Debates on Catholic Emancipation and Test Acts in Lords
In the Lords on March 6 Peadarves and others moved the Truro Road Bill. Shaftesbury presented a Sarum clergy petition against further Catholic concessions while Macclesfield urged repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Petitions also came from Protestant Dissenters in Oxford and from various congregations in London and Birmingham as the House adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of
Chipping-Norton
Canilar
Lord Maynard
Maldon
Essex
Langham
Witham
Lyd Calthorpe
Scotch Church
Pife Street
Marylebone
Ebenever
Birmingham
House OF Commons
Durham
Notheing
House of Lords
Otway Cave
House of Commons petitions on crime reform and Catholic claims
The House heard petitions on Malt Acts repeal and emancipation for Catholics. Debate covered juvenile crime, magistrate punishment, and a request for relief from disabilities. A petition by Jonathan Fox and concerns from Lincoln freemen were noted.
Catholic rights debate over the Treaty of Limerick in Parliament
The House discusses the Treaty of Limerick and Catholic civil rights in Ireland. Sir Henry Parnell and Mr Gratton argue that Roman Catholics deserve relief under the treaty, citing Burke and legal authorities, while MPs probe the treaty's scope and the oath of allegiance. A motion for a copy of the treaty is proposed and debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ples
University of Oxford
England
Wales
Frankland Lewis
M. W. Ridley
Lord Althorp
Polly
Lord Lowther
Ireland
William III
Limerick
James Li
James
Lord Tyrconnel
William
the Boyne
Walle
Ginkle
James the Second
Housewell
All
France
Willian
Louis XLV
Louis XIV
Charles III
Currie
Toby Butler
Stephen Rice
Lord Halifax
Br. Lawrence
Hig Aginies
Lord Plunkett
Burke
Henry
Leeland
Charles II
William the Third
H. Grattan
Baronet
London
Toby Bater
House of Lords
Mr. G
Elizabeth
Charles
Mary
Charles the Second
Harnet
Lord Orrery
Althugh
Laurance
Lord Ivragh
Lord Howth
Cutis
Dublin
the Bay
Kingdom of Ireland
Grattan
Treland
Sec
Peel Roge
Tavterck
Baroned
Tima
Ans
Focilsey
Dovn
Catholica
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Imperial Parliament
Taunspay
Marcu
Peadarves
House of Compons
Truro Road
Mr. Egerton
Nantwich
J. Martin
Tewhegebury
Mr. Dugdale
Warwickshire
Pendarves
Redruth
Cornwall
Fazakerly
Linculo
Sibthorpe
Lincoln
Dugdale
County of
Warwick
Eardley Wilmot
Lawley
Ave
Littleton
T. Seth Bridge
J. Wrottesley
Portman
Stafford
Jonathan Fox
Lumley
Ouse
Willoughby
Williny
Lunley
Dawson
Wm. Panlet
Newport
Spring Rice
Messrs. Lumley
Teanyaun
Henry Grattan
Hibernian Joint Stock Company
Mir. Planta
Sandwich
E. Owen
Bray
Killarsey
Riverston
Pases
F. Burdett
Armen
Che Cowvrier
A Keening
Mar¢ H . PR
Mayo
United Kingdom
Church of England
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