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... Parliament met on the day after the closing of the Assembly , but King Charles prorogued it . John Spottiswoode ... Parliament . He therefore prorogued the Parliament to October , then again to November , then to June , 1640. A technical ...
... Parliament met on the day after the closing of the Assembly , but King Charles prorogued it . John Spottiswoode ... Parliament . He therefore prorogued the Parliament to October , then again to November , then to June , 1640. A technical ...
Page 709
... Parliament was prorogued with a motion before it against the French alliance ; the Cabal Ministry broke up ; Shaftesbury , ceasing to be chan- cellor , in November , 1673 , went into opposition ; and there followed a long struggle ...
... Parliament was prorogued with a motion before it against the French alliance ; the Cabal Ministry broke up ; Shaftesbury , ceasing to be chan- cellor , in November , 1673 , went into opposition ; and there followed a long struggle ...
Page 713
... Parliament had before it a Bill to exclude the Duke of York from the succession . The king , therefore , pro- rogued Parliament on the 26th of May , 1679 , giving unwilling assent at the same time to its Habeas Corpus Act " for the ...
... Parliament had before it a Bill to exclude the Duke of York from the succession . The king , therefore , pro- rogued Parliament on the 26th of May , 1679 , giving unwilling assent at the same time to its Habeas Corpus Act " for the ...
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