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Pw2Hy - Papers of the Harley Family, 1602-1738, in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection
Document Reference
Pw2 Hy 806
Title
Incomplete draft of copies of letters from [U. Moyne, to Robert Harley, later 1st Earl of Oxford]; n.d. [12 Apr. 1705]
Date
12 April 1705 (c)
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Discusses his case in detail; discusses the contents of a packet from France which included orders in the hand of the King of France; requests financial assistance as he is without funds and is to 'be here buried alive'; comments that the [parliamentary] committee did not think it worth their while to make a 'serious business' of his situation.
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
crimes, espionage
parliamentary business, committees, U. Moyne
charity, requests for
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA432
Louis XIV (1638-1715); King of France; (the Sun King)
1638-1715
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
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