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jacobite rebellion, 17152
popish plot, 16782
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Cobbett, William34
Cobbett, William (1763-1835)34
Howell, Thomas Bayly (1768-1815)34
Howell, Thomas Jones34
Howell, Thomas Jones (1793-1858)34
Jardine, David34
Jardine, David (1794-1860)34
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William III, King of England, 1650-17023
Ashton, John2

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Trial of William Joyce

Joyce, William (1906-1946); Hall, J W; Great Britain. Central Criminal Court; Great Britain. Court of Criminal Appeal; Great Britain. Parliament

1946

Tried in the Central Criminal Court, London, Sept. 17-19, 1945, the defendant was convicted of high treason against Great Britain. On Nov. 7, 1945, the Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed the appeal of...

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The whole proceeding to judgment upon the articles of impeachment of high treason : exhibited by the knights, citizens, and burgesses in Parliament assembled... against James Earl of Derwentwater, William Lord Widdrington, William Earl of Nithisdale, Robert Earl of Carnwath, William Viscount Kenmure, and William Lord Nairn, in Westminster-Hall, on Thursday the ninth day of February, 1715

Derwentwater, James Radcliffe Earl of (1689-1716); Widdrington, William Widdrington Baron (1678-1743); Nithsdale, William Maxwell Earl of (1676-1744); Carnwath, Robert Dalyell Earl of (1737); Kenmure, William Gordon Viscount (1716); Nairne, William Nairne Baron (1724)

1716

Signatures: [A]-F².

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The whole proceeding to judgment upon the articles of impeachment of high treason : exhibited by the knights, citizens, and burgesses in Parliament assembled... against James Earl of Derwentwater, William Lord Widdrington, William Earl of Nithisdale, Robert Earl of Carnwath, William Viscount Kenmure, and William Lord Nairn, in Westminster-Hall, on Thursday the ninth day of February, 1715

Derwentwater, James Radcliffe Earl of (1689-1716); Widdrington, William Widdrington Baron (1678-1743); Nithsdale, William Maxwell Earl of (1676-1744); Carnwath, Robert Dalyell Earl of (1737); Kenmure, William Gordon Viscount (1716); Nairne, William Nairne Baron (1724)

1716

Signatures: [A]-F².

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Some observations upon the late tryals of Sir George Wakeman, Corker and Marshal, &c

Smith, Francis (fl. 1657-1689)

1679

A criticism of Sir William Scroggs, Lord Chief Justice. Pp. 9-11 wrongly numbered 7-9. Tom Ticklefoot the taborer is Francis Smith. Cf. BM, v. 238, col. 941. Signatures: A-C².

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A summary (by way of premise) of the dark proceedings of the cabal at Westminster, preparatory to the murther of His late Sacred Majesty, taken out of their own journal book

Great Britain. Parliament

[1660?]

No title page; title taken from caption title on p. 1 (sig. B1r). Caption title, p. 7 (sig. B4r): In the county of Middlesex. The proceedings at Hicks-Hall, Tuesday the 9th of October, 1660. in orde...

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