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.

Votes. 1680-1681. (London and Oxford ed.)
Report of the committee, for receiving informations concerning the Popish Plot.
Humble address of the House of Commons, presented to his Majesty, upon Tuesday the 21th day of December, 1680.
Resolutions of the House of Commons for the impeachment of Sir William Scroggs Knt.
Articles of impeachment of high treason, and other great crimes and misdemeanors against Sir William Scroggs.
Report from the committee of the Commons in Parliament ... to consider the petition of Richard Thompson of Bristol.

Address of the Commons in Parliament to his Majesty, to remove Sir George Jeffreys no. 19
Address humbly presented to His Majesty from both Houses of Parliament for a day of humiliation no. 22
Humble address of the Commons in Parliament to remove George Earl of Hallifax no. 24
Articles of impeachment against Edward Seymour Esq; no. 25
His Majesties message to the Commons in Parliament, relating to Tangier no. 28

London [England] : Printed by the assigns of John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty, 1680-[1681]

v. ; (fol.); (fol.)

Daily (when Parliament is in session)

[Numb. 0.] Jovis 21⁰ Octobris 1680.-numb. 62 [sic] Lunae 28⁰ Martii 1681.

Numeration begins with the second issue: "Numb. 1" (1 Nov. 1680).
Issues lack chronological designation; dates supplied by text.
Numbering irregular from 24-28 March; on 26 Mar., no. 61 was printed twice, once in the morning, once in the afternoon.
Gap in publication between no. 58 and no. 59 (10 Jan.-21 Mar. 1681).
Intended as a daily, frequency of publication is determined by political activity in the House.
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).
Publication ceased when Parliament was dissolved: 28 Mar. 1681.

Contents include actions of the House and descriptions of their relations with King Charles II, in addition to votes.

Preliminary issue and no. 28 have title pages; later issues have caption titles.
Titles fluctuate.
First issue imprint includes year of publication.
Imprint from colophon of second issue; most later imprints undated.
Place of publication varies; issues 59-62 [sic], 21-28 Mar. 1681 were published in Oxford.
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.
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.

Special issue supplements are numbered with the issues they accompany.
Another edition of the Votes for 21-28 Mar. 1681 was published in London while Parliament was meeting in Oxford; the issue for 21 Mar. 1681 was also printed in Dublin.

NCBEL, II:1317
Nelson, C. British newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 647
English short title catalogue (ESTC), P2760

No.0-58,49[B](1680:Oct.21-1680[1681]:Jan.10,1680:Dec.21)
No.28(1680:Nov.29) (folio)
No.0-61[B](1680:Oct.21-1681:Mar.26)

Great Britain -- England -- London.
Great Britain -- England -- Oxford.

Bd.w. L2895a Vol. 4

With: The London Gazette. London, 1678-1681. Nelson & Seccombe (variants nos. 47, 49-51): 647.47A, 647.49A, 647.50A, 647.51A; no. 49 (647.49B) bound after no. 58. Print show-through. Nos. 42 and 44 trimmed, affecting text

135951.2

C3129.5

1 number only. Manuscript numbered "9" on t.p. and "28" on p. 71 (2I1r); manuscript markings. Disbound. Provenance: Huntington Library duplicate copy

137231

E2766A (folio)

Nelson & Seccombe variant issues: (var. 1): nos. 2-3, 8-10, 13, 15, 21, 31, 33, 43, 51A, 52, 54, 56; (var. 2): nos. 5, 12, 14, 16, 25,27, 32, 34, 41, 44, 46, 57; (var. 3): no. 6. Bound with, in place of no. 62 (28 Mar. 1681), a copy of Nelson & Seccombe 648, no. 5 (Votes of the House of Commons ... Oxford, 28 Mar. 1681; variant without imprint date). Manuscript foliation in pencil, starting with "7" on no. 6; manuscript markings to no. 51 license leaf recto

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