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- [1660]-1781. (Creation)
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1 folder (50 items)
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Petitions and cases, dated between 1660 and 1781, presented to the monarch, the House of Commons, the House of Lords, parliamentary committees or individual politicians by prominent public figures, town corporations, local officials, private landowners and tradesmen. Most are in connection with political crimes, religious abuses, government legislation, taxation on trades, borough election rights, navigation and drainage, personal hardship and private bills for establishing titles or implementing family settlements. Items relating to Wales concern the abolition of the Court of the Council in the Marches of Wales, 1689, the Rectory of Llandinam [c. 1695] and revenue from crown lands, 1779. Petitioners or appellants include Major General Harrison and the other Regicides [1660], Lord Bristol, 1663, the Duke of Grafton [c. 1674], Edward Larkin [c. 1688?], Titus Oates, 1689, Thomas Price [of Plas Iolyn] 1690, a door-keeper of the House of Commons [1695?], 'One of Queen Elizabeth 's Shillings', 1696, the Covenanters to the Earl of Essex [18th cent. copy], Henry Earl of Lincoln [c. 1767], and the Duke of Ancaster, 1781.
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Preferred citation: TG1/4.