The Parliamentary Or Constitutional History of England;: Being a Faithful Account of All the Most Remarkable Transactions in Parliament, from the Earliest Times. Collected from the Journals of Both Houses, the Records, ...Printed; and sold by Thomas Osborne, ... and William Sandby, 1753 |
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... tion of Matters , yet they give great Light into many confiderable Debates as far as 1648. At this Period alfo Mr. Rushworth leaves us . SIR Philip Warwick's Memoirs of the Reign of King Charles I. are chiefly calcu- lated as a general ...
... tion of Matters , yet they give great Light into many confiderable Debates as far as 1648. At this Period alfo Mr. Rushworth leaves us . SIR Philip Warwick's Memoirs of the Reign of King Charles I. are chiefly calcu- lated as a general ...
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... tion , and fome Hiftorical Diftinctions tend- ing to point out what Side the respective Members adhered to in these Disputes : So that , as the Work itfelf is a Hiftory of the Proceedings of Parliament , this Part of it may " may , in ...
... tion , and fome Hiftorical Diftinctions tend- ing to point out what Side the respective Members adhered to in these Disputes : So that , as the Work itfelf is a Hiftory of the Proceedings of Parliament , this Part of it may " may , in ...
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... tion or Anti - Parliament . From their Proceedings , printed there by Leonard Litchfield , with the King's Authority . < s . The Members imprisoned or fecluded , as well as thofe that were feiz'd on by the Army , Dec. 6 , 1648 , after ...
... tion or Anti - Parliament . From their Proceedings , printed there by Leonard Litchfield , with the King's Authority . < s . The Members imprisoned or fecluded , as well as thofe that were feiz'd on by the Army , Dec. 6 , 1648 , after ...
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... tion for Malden . • Sir Ralph Siddenham , Knt . disabled Sep. 29 , 1642. w . i . Feb. 9 , 1646 . s . Lionel Copley , Efq ; difabled Sep. 9 , 1647 , and committed to the Tower , for comply- ing with the Proceedings of the Members in the ...
... tion for Malden . • Sir Ralph Siddenham , Knt . disabled Sep. 29 , 1642. w . i . Feb. 9 , 1646 . s . Lionel Copley , Efq ; difabled Sep. 9 , 1647 , and committed to the Tower , for comply- ing with the Proceedings of the Members in the ...
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... tion declared void , but rechofe . The for- mer difabled by Vote . w . i . Sep. 1 , and 23 , 1645 , the Mayor having neglected to o- bey the firft Writ . s . Thomas Gell , Efq ; 1640 . · Wife , Efq ; deceas'd . w . i . March 20 ...
... tion declared void , but rechofe . The for- mer difabled by Vote . w . i . Sep. 1 , and 23 , 1645 , the Mayor having neglected to o- bey the firft Writ . s . Thomas Gell , Efq ; 1640 . · Wife , Efq ; deceas'd . w . i . March 20 ...
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