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Declaration against Buying and Selling of Offices in Court
A discourse cites Her Majesty's declaration that no officer of the Royal Family may buy or sell offices, praising virtue and merit for royal appointments. It condemns Tory and Jacobite influence, urges parliamentary power to remove corrupt ministers, and recalls historical persecutions of favorites under various monarchs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Orange
England
Father Peters
Edward I
Pierce Gaveston
Scarborough Castle
Robert Trefian
Engs
Richard
Blake
Kings Council
Adiddlesex
Middlesex
York
Duke
Ireland
Earl of Suffolk
Robert Howards
Edward
James I
Giles Atoms
Francis Bacon
St. Albans
Tower of London