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House of Lords April petitions on distress and wool tax
Summary of Lords actions including Viscount Hampden presenting a distress petition from Sussex landowners, East Indies trade account read, searches for records of convictions, Wool Tax debates with Lord Lansdowne urging relief and free export, and Witchcraft Repeal Bill passage. Also petitions from Chester and Plymouth considered. adjournment noted.
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House OF Lords
Viscount Hampden
Christchurch
Sussex
Irving
Custom-house
East Indies
China
Great Britain
Selby
Middlesex
Manaseh Lopes
Court of
King’s Bench
M. W. Ridley
Commons
Commons. Mr. Aston Smith
E. Harvey
Lord Granville
Stafford
Lansdowne
England
Ae House
Chester
Earl Fortescue
Plymouth
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of