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South Sea Company Directors Seized After Commons Message
Jan 25. The Committee of Secrecy reported obedience to orders to secure papers from several persons. Lords ordered Sir William Chapman and others to custody of the Gentleman Usher with company papers and Mr Clark’s papers. The King attended the Lords and granted assent to three public and one private bill concerning South Sea Company officials and their powers, plus a quarantine bill to prevent plague and regulate ships from foreign parts.
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Committee of Secrecy
Commons
Lords
William Chapman
Bart
Robert Cheftir
Edward Gibbon
Franco Hawes
Richard Holditch
South Sea Company
Clark
House of Commons
Messige
House of Peers
Faid
Aid Company
Last
India Company
Bank of England
Queen Inne
Great Britain