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Folio 196. A printed petition urging the King [James II] to call a parliament, considering...

Catalogue reference: SP 31/4/101

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SP 31/4/101
Date
1688 Nov 17
Description

Folio 196. A printed petition urging the King [James II] to call a parliament, considering the 'miseries of a war now breaking forth in the bowels of this your Kingdom'. Signed by: W [William Sancroft, Archbishop of] Cant [Canterbury]; [Duke of] Ormond; [Duke of] Dorset; [Earl of] Clare; [Earl of] Clarendon; [Earl of] Burlington; [Earl of] Anglesey; [Earl of] Rochester; [Earl of] Newport; nom Ebor [Thomas Lamplugh, Archbishop of York]; W [William Lloyd, Bishop of] Asaph; Fran [Francis Turner, Bishop of] Ely; Tho [Thomas Sprat, Bishop of] Roffen [Rochester, Kent]; T [Thomas White, Bishop of] Petriburg [Peterborough]; T [Timothy Hall, Bishop of] Oxon [Oxford]; [?Lord] Paget; [?Lord] Chandois; and [?Lord] Osulston.

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Language
English
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