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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… Though parliament should be prorogued, the matter of a Speaker seems to be so fixed that Sir Thomas Littleton cannot … session on Tuesday. There are abundance of candidates for Speaker, as yet Sir Thomas Littleton stands the fairest; … pleasure they should return to their House and choose a Speaker, and present him to his Majesty on Friday next. The …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… Book 99, p. 257.] Feb. 28. Whitehall. The same to the Speaker. I have been hindered all day from waiting on you, …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… crime. Mr. Knight relies upon the letter he writ to the Speaker, recommending himself to the compassion of the House. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… a vote upon a division since the first concerning the Speaker. I send you enclosed a list of the public Bills …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… ridicule of his expectation, a year or two ago, of being Speaker, and the great preparations he made towards it. [ …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… Porter, knight, chancellor of Ireland, for his services as speaker of the House of Peers of that kingdom, and as a mark … Robert Rochford, esquire, attorney-general of Ireland, as speaker of the House of Commons there. [ Ibid.] Jan. 31. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… be taken notice of there, and therefore it was moved the Speaker should take the Chair in order to have the words … them both not to prosecute this to a quarrel, which the Speaker is now ordered to signify to them. While they were … have been taken of what passed between Mr. Smith and the Speaker. It being then late when it was moved that Mr. Peters …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… of 30 Dec., 2, 6, and 9th inst., N.S. Your letter to the Speaker was delivered to him by Mr. Slone, and it was read …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… other gentlemen; where Mr. Juyce said, "Robin Harley, the Speaker, is the king's enemy; he is a rascal and has imposed … for the Votes; a tax greater than was ever given to any Speaker. His father was an old knave, and had 10,000 for …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… I should speak to the members of the Land Bank and to the Speaker, Harley and others, who they knew had already been … afternoon I had a talk with the Duke of Shrewsbury, the Speaker, and Mr. Harley, who told me they hoped to carry the … come this afternoon to report what they had done. The Speaker and Mr. Harley, to whom I spoke about it, were so …