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Parliamentary history

Sources relating to proceedings and legislation in the two Houses of Parliament at Westminster.

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House of Lords, Journal (23)

The official record of proceedings in the House (1509-1717, 1832-4).
2

House of Commons, Journal (13)

The official record of the House. Includes volumes 1-12 (1547-1699) & 85 (1830).
3

House of Commons, Debates (Grey) (10)

Debates (1667-94), collected by the Hon. Anchitell Grey, MP (10 vols).
4

Thomas Burton's Diary (4)

The parliamentary diary of Thomas Burton, MP for Westmorland (1653-59).
5

The Journals of all the Parliaments during the reign of Queen Elizabeth

Includes very detailed accounts of debates in both houses of Parliament from 1559 until 1601. Collected by Sir Simonds d'Ewes, knight and baronet of Stow Hall in Suffolk, they were revised and published in 1682 by his nephew, the lawyer and antiquary Paul Bowes.
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Historical Collections:
or, An exact Account of the Proceedings of the Four last Parliaments of Q. Elizabeth

Details debates in both Houses of Parliament from 1589 until 1601. Collected by the Shropshire MP Heywood Townshend, they were first published in 1680.
7

House of Commons, History and Proceedings of (Chandler) (10)

Extensive verbatim accounts of Commons debates, 1660-1739, in 10 volumes.
8

Roger Whitley's Diary 1684-1697
Bodleian Library, MS Eng Hist c 711

Diary of a Cheshire gentleman, Whig Member of Parliament for Chester in 1689-97 and landholder in Wales, covering a period in which he steered a difficult political course. Michael Stevens' transcription is published by permission of the Bodleian Library.
9

Committees for Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts
Minutes 1786-90 and 1827-8

The minutes of two committees of London Dissenters (ministers and laymen) for the repeal of these two Acts, the second of which was eventually successful. From MSS in the Guildhall Library, reproduced by permission of the London Record Society.
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London Politics 1713-1717
Minutes of a Whig club 1714-1717, London Pollbooks 1713

The minutes of a Whig political club in the City of London, from a MS in the Guildhall Library. The Pollbooks record the voters in the General Election for London of 1713, (MS: Dr Jeremy Mitchell.) By permission of the London Record Society.


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