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Hi Barb,
A loyalty address or oath was normally taken when an individual was being put into an office in the colonial government. Kind of like being sworn in. I don't have one in front of me, but have seen them. The two big items in them were acknowledging the King or Queen as sovereign and the Anglican Church. Often these were required upon obtaining a land patent. That way one couldn't complain when the taxing (civil) and tithing (religious) authorities taxed your land and ordered you to pay up. It also assured the govenment that the land owning class was loyal. For officials like judges and militia officers and sheriffs and constables, much the same reasoning applys. They were also required to post a bond for their office.
John
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