Journal of the House of Lords, 1685 May 19 - 1687 Apr 28.

1 v. ( p.) ; 30 cm.

English

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Manuscript, in a single secretary hand, of a chronological journal of proceedings in the House of Lords, including bills, resolutions, committee appointments, and orders of the house. Many of the entries contain lists of lords who have taken the oaths of supremacy and who support the ban on Catholics taking seats in Parliament. The volume also records committees established to consider the situation of minors marrying without their parents' consent and to discuss a bill granting the king an imposition on wine and vinegar. Elsewhere, the House of Lords considers a bill from the House of Commons concerning an act for better suppressing peddlers, hawkers, and petty chapmen. The manuscript also contains numerous petitions, including one from woolcard makers and shoemakers concerning a proposed act for exporting leather; and the petition of Henry Booth, Earl of Warrington, a prisoner in the Tower for high treason, to establish his innocence.

April 09, 2009

James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.