Shelfmark
Fk.2.04(08a)
Main entry--corporate name
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
Uniform title
[Votes. 1680-1681. (London and Oxford ed.)]
Title
Votes of the House of Commons, perused and signed to be printed according to the order of the House of Commons, by me William Williams, speaker.
Varying form of title
Address of the Commons in Parliament to his Majesty, to remove Sir George Jeffreys
Varying form of title
Address humbly presented to His Majesty from both Houses of Parliament for a day of humiliation
Varying form of title
Humble address of the Commons in Parliament to remove George Earl of Hallifax
Varying form of title
Articles of impeachment against Edward Seymour Esq
Varying form of title
His Majesties message to the Commons in Parliament, relating to Tangier
Varying form of title
Political miscellan
Varying form of title
Report of the committee, for receiving informations concerning the Popish Plot
Varying form of title
Humble address of the House of Commons, presented to his Majesty, upon Tuesday the 21th day of December, 1680
Varying form of title
Resolutions of the House of Commons for the impeachment of Sir William Scroggs Knt
Varying form of title
Articles of impeachment of high treason, and other great crimes and misdemeanors against Sir William Scroggs
Varying form of title
Report from the committee of the Commons in Parliament ... to consider the petition of Richard Thompson of Bristol
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for John Wright at the Crown on Ludgate-hill, and Richard Chiswel at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1680.
Physical description
v ; 29cm. (half-sheet.)
Note
[Numb. 0.] Jovis 21st Octobris 1680.-numb. 62 [sic] Lunae 28th Martii 1681.
Note
Numeration begins with the second issue: "Numb. 1" (1 Nov. 1680).
Note
Issues lack chronological designation; dates supplied by text.
Note
Numbering irregular from 24-28 March; on 26 Mar., no. 61 was printed twice, once in the morning, once in the afternoon.
Note
Gap in publication between no. 58 and no. 59 (10 Jan.-21 Mar. 1681).
Note
Intended as a daily, frequency of publication is determined by political activity in the House.
Note
Most issues appear in at least two settings, many were set three times and at least one surviving issue has four settings (cf. Nelson and Seccombe).
Note
Publication ceased when Parliament was dissolved: 28 Mar. 1681.
Note
Contents include actions of the House and descriptions of their relations with King Charles II, in addition to votes.
Note
Daily (when Parliament is in session).
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Preliminary issue and no. 28 have title pages; later issues have caption titles.
Note
Titles fluctuate.
Note
First issue imprint includes year of publication.
Note
Imprint from colophon of second issue; most later imprints undated.
Note
Place of publication varies; issues 59-62 [sic], 21-28 Mar. 1681 were published in Oxford.
Note
Other imprint names include: John Wright, Richard Chiswell, Gabriel Kunholt, Thomas Snowden, Langley Curtis in London; Leo Lichfield and the widow Beckford in Oxford. Verso of preliminary issue title-page has note appointing Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills and "no other person" to print the votes, signed: "Wi[lliam]. Williams, Speaker"; later issues have orders-to-print above colophon, except no. 28, which has the order-to-print on a separate leaf.
Note
A number of speeches, reports and addresses to the Commons are issued as parts of, or supplements to, the Votes; some are also issued separately. Each of these has continuous pagination and numbering but an individual title.
Note
Four issues only filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books, Tract supplement reel C27: no. 19, 25, 24 and 28. No. 25 is variant numbered "24", corrected in MS. to read "22".
Note
Eton copy is dated Monday 29. Nov. 1680.
Note
Bound with 96 other items.
Note
Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Citation/references note
NCBEL, II:1317; Nelson and Seccombe, 647; ESTC P2760
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1998. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English Books; Tract supplement ; C27:4(816.m.2[1])).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Binding
Half brown calf; 18th-century? red and blue marbled paper covered boards; calf replaced 20th century?; spine title: Political miscellan.
Subject
Subject
Great Britain Politics and government Periodicals Early works to 1800 1660-1688.
Subject
Great Britain History Periodicals Early works to 1800 Charles II, 1660-1685.
Added entry--name
Wright, John, ? - -1646 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Chiswell, Richard printer.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B19945