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The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660 [1906] The Online Library of Liberty A Project Of Liberty Fund, Inc. Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660 [1906] The Online Library Of Liberty This E-Book (PDF format) is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, non-profit, educational foundation established in 1960 to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. 2010 was the 50th anniversary year of the founding of Liberty Fund. It is part of the Online Library of Liberty web site http://oll.libertyfund.org, which was established in 2004 in order to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. To find out more about the author or title, to use the site's powerful search engine, to see other titles in other formats (HTML, facsimile PDF), or to make use of the hundreds of essays, educational aids, and study guides, please visit the OLL web site. 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Editor: Samuel Rawson Gardiner About This Title: A collection of constitutional documents from the English Revolution of the mid-17th century. They include parliamentary speeches, letters and declarations by the monarch, legal proceedings, and other documents. They are preceded by a lengthy scholarly introduction which places them in their historical context. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 2 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1434 Online Library of Liberty: The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660 About Liberty Fund: Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. Copyright Information: The text is in the public domain. Fair Use Statement: This material is put online to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. Unless otherwise stated in the Copyright Information section above, this material may be used freely for educational and academic purposes. It may not be used in any way for profit. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 3 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1434 Online Library of Liberty: The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660 Table Of Contents Preface to the Second Edition Introduction I.: To the Meeting of the Third Parliament of Charles I. [—— 1628.] II.: From the Meeting of the Third Parliament of Charles I to the Meeting of the Long Parliament. [1628-1640.] III.: From the Meeting of the Long Parliament to the Outbreak of the Civil War. [1640-1642.] IV.: From the Outbreak of the Civil War to the Execution of the King. [1642-1649.] V.: The Commonwealth and Protectorate. [1649—1660.] Part I: From the Accession of Charles I to the Meeting of the Third Parliament of His Reign. 1.: Speech of Sir Nathaniel Rich, Proposing Terms On Which the House of Commons May Be Prepared to Grant Supply. 2.: Protestation of the Commons. 3.: Documents Relating to the Impeachment of the Duke of Buckingham. 4.: The Restraint of the Earls of Arundel and Bristol. 5.: The King’s Letter and Instructions For the Collection of a Free Gift. 6.: Commission For Raising Tonnage and Poundage With Impositions. 7.: The Commission and Instructions For Raising the Forced Loan In Middlesex. 8.: The Case of the Five Knights, Before the Court of King’s Bench. Part II: From the Meeting of the Third Parliament of Charles I. To the Meeting of the Long Parliament. 9.: Notes of a Bill Brought In By Sir Edward Coke to Secure the Liberties of the Subject. 10.: The Petition of Right. 11.: The Remonstrance Against Tonnage and Poundage. 12.: The King’s Speech At the Prorogation of Parliament At the End of the Session of 1628. 13.: The King’s Declaration Prefixed to the Articles of Religion. 14.: Resolutions On Religion Drawn By a Sub-committee of the House of Commons. 15.: Protestation of the House of Commons. 16.: The King’s Declaration Showing the Causes of the Late Dissolution. 17.: The Declaration of Sports 1 . 18.: Act of the Privy Council On the Position of the Communion Table At St. Gregory’s. 19.: Specimen of the First Writ of Ship-money. 20.: The King’s Case Laid Before the Judges, With Their Answer 2 . 21.: Extracts From the Speech of Oliver St. John In the Ship-money Case. 22.: Extracts From the Argument of Sir Robert Berkeley, Justice of the King’s Bench. 23.: The Scottish National Covenant. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 4 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1434 Online Library of Liberty: The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660 24.: Petition of Twelve Peers For the Summoning of a New Parliament. 25.: The King’s Writ Summoning the Great Council. Part III: From the Meeting of the Long Parliament to the Outbreak of the Civil War. 26.: The Root and Branch Petition. 27.: The Triennial Act. 28.: The Protestation. 29.: The Act For the Attainder of the Earl of Strafford. 30.: The Act Against Dissolving the Long Parliament Without Its Own Consent. 31.: The Tonnage and Poundage Act. 32.: The Ten Propositions. 33.: Bill On Church Reform Bead Twice In the House of Lords 1 . 34.: The Act For the Abolition of the Court of Star Chamber. 35.: The Act For the Abolition of the Court of High Commission. 36.: Act Declaring the Illegality of Ship-money. 37.: Act For the Limitation of Forests. 38.: Act Prohibiting the Exaction of Knighthood Fines. 39.: Resolutions of the House of Commons On Ecclesiastical Innovations. 40.: Order of the House of Lords On the Services of the Church. 41.: Extract From the Instructions to the Committee In Scotland, Proposed By the House of Commons. 42.: The King’s Speech to the Recorder of the City of London. 43.: The Grand Remonstrance, With the Petition Accompanying It. 44.: The King’s Proclamation On Religion. 45.: The King’s Answer to the Petition Accompanying the Grand Remonstrance. 46.: The Impeachment of One Member of the House of Lords, and of Five Members of the House of Commons. 47.: A Declaration of the House of Commons Touching a Late Breach of Their Privileges. 48.: The Clerical Disabilities Act. 49.: The Impressment Act. 50.: The Militia Ordinance. 51.: The Declaration of the Houses On Church Reform. 52.: The King’s Proclamation Condemning the Militia Ordinance. 53.: The Nineteen Propositions Sent By the Two Houses of Parliament to the King At York. 54.: Declaration of the Houses In Defence of the Militia Ordinance. 55.: The King’s Letter Sent With the Commissions of Array to Leicestershire. 56.: The Votes of the Houses For Raising an Army. Part IV: From the Outbreak of the Civil War to the Execution of the King. 57.: The Propositions Presented to the King At the Treaty of Oxford. 58.: The Solemn League and Covenant. 60.: The Ordinance Appointing the Second Committee of Both Kingdoms. 61.: The Propositions of the Houses Presented to the King At Oxford, and Subsequently Discussed At the Treaty of Uxbridge. 62.: The King’s Propositions to Be Discussed At Uxbridge. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 5 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1434 Online Library of Liberty: The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660 63.: The Self-denying Ordinance. 64.: The Negative Oath. 65.: Order of the Two Houses For Taking Away the Court of Wards. 66.: The Propositions of the Houses Sent to the King At Newcastle. 67.: The King’s First Answer to the Propositions Presented At Newcastle. 68.: The King’s Second Answer to the Propositions Presented At Newcastle. 69.: Suggested Answer to the Propositions Drawn Up For the King By the Leading Presbyterians and a Small Number of the Independents, and Forwarded By the French Ambassador to Cardinal Mazarin to Be Laid Before Queen Henrietta Maria. 70.: The King’s Third Answer to the Propositions Presented At Newcastle. 71.: The Heads of the Proposals Offered By the Army. 72.: The King’s Answer to the Propositions of Parliament. 73.: Letter of Charles I to the Speaker of the House of Lords. 74.: The Agreement of the People, As Presented to the Council of the Army. 75.: The Four Bills, With the Propositions Accompanying Them. 76.: The Engagement Between the King and the Scots. 77.: Additional Articles of the Engagement. 78.: The King’s Reply to the Four Bills and the Accompanying Propositions. 79.: The Vote of No Addresses. 80.: The Act 1 Erecting a High Court of Justice For the King’s Trial. 81.: The Agreement of the People. 82.: The Charge Against the King. 83.: The King’s Reasons For Declining the Jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice. 84.: The Sentence of the High Court of Justice Upon the King.
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