The Eighteenth-centur Constitution 1688-1815CUP Archive |
Contents
THE REVOLUTION | 1 |
The invitation to William 1688 | 8 |
Williams declaration 1688 | 10 |
Declaration of the peers at Guildhall 1688 | 16 |
William summons an assembly 1688 | 17 |
The address of the assembly 1688 | 18 |
The succession question 1689 | 20 |
William and the Crown 1689 | 26 |
Standing Order No 66 1713 | 251 |
ISI Standing Order No 67 1707 | 252 |
Arthur Onslow as Speaker | 253 |
The Speakers salary 1790 | 254 |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 256 |
Interdependence of local and central government 1754 | 258 |
The Parish | 259 |
A churchwardens accounts 1765 | 261 |
The convention declares itself a parliament 1689 | 33 |
Mutiny Act 1689 | 34 |
Coronation oaths old and new 1685 and 1689 | 36 |
Those who must take the new oaths 1689 | 39 |
Toleration Act 1689 | 42 |
Legalisation of the Acts of the convention 1690 | 46 |
The Sacheverell Clause 1690 | 47 |
Triennial Act 1694 | 49 |
Civil List Act 1697 | 50 |
Trial of Treasons Act 1696 | 53 |
Act of Settlement 1701 | 56 |
Williams opinions 168890 | 60 |
William III and the parties 1693 | 64 |
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT | 67 |
Blackstone on the constitution 1765 | 74 |
Hume on the necessity of influence 1741 | 75 |
The evils of influence in ministers hands 1761 | 76 |
The evils of influence in the kings hands 1776 | 77 |
George II and electioneering 1754 | 78 |
Walpoles advice on managing George II 1743 | 79 |
George II and ministerial appointments 1750 | 81 |
Joint resignation of the Pelhams 1746 | 83 |
Royal veto on promotion for Pitt 1754 | 84 |
The Patriot King 1752 | 85 |
Lord Dartmouths notes 1710 | 113 |
A divided cabinet 1779 | 119 |
George III and the Prime Minister 1764 | 131 |
Electoral influence of the Lords 1719 | 137 |
a critics view 1758 | 139 |
The government interest 1734 | 141 |
A patron seeks a candidate 1775 | 143 |
a peerage 1813 I | 144 |
A patrons interest on his capital 1810 | 145 |
A candidate seeks a patron 1714 14 | 146 |
A member achieves independence 1812 14 | 147 |
Newcastle 1733 14 | 148 |
8 | 150 |
The Prince of Wales buys Old Sarum 1749 | 151 |
the Constituencies | 152 |
Tregony c 100 votes 1696 | 154 |
17 | 155 |
Abingdon c 250 votes 1699 | 157 |
Abingdon c 250 votes 1796 | 158 |
Carlisle 450 votes 1712 | 160 |
Bury St Edmunds 37 votes 171825 | 166 |
Boroughbridge c 70 votes 1711 | 168 |
Appleby c 100 votes 1802 | 169 |
Sussex 1740 | 170 |
Bedfordshire 1753 | 172 |
Parties | 173 |
The independent members 1781 | 176 |
State of the parties 1706 | 177 |
A nonparty civil servant 1788 | 178 |
Treaty of alliance between the Prince of Wales and the Tories 1747 | 180 |
Bolingbroke appeals for nonparty government 1727 | 182 |
Hervey on the state of the parties 1727 | 183 |
Douglas regards party distinctions as merely nominal 1761 | 185 |
Burkes defence of party 1770 | 186 |
18 | 188 |
The Septennial Act 1716 | 189 |
Excisemen 1700 | 190 |
Customsmen 1700 | 191 |
Property qualifications for M P s 1710 | 192 |
Last Determinations Act 1729 | 193 |
Grenville Committees Act 1770 | 195 |
Crewes Act 1782 page | 198 |
government contractors 1782 | 200 |
Curwens Act 1809 | 206 |
Effect of Curwens Act 1812 | 208 |
Junius to the Duke of Grafton 1769 | 209 |
The Association Movement 1780 | 213 |
Speech of John Wilkes in favour of parliamentary reform 1776 | 215 |
Speech and resolutions of Pitt in favour of parliamentary reform 1783 | 218 |
Privilege | 221 |
137 | 222 |
Holts judgement 1702 | 224 |
House of Lords reversal of Queens Bench decision 1704 | 226 |
resolutions of the House of Lords 1704 | 227 |
Patys Case 1704 | 228 |
Pratt discharges Wilkes 1763 | 232 |
resolutions of the House of Commons 17634 | 233 |
