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3rd Parliament Of King William III
The 3rd Parliament of William III was summoned by William III of England on 12 October 1695 and assembled on 22 November 1695. It was the first election to be contested under the terms of the new Triennial Act passed in the previous Parliament which, amongst other things, limited the duration of the Parliament to 3 years. Its composition was 257 Whigs, 203 Tories and 53 others; Paul Foley, a Country Whig and member for Hereford, was installed as Speaker of the House of Commons. In the first session of 1695–96 there was deadlock between the main parties over the issues of the value of the coinage (due to clipping and the adverse rate of exchange) and the proposal to set up a Council of Trade. A sudden threat of invasion unified the Whigs behind the First Whig Junto and enabled the Whig-dominated ministry to effect the recoinage on its own terms and establish a crown-appointed, rather than Parliament appointed, Board of Trade. In the second session a major event was the attai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Security Of King And Government Act 1695
The Security of King and Government Act 1695 ( 7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 27) was an act of the Parliament of England. Its long title was ''An act for the better security of his Majesty's royal person and government''. It was passed in 1696 but backdated to the beginning of the parliamentary session. Section 1 of the act required all officers to take the oath required by the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy Act 1688 ( 1 Will. & Mar. c. 8) or be disenfranchised. Section 1 of the act also provided that anyone who said that William III was not the lawful king, or that James Francis Edward Stuart (the "Old Pretender") or his late father James II and VII had any title to the Crown, or that anyone else had such title other than according to relevant acts of Parliament was guilty of praemunire. It was high treason to return to England from France without a licence after 1 May 1696.Section 17 See also *Jacobitism * Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691 *Treason Act 1695 *Treason Act Treas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Acts Of The 1st Session Of The 3rd Parliament Of King William III
7 & 8 Will. 3 The first session of the 3rd Parliament of William III, which met from 22 November 1695 until 27 April 1696. This session was also traditionally cited as 7 & 8 Gul. 3, 7 & 8 W. 3, 7 Will. 3, 7 Gul. 3 or 7 W. 3. Public acts Private acts Sources * * * * * * * * * See also *List of acts of the Parliament of England References {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Acts of the Parliament of England, 1665 1665 Events January–March * January 5 – The ''Journal des sçavans'' begins publication of the first scientific journal in France. * February 15 – Molière's comedy '' Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre'', based on the Spanis ... 17th century in English law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1695 English General Election
The 1695 English general election was the first to be held under the terms of the Triennial Act 1694, which required parliament to be dissolved and fresh elections called at least every three years. This measure helped to fuel partisan rivalry over the coming decades, with the electorate in a constant state of excitement and the Whigs (British political party), Whigs and Tory, Tories continually trying to gain the upper hand. Despite the potential for manipulation of the electorate, as was seen under Robert Walpole and his successors, with general elections held an average of every other year, and local and central government positions frequently changing hands between parties, it was impossible for any party or government to be certain of electoral success in the period after 1694, and election results were consequently genuinely representative of the views of at least the section of the population able to vote. The election of 1695, however, was comparatively quiet, being fought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poor Act 1697
The Relief of the Poor Act 1696 ( 8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 30), formally titled An Act for supplying some Defects in the Laws for the Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom, was a 1697 welfare statute, operating within the framework of the Poor Relief Act 1601 ( 43 Eliz. 1. c. 2). The act is perhaps best remembered for its expansion of the requirement that welfare recipients be marked to indicate their status, in this case by wearing a prominent badge. Badging the poor The act required that all welfare recipients, including the wife and children of the head of a household receiving welfare, wear badges prominently on their right shoulders. These badges would contain the first letter of their parish name, followed by the letter "P". Thus, a recipient from Ampthill parish would wear a badge reading "AP". In her ''Curious Punishments of Bygone Days'', Alice Morse Earle noted that this practice was also seen in Colonial America, though the badge format might be different. For instance, a ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Forest Act 1697
The New Forest Act 1697 ( 9 Will. 3. c. 33) was an act of the Parliament of England which provided that "Waste Lands" in the New Forest be enclosed and planted with trees to supply timber for the ships of the Royal Navy. Provisions Of the total area of the Forest, estimated at 85454 acres, 1000 acres was to be enclosed "forthwith", a further 1000 acres in 1699, and thereafter 200 acres annually for 20 years. No trees could be felled in the lands without the Navy's approval; timber not claimed by the Navy would be auctioned in nearby towns. After 1716, locals on lands adjoining the enclosures would be permitted to graze animals and gather firewood on the same basis as in Elizabeth I's reign. Repeal The whole act was repealed by section 1(4) of, and the schedule to, the Wild Creatures and Forest Laws Act 1971. See also *English land law *New Forest Act 1800 Notes References Bibliography * * Halsbury's Statutes ''Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Correspondence With The Pretender Act 1697
The Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697 ( 9 Will. 3. c. 1) was an act of the Parliament of England which made it high treason to correspond with the deposed King James II. The act replaced the earlier Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691 ( 3 Will. & Mar. c. 13). When James II died and his son "James III" asserted his own claim to the throne, the Correspondence with James the Pretender (High Treason) Act 1701 ( 13 & 14 Will. 3. c. 3) was passed to replace this provision. It was also treason under this act for a person who had been to France since 11 December 1688, or performed military service for France or for James II, to return to England without a licence to do so. See also *Jacobitism *High treason in the United Kingdom *Treason Act Treason Act or Treasons Act (and variations thereon) or Statute of Treasons is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and in Ireland on the subject of treason and related offences. Several Acts on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil List Act 1697
The Civil List Act 1697 ( 9 Will. 3. c. 23) was an act of the Parliament of England. This was the first act of Parliament to set the Civil List, although the custom had begun in 1689. The annual amount assigned to King William III and his household was £700,000, an amount that did not change until the beginning of the reign of George III in 1760. Legacy The whole act was repealed by the Customs Law Repeal Act 1825 The Customs Law Repeal Act 1825 ( 6 Geo. 4. c. 105), also known as the Customs' Laws' Repeal Act 1825, the Customs Repeal Act 1825 or the Customs Act 1825, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed various enactments rel ... ( 6 Geo. 4. c. 105). Notes References Acts of the Parliament of England 1697 Repealed English legislation Monarchy of the United Kingdom Government finances Monarchy and money Civil List Acts {{England-statute-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blasphemy Act 1697
The Blasphemy Act 1697 ( 9 Will. 3. c. 35) was an act of the Parliament of England. It made it an offence for any person, educated in or having made profession of the Christian religion, by writing, preaching, teaching or advised speaking, to deny the Holy Trinity, to claim there is more than one god, to deny the truth of Christianity and to deny the Bible as divine authority. The first offence resulted in being rendered incapable of holding any office or place of trust. The second offence resulted in being rendered incapable of bringing any action, of being guardian or executor, or of taking a legacy or deed of gift, and three years imprisonment without bail. The act was directed against apostates at the beginning of the deist movement in England, particularly after the 1696 publication of John Toland's book '' Christianity not Mysterious''. The Trinitarian provision was amended by the Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813 to remove the penalties from Unitarians. Legacy Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape Of Debtors, Etc
Escape or Escaping may refer to: Arts and media Film * ''Escape'' (1928 film), a German silent drama film * ''Escape!'' (film), a 1930 British crime film starring Austin Trevor and Edna Best * ''Escape'' (1940 film), starring Robert Taylor and Norma Shearer, based on the novel by Ethel Vance * ''Escape'' (1948 film), starring Rex Harrison * ''Escape'' (1971 film), a television movie starring Christopher George and William Windom * ''Escape'' (1980 film), a television movie starring Timothy Bottoms and Colleen Dewhurst * ''Escape'' (1988 film), an Egyptian film directed by Atef El-Tayeb * ''Escape'' (2012 American film), a thriller starring C. Thomas Howell, John Rhys-Davies, Anora Lyn * ''Escape'' (2012 Norwegian film), a thriller originally titled ''Flukt'' * ''Escapes'' (film), a 2017 documentary film about ''Blade Runner'' screenwriter Hampton Fancher * ''Escape'' (2021 film), a Malayalam film starring Santhosh Keezhattoor * ''Escape'' (2023 film), a Malaysian f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coin Act 1696
The Coin Act 1696 ( 8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 26) was an act of the Parliament of England which made it high treason to make or possess equipment useful for counterfeiting coins. Its title was "An Act for the better preventing the counterfeiting the current Coin of this Kingdom." Provisions The act came into effect on 15 May 1697. Section 1 of the act made it treason to "knowingly make or mend, or begin or proceed to make or mend, or assist in the making or mending of" any stamp, mould or the like which could be used to make gold or silver coins current in the realm, or any tool which could be used to emboss letters or marks on the side of a coin. It was also treason to knowingly buy, hide or conceal, or have possession of such items "without lawful Authority or sufficient Excuse for that Purpose." Aiding or abetting such conduct was also treason. Section 2 of the act made it treason to "wittingly or knowingly convey or assist in the conveying" any of the items described in section 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwell Hall
Blackwell Hall in the City of London (also known as Bakewell Hall) was the centre for the wool and cloth trade in England from mediaeval times until the 19th century. Cloth manufacturers and clothiers from provincial England brought their material to Blackwell Hall to display and sell it to merchants and drapers. History Blackwell Hall was originally a buttressed stone hall adjacent to the Guildhall in private occupation dating from the early 13th century. In 1395, the City of London Corporation purchased it from the de Bankwell family (from which it derives its name) and it was established as a cloth market under Dick Whittington's first mayoralty in 1397 in order to provide the first place where non-citizen and foreigners could buy and sell cloth. It was rebuilt in 1588 and again after the Great Fire of London. It was demolished along with the chapel in 1820. In the 17th century manufactured woollen cloth was the primary commodity traded in England, much of this passing throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
