Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 804
Title	Incomplete draft of letter from [U. Moyne, to Robert Harley, later 1st Earl of Oxford]; n.d. [c.1704-1705]
Date	1704-1705
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Discusses the details of his case; comments on the 'long time I have been confin'd'; wishes to be tried for the crimes of which he is suspected; says that he will accept punishment if found guilty by a court; says that he has been unable to produce an order from the Court of France or provide details of his negotiations in Scotland as neither ever existed; has been told that he could be tried in a Martial Court for entering England without a pass; says that Mr Lewis has calmed his 'troubled mind' somewhat; hopes that he will be allowed to teach as he is now in financial need. Writer has been identified from his hand; the recipient from related correspondence. This document is undated; the date provided is based on that of related documents.
Term	legal cases, U. Moyne
	courts, martial
	crimes, espionage
	crimes, passports, lack of

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29544	Lewis; - (fl 1704); Mr; advised U. Moyne on his legal case	fl 1704
NA29543	Moyne; U. (fl 1704-1705); Monsieur; French; on trial for movement between England and France	fl 1704-1705
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724