Votes of the House of Commons; Perused and Signed to be Printed According to the Order of the House of Commons

WILLIAMS, William

Published by Printed by the Assigns of John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, 1680-81, London and Oxford

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[Numb. 0.] Jovis 210 Octobris 1680 - numb. 62. [sic] Lunae 280 Martii 1681. Issues lack chronological designation; dates are supplied by the text. Pagination and register non-consecutive. A number of speeches, reports, and addresses to the Commons are issued as parts of, or supplements to, the Votes; some were also issued separately. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, later rebacked. Internally clean and crisp. A run of the serially published proceedings and division lists for the Commons in the third parliament of King Charles II. Intended as a daily, the frequency of publication was determined by political activity in the House, the responsibility for which was assigned to the speaker, then lawyer Sir William Williams (1633/4-1700), who was to sign the votes before sending them to the printer. The third parliament is better known as the Exclusion Bill parliament, at which attempts were made to alter the line of monarchical succession to exclude the King's Catholic brother, James Duke of York, in light of the Popish plot and amidst reports of a Catholic uprising in Ireland. Although the Exclusion Bill passed the House of Commons, it failed to secure majority support in the Lords. ESTC P2760. Size: Folio.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Votes of the House of Commons; Perused and Signed to be Printed According to the Order of the House of Commons
• Publisher: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, 1680-81, London and Oxford