resolution and protest in the House of Lords 1763 | 235 |
Act allowing civil suits against members and their servants at any time 1770 | 238 |
resolutions of the House of Commons 1769 | 239 |
Lords protest 1770 | 242 |
resolutions expunged from the Journals 1782 | 244 |
to arrest Brass Crosby 1771 | 245 |
Speaker recognises newswriters 1803 | 248 |
Procedure | 249 |
Parliamentary rules of procedure | 250 |
Vestry minutes 1737 | 262 |
Vestry minutes 1801 page | 263 |
Removal certificate 1790 | 264 |
Settlement certificate 1717 | 265 |
A Highways Act 1691 | 266 |
High and petty constables 1797 | 269 |
The office and duties of the beadle 1779 | 270 |
Vestry byelaws 1762 | 271 |
A joint workhouse for three parishes 1803 | 272 |
an efficient open vestry 1802 | 275 |
20 | 278 |
The County | 279 |
The Lord Lieutenant 1690 | 281 |
Deputylieutenant and High Constable 1745 | 282 |
Grand Jury presentment of a bridge 1748 | 286 |
a highway rate ordered 1713 | 287 |
26 | 288 |
a form for conviction of drunkenness | 289 |
Act of 1739 | 290 |
a form for an alehouse licence | 293 |
contract for transporting convicts 1788 | 294 |
committee appointed to audit the County Treasurers accounts 1709 | 295 |
The Speenhamland Resolutions 1795 | 296 |
Act establishing public offices and stipendiary magistrates in the Metro polis 1792 | 297 |
The Manor | 299 |
The courtbaron of Chipping Norton 1764 | 300 |
The courtleet of Manchester 1734 and 1805 | 302 |
The Borough | 304 |
Common Field Regulations 1800 | 305 |
appointment of bellmen 1706 | 306 |
Oligarchical government in Bristol 1755 | 307 |
improvements 1747 | 308 |
An aldermans charge to the Inquest of the Ward | 310 |
Common Hall address to George III 1770 | 311 |
Ad Hoc Bodies page | 313 |
Incorporated Guardians of the Poor 1711 | 314 |
Turnpike Trust 1738 | 316 |
justices acquire special powers over bridges 1758 | 318 |
Improvement Commissioners 1765 | 319 |
voluntary association for military training 1780 | 323 |
THE CHURCH | 325 |
AntiCatholic legislation 1700 | 331 |
Lax administration of Penal Laws 1710 | 340 |
Indemnity Act 1727 | 341 |
Catholic Relief Act 1778 | 343 |
Dissenters Relief Act 1779 | 345 |
Lord Cowpers advice to George I on ecclesiastical administration 1714 | 351 |
The Duke of Newcastle as Ecclesiastical Minister 1754 | 353 |
The career of Bishop Hoadly | 355 |
The career of Bishop Watson 1782 | 356 |
Bishops in the House of Lords | 357 |
The Archbishop of Canterburys proxy 1734 | 358 |
Hoadly as Whig pamphleteer 1709 | 359 |
The clergy and parliamentary elections 1733 | 360 |
The Duke of Newcastle receives a testimonial 1760 | 361 |
The Duke of Newcastle turns down an application 1760 | 362 |
a conscientious prelate | 363 |
Confirmation 1722 | 366 |
a conscientious parson 1766 | 367 |
Pluralism and nonresidence 1808 | 369 |
Ecclesiastical patronage 1760 | 370 |
The fashionable clergy | 371 |
Absentee clergy and stipendiary curates 1803 | 372 |
Poverty among curates 1810 | 373 |
Wesley defends itinerant preaching 1739 | 374 |
Whitefield and the Kingswood colliers 1739 | 375 |
Bishop Gibson on the Methodists 1744 | 376 |
A sermon by Tillotson | 378 |
defended by Charles Simeon 1813 | 381 |
criticised by Bishop Randolph 1810 | 382 |
Blackstone on the independent judiciary | 384 |
the General Warrant 1763 | 390 |
Liberty of the Press | 397 |
Libel Act 1792 | 407 |
33 | 409 |
The Riot Act 1715 | 414 |
Loughboroughs judgement 1792 | 420 |
34 | 425 |
36 | 426 |
39 | 431 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 432 |
42 | 433 |
Parliament ch 3 | 438 |
46 | 440 |
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Common terms and phrases
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