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Grimston, Harbottle, 1603-1685

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

[Parliamentary speeches and two treatises].

 Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB174
Abstract:

Anonymous MS, written in various scribes' hands. Original limp vellum.

Dates: 17th century

Tracts

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 28
Abstract:

Collection of approximately 50 tracts, almost entirely manuscript, concerning British politics and government. Many document relations between King Charles I and Parliament, including copies of speeches before Commons by Bagshaw, Grimston, Owens, and Pym and copies of petitions to the King by the Scottish Parliament and the Berkshire Grand Jury. Other topics include the royal succession, taxation, and court practices.

Dates: ca. 1550-1665