Parliamentary grants for public services, 1702-1705

Manuscript volume containing an account of the respective grants in Parliament for public services in the years 1702-1705, and the money raised from those grants up to Nov 1704. The account was made due to orders by the House of Commons dated 7 Nov 1704 and 8 Nov 1705.

The English Parliament is the main legislative body of the country.

Single item.

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Bought by Herbert Somerton Foxwell from Sidney Dobell in 1908 as an addition to the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature.

Collection level description.

Elephant folio, comprising 4 facsicules bound into one volume. The original wrappers of the 4 parts have been retained within the volume.

Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

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This manuscript was in the collection of Humphrey Edwin, and was sold in 1763. By 1765 it was in the collection of Charles Lowndes, Secretary of the Treasury. It was later part of the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872) as MS 2759.

University of London MS 82 also contains information about parliamentary grants during this period.