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37 articles found

Headword Date Article Type
Stationers’ Company 1557 Topics Short note
John Cowell's law dictionary is censured 1610 Topics Short note
James I forbids the discussion of state affairs 1620 Topics Short note
Parliamentary Protestation denies the King's right to imprison MPs 1621 Topics Short note
James I imprisons Sir Edward Coke for his share in the Protestation 1621 Topics Short note
James I tears the Protestation from the Commons Journal 1621 Topics Short note
James I places John Pym, the Parliamentary leader, under house arrest 1622 Topics Short note
William Prynne is tried for libelling Queen Henrietta Maria 1634 Topics Short note
William Prynne loses both his ears as punishment for libel 1634 Topics Short note
Decree of Star-Chamber Concerning Printing 1637 Topics Short note
Blasphemy Act is passed at Westminster 1648 Topics Short note
Leveller leaders arrested on charges of sedition 1649 Topics Short note
Act outlawing the publication of unlicensed material passed by the English Parliament 1649 Topics Short note
John Lilburne acquitted of the charge of sedition 1649 Topics Short note
Treason Act 1650 Topics Short note
John Lilburne put on trial for felony 1653 Topics Short note
English Parliament rejects concessions to Nonconformists 1660 Topics Short note
Licensing Act 1662 Topics
Charles II dissolves parliament to halt the Exclusion Bill 1679 Topics Short note
Charles II again dissolves Parliament to halt the Exclusion Bill 1679 Topics Short note

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