Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 573
Title	Letter from Elizabeth Edwards, to Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford]; 19 Feb. 1705/6
Date	19 February 1706
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	States that her sister and her five children are in dire straits following the 'folly and madness of my brother' [the publication of the 'Memorial of the Church of England' by David Edwards; refers to a warrant she has for money which needs the Queen's signature; begs Harley to 'not remember the injury don' to him in this matter and to assist them. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	royalty, authority
	publications, seditious literature, 'Memorial of the Church of England'
	patronage, requests for

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29329	Edwards; David (fl 1703-1706); Jacobite; printed a seditious memorial of the Church of England; brother of Thomas Edwards	fl 1703-1706
NA29328	Edwards; Elizabeth (fl 1703-1706); -; sister of David and Thomas Edwards	fl 1703-1706
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724