Articles of impeachment of high-treason and misdemeanors, against Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. July 9. 1715 : With his Lordship's answer, paragraph by paragraph. To which is added, A short state of the late war and peace
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Type of record: Book
Title: Articles of impeachment of high-treason and misdemeanors, against Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. July 9. 1715 : With his Lordship's answer, paragraph by paragraph. To which is added, A short state of the late war and peace
Classmark: Modern History P-7.5/HAR
Creator(s): Oxford, Robert Harley Earl of (1661-1724)
Additional creator(s): Roberts, James (1754) (Other); Dod, Anne (fl.1726-1743) (Other); Nutt, Edward (fl.1725-1730) (Other); Blandford, N (fl.1726-1730) (Other); Great Britain. Parliament (Other)
Related people: Oxford, Robert Harley, Earl of, 1661-1724; Roberts, James; Dod, Anne; Nutt, Edward; Blandford, N
Publisher: Printed for J. Roberts... A. Dodd ... E. Nutt ... [etc.]
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1727
Language: English
Size and medium: [2], 1-96, 81-88, 105-165, [1]p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/207087
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010481079705181
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Below imprint: (Price Two Shillings and Six Pence.) -- Articles and answers are in parallel columns.
Most of the articles of impeachment presented by Commons concerned Harley's conduct regarding the Treaty of Utrecht; the final (16th) article accused him of abusing his influence with the Queen by creating the twelve peers. Six additional articles accused him of giving evil advice to the Queen and favoring the Pretender. --cf. DNB.
Press figures: "2" p.22,47,54,61, 69,78,84,p2s82,124,136,142,151; "1" p.92,108.
Indexed in: ESTC t145145.
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