A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs: From September 1678 to April 1714, Volume 5 |
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Page 24 - ... made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament, or to enjoy any office or place of trust, either civil or military, or to have any grant of lands, tenements or hereditaments from the crown, to himself or to any other or others in trust for him.
Page 143 - I do swear that I will, to the utmost of my power, support, maintain, and defend the said United States, against the said King George...
Page 123 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House of Commons.
Page 24 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament...
Page 26 - That no person who shall hereafter come to the possession of this crown shall go out of the dominions of England, Scotland or Ireland without consent of Parliament.
Page 42 - ... and support his majesty to the utmost of their power, against all his enemies both at home and abroad. The king in his answer, artfully overlooked the first part of the remonstrance. He thanked them for their repeated assurances; and told them he would employ none in his service but such as should be thought most likely to improve that mutual trust and confidence between him and his people, which was so necessary at that conjuncture, both for their own security and the preservation of their allies.
Page 447 - That this Parliament will not proceed to the nomination of a successor till we have had a previous treaty with England, in relation to our commerce, and other concerns with that nation.
Page 28 - They deliberated upon the state of the navy, with the debt due upon it, and examined an estimate of what would be necessary for extraordinary repairs. They called for an account of that part of the national debt for which no provision had been made. They ordered the speaker to write to the trustees for the forfeited estates in Ireland, to attend the house with a full detail of their proceedings in the execution of that act of parliament. On the ninth...
Page 469 - George waited on her majestic at Windsor. Tis said Mr. Baggs, one of the trustees for the Irish forfeitures, is to be made a judge of that kingdom. Letters from Ireland say the transport ships, with their convoy, were arrived at Cork, where they are to take on board the forces designed for Portugall. It's said, Daniel de Foe is ordered to be taken into custody for reflecting on admiral Rooke, in his Master Mercury, whereby he has forfeited his recognizance for his good behaviour.
Page 26 - Sophia, duchess dowager of Hanover, be declared the next in succession to the crown of England, in the protestant line, after his majesty, and the princess, and the heirs of their bodies respectively : and, that the further limitation of the crown be to the said princess Sophia and the heirs of her body, being protestants.