The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII to the Death of George II, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from The Constitutional History of England From the Accession of Henry VII to the Death of George II, Vol. 3 Popular Joy at the Restoration. Proceedings of the Convention Parliament. Act of Indemnity. Exclusion of the Regicides and others. Discussions between the Houses on it. Execution of Regicides. Restitution of Crown and Church Lands. - Discontent of the Royalists. -settlement of the Revenue. - Abolition of Military Tenures. Excise granted instead. Army disbanded. Clergy restored to their Benefices. Hapes of the Presbyterians from the King. Projects for a Compromise. - King's Declaration in Favour of it. Convention Parliament dissolved. Different Complexion of the next. Condemnation of Vane. - Its Injustice. Acts replacing the Crown in its Prerogatives. Corporation Act. Repeal of Tri ennial Act. - star-chamber not restored. - Presbyterians deceived by the King - Savoy Conference. - Act of Uniformity. Ejection of Non-conformist Clergy. - Hopes of the Catholics. Bias of the King towards them. Resisted by Clarendon and the Parliament. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
