The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660

At the Charendon Press, 1889 - Constitutional history - 376 pages

The Clerical Disabilities Act 40 The Impressment	xxxix

PART I	1

The Remonstrance against Tonnage and Poundage	5

The Kings Speech at the Prorogation of Parliament at the end of the Session of 1628	8

The Kings Declaration prefixed to the Articles of Religion	9

Resolutions on Religion drawn by a SubCommittee of the House of Commons II	11

Petition of Twelve Peers for the summoning of	15

Protestation of the House of Commons	16

Oxford and subsequently discussed at the Treaty of Uxbridge	193

The Kings Propositions to be discussed at Uxbridge	204

The Selfdenying Ordinance	205

The Negative Oath	206

Order of the two Houses for taking away the Court of Wards	207

The Propositions of the Houses sent to the King at Newcastle	208

The Kings first answer to the Propositions presented at New	223

by the leading Presbyterians and a small number of the Independents and forwarded by the French Ambassador to Cardinal Mazarin to be laid before...	226

The Kings Declaration showing the causes of the late Dis solution	17

The Declaration of Sports	31

Act of the Privy Council on the position of the Communion Table at St Gregorys	35

Specimen of the first Writ of Shipmoney	37

The Kings Case laid before the Judges with their Answer	40

Extracts from the Speech of Oliver St John in the Ship money Case	41

The Declaration of the Houses on Church Reform	42

The Kings Proclamation condemning the Militia Ordinance	43

The Nineteen Propositions sent by the two Houses of Parlia ment to the King at York	44

Declaration of the Houses in Defence of the Militia Ordinance	45

Extracts from the Argument of Sir Robert Berkeley Justice of the Kings Bench	46

The Votes of the Houses for raising an Army	47

The Scottish National Covenant	54

Suggested answer to the Propositions drawn up for the King	60

The Triennial	74

The Protestation	84

The Ten Propositions	91

Act for the Abolition of the Court of Star Chamber	106

Act for the Abolition of the Court of High Commission	112

Act prohibiting the exaction of Knighthood Fines	121

The Grand Remonstrance	127

127	146

166	149

175	150

181	151

The Kings Proclamation on Religion	154

PART III	182

The Solemn League and Covenant	187

Kingdoms	190

An Ordinance appointing the Second Committee of both Kingdoms	192

The Kings third answer to the Propositions presented at Newcastle	227

The Heads of the Proposals offered by the Army	232

The Kings answer to the Propositions of Parliament	241

Letter of Charles I to the Speaker of the House of Lords	243

The Four Bills with the Propositions accompanying them	248

The Engagement between the King and the Scots	259

castle	264

The Kings reply to the Four Bills and the accompanying Propositions	265

The Vote of No Addresses	267

The Ordinance erecting a High Court of Justice for the Kings Trial	268

The Agreement of the People	270

The Charge against the King	282

The Kings reasons for declining the jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice	284

The sentence of the High Court of Justice upon the King	287

The Death Warrant of Charles I	290

PART IV	291

Engagement taken by the members of the Council of State	293

Act abolishing the office of King	294

Act abolishing the House of Lords	296

Act declaring England to be a free Commonwealth	297

Engagement to be taken by all men of the age of eighteen	298

Act repealing several clauses in Statutes imposing penalties	300

Declaration of the Lord General and the Council on the disso	308

The Instrument of Government	314

An Ordinance by the Protector for the Union of England	325

An Ordinance by the Protector for Elections in Ireland	332

The Additional Petition and Advice	345

The Declaration of Breda	351

The Kings second answer to the Propositions presented at Newcastle	375

Title	The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660
Author	Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Editor	Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Edition	3
Publisher	At the Charendon Press, 1889
Original from	the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized	20 Jan 2017
Length	376 pages

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