IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 55
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Parliamentary bills on finance
Date(s): c1689-1743
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 2 volumes containing 167 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The English Parliament is the main legislative body of the country. The House of Commons has the right to impose taxes and to vote money to various public departments and services.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volumes containing abstracts of parliamentary bills relating to revenue, dating from the reign of King William III and Queen Mary II, c1689 -1743.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Two volumes.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
Small oblong manuscript folios.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
This manuscript was part of the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872) as MS 9467, and was bought at Sotheby's by Herbert Somerton Foxwell in 1893.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
House of Lords Record Office, London.
Existence and location of copies:
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as aprt of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2000