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.
England and Wales.Parliament.House of Commons.
London [England] : printed by the assigns of John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty,
1680-[1681]
Contents include actions of the House and descriptions of their relations with King Charles II, in addition to votes.
Formerly Wing E2764.
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.
ESTC
NCBEL,
Nelson and Seccombe,
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.
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.
England London.
England Oxford.
Great Britain England London.
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. Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench
Articles of impeachment of high treason, and other great crimes and misdemeanors against Sir William Scroggs Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench
Report from the committee of the Commons in Parliament ... to consider the petition of Richard Thompson of Bristol
Speech of teh honorable William Williams Esq;
Votes of the House of Commons, at Oxford
Votes of the House of Commons