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[ACTS - GEORGE II]. Anno Regni georgii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, primo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Seventeenth Day of March, Anno Dom. 1714...

London. Printed by John Baskett, 1715.
[2], 315-330pp, [2]. ESTC N53667.

[Bound with:] Anno Regni georgii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, primo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Seventeenth Day of March, Anno Dom. 1714... London. Printed by John Baskett, 1715. [4]pp. ESTC N53670.

[And:] Anno Regni georgii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, primo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Seventeenth Day of March, Anno Dom. 1714... London. Printed by John Baskett, 1715. [4]pp. ESTC N53671.

[And:] [Anno Regni georgii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, primo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Seventeenth Day of March, Anno Dom. 1714...] [London]. [Printed by John Baskett], [1715]. 385-392pp. Without general title-page, seemingly as issued. ESTC N53674.

Folio. Recent brown cloth. Manuscript lettering-piece to upper board. A trifle rubbed. Decorated endpapers, lightly toned.
A sammelband of four Georgian acts relating to the Jacobite rising of 1715.

I. An Act for the further security of His Majesties person and government, and the succession of the Crown in the heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants; and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors.

II. An Act for the attainder of Henry Viscount Bolingbroke of high treason, unless he shall render himself to justice by a day certain therein mentioned.

III. An Act for the attainder of James Duke of Ormonde of high treason, unless he shall render himself to justice by a day certain therein mentioned.

IV. An Act for encouraging all superiors, vassals, landlords and tenants in Scotland, who do and shall continue in their duty and loyalty to His Majesty King George; and for discouraging all superiors, vassals, landlords and tenants there, who have been or shall be guilty of rebellious practices against his said Majesty; and for making void all fraudulent entails, tailzies and conveyances made there, for barring or excluding the effect of forfeitures that may have been, or shall be incurred there on any such account; as also for calling any suspected person or persons whose estates or principal residence are in Scotland, to appear at Edinburgh, or where it shall be judged expedient, to find bail for their good behaviour; and for the better disarming disaffected persons in Scotland.
£ 125.00 Antiquates Ref: 11390