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Harley MS 770

Record Id:
040-002046599
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
040-002046599
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000652.0x000114
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 770
Title:

Extracts from the Journal of the House of Commons, 1689

Scope & Content:

Folio manuscript volume containing extracts copied from the Journal of House of Commons, 1689.

Contents:

  • ff. 1-2v: Articles 4 and 5, followed by separate articles, of the Treaty between England and Holland concluded at Westminster on 3 March 1677. 26 March 1689.
  • ff. 3-17v: Reports from committees; concerning the heads of the exceptions to the Bill of Indemnity; concerning the cases of prisoners in the tower, Mr Graham, Mr Burton, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Sir Robert Wright and Sir Thomas Jenner. 23 May 1689.
  • ff. 18-19: Names of the commissioners appointed by the 5 Ecclesiastical Commissions of King James II. 4 June 1689.
  • ff. 19v-23: Report from the committee appointed to inspect the Lords Journal, concerning the affirmation of the judgement against Titus Oates. 11 June 1689.
  • ff. 23v-25v: Copy of the commitment of the seven bishops who were put on trial for their opposition to the Declaration of Indulgence issued by King James II. 18 June 1689.
  • ff. 26-28v: Report of the case of Mr Samuel Johnson, and an instruction given in drawing the Bill for reversing the judgement, to declare the proceedings in the ecclesiastical court against him void, and that he be recommended to the King for preferment. 24 June 1689.
  • ff. 29-31v: Report of the reasons to be offered at a conference with the House of Lords upon the Bill for reversing the judgement against Titus Oates. 22 July 1689.
  • ff. 32-34: Report of the said conference with the House of Lords. 26 July 1689.
  • ff. 35-40v: Report from the committee appointed to collect out of the books and proclamations relating to the customs and excise, saying what they considered necessary relating to the collecting of the customs and excise between the death of King Charles II and the Parliament held in the time of King James II [1685]. 25 July 1689.
  • ff. 41-63: Report of the free-conference had with the House of Lords concerning the amendments proposed by the Lords to the Bill for reversing two judgements given in the court of the King's Bench against Titus Oates. 2 August 1689.
  • ff. 63v-68v Report, upon inspection of the journals of both Houses, concerning proceedings upon conferences and free-conferences. 6 August 1689.
  • ff. 68v-73: Reasons drawn up by the committee, for a conference with the House of Lords, for setting up a method of proceedings between the two Houses upon conferences and free-conferences. As well as some business referring to Titus Oates. 13 August 1689.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Harley Collection
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002045828
040-002046599
Is part of:
Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

 

Harley MS 770 : Extracts from the Journal of the House of Commons, 1689
Hierarchy:
032-002045828[0770]/040-002046599
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 volume
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1684
End Date:
1694
Date Range:
c 1689
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 325 x 205 mm.

Foliation: 73 folios (folios 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 are out of order).

Binding: Post-1600 binding.

Custodial History:

Provenance:

This manuscript previously belonged to Edward Stillingfleet.

The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (1689-1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.

Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (1694-1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.

Finding Aids:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), Volume I

Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A study of the sources of the Harleian collection of manuscripts preserved in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), pp. 316-318

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Oates, Titus, perjurer