Board of Trade service is a completed colonial-administrative office
Dated 15 May 1696: Board of Trade service is a completed colonial-administrative office. In the causal graph this event strengthens Institutional Corruption, a driver that strengthens Political corruption index — a worsening welfare path.
Read the full account
Shared board. John Locke did not operate this later page as a civil-registry autograph.
Context
Shared institutions, unnamed crews, and later editors remain in the record and do not erase a documented heading.
John Locke Shared work with other named actors remains in the record.
John Locke’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
Conventional 1632–1704.
Why it matters
Shared board.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
John Locke
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.32 · verified
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactBoard of Trade service is a completed colonial-administrative office
- strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
- strengthensIndicators (3)Political corruption index
impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 15 May 1696 · verified
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.34 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.76)
Observed
0.48 score from 0 to 1 · 0.29 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.4 score from 0 to 1 to 0.48 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = worse
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.28 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.62)
Observed
56.1 Score · 13.7 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: fell from 57 Score to 56.1 Score.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.5)
Observed
42.5 index score (0-100) · 7.53 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — John LockeEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.The National Archives — Tudor plague and public order contextThe National Archives · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
John Locke did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorJohn Locke
- contributed toFactBoard of Trade service is a completed colonial-administrative office
- strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
- strengthensIndicatorPolitical corruption index
Cite this page
Factrail. (2026). Board of Trade service is a completed colonial-administrative office. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/jlk-board-of-trade
https://factrail.ai/facts/jlk-board-of-trade
Accessed 16 October 2026.
By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed
Dispute this factNamed here, or represent someone who is? Request a right of reply.