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Debates in 1721 House of Commons and Navy Committee
The Commons adjourned to consider petitions from Bristol merchants for an Exchange and from Bridport inhabitants for haven and pier repairs. A Malt Tax amendment and naval debt debate followed, with peers and ministers arguing causes of Navy spending as members clashed over policy and payrolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Commons
Bridport
Dors Sfetfaire
Burrough
Oxenford
Customs
Earl of Clarendon
Earl Cowper
Lord Trever
Earl Sunderland
Che
Earl of Sunderland
Lord Carteret
Viscount Town- Jeend
Duke of Newcastle
Earl of Cadogan
Viscount Harcourt
Cowper
Conningsby
North
Grey
Bathurst
Bishop of
Rochester