| Content Description | Refers to an endeavour designed to suppress 'vice and immorality' and to force the church to be as 'eminent for her Practice, as the purity of Her Doctrine'; refers to efforts designed to better promote the execution of justice; exhibits anti-Catholic sentiment; proposes detailed methods of ensuring that men are not so 'backward in making restitution' in cases of 'fraud, oppression, Breach of Trust'.
This memorandum is undated; the range provided is based on the lifespan of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford; this span has been reduced to 1703 in order to fit the bundle date. |