Bodleian Library Tanner MSS, A letter from him dated 25 December 1652 as ambassor to Denmark written to the English Parliament regarding the detention of Danish ships on the Thames; Hamburg Staatsarchiv, 177/2b 'Diplomatenlisten' I, p.42; G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990); G. P. Herd, 'General Patrick Gordon of Auchluchries - A Scot in Seventeenth Century Russian Service', Ph.D. thesis, Aberdeen, 1994.
Service record
- ENGLAND, HAMBURG, BREMEN, LUBECK
- Arrived 1650-01-30
- Departed 1657-11-01
- Capacity RESIDENT, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, DENMARK-NORWAY
- Arrived 1652-11-09
- Departed 1653-02-10
- Capacity AGENT, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, COURLAND, GROBIN, MEMEL, DANZIG, HAMBURG [RUSSIA ABORTED]
- Arrived 1657-04-12
- Departed 1657-10-31
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY