IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 31
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Proceedings of the House of Commons regarding supply
Date(s): 1628
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 2 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The House of Commons is the effective legislative authority in Great Britain. It alone has the right to impose taxes and to vote money to, or withhold it from, the monarch and the various public departments and services. The passage of legislation is the House of Commons' primary function.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume containing several speeches made during the House of Commons debate on King Charles I's propositions for supply, 2 Apr 1628.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
Manuscript quarto. Bound in half-morocco.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
This manuscript was enclosed in University of London MS 201, a manuscript copy of Samuel Lambe's Seasonable observations humbly offered to His Highness the Lord Protector (London, 1657), bought at Sir Thomas Phillipps' sale at Sotheby's, Jun 1893.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
This manuscript was found inside University of London MS 201.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 2000