He visited Brussels in the hope of gaining support from the Papal nuncio for a scheme for increased tolerance for English Catholics, but nothing came of it, and in 1674 he visited Paris without an official pass, which was later held against him.
He visited Brussels in the hope of gaining support from the Papal nuncio for a scheme for increased tolerance for English Catholics. Nothing came of it. He visited Paris without an official pass. This was in 1674. An official pass was later held against him.