Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 484
Title	Notes on business conducted in Parliament; n.d. [c.Mar. 1689]
Date	March 1689 (c)
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Notes on business conducted in Parliament on the 1-2 Mar.; says that Sir Robert Howard delivered a state of the late King's [James II] accounts; refers to an order from the King [William III] to 'regulate or utterly take away' the hearth tax which he believed to be 'grevious to his people' and an address of thanks to be presented in return for this favour; refers to instructions given by William III in relation to certain people conspiring against the King and his government; mentions that the King warned against infringing against the 'law for Habeas Corpus'; says that both houses took the new Oath of Allegiance and the Test against Popery; states that none refused; refers to various bills which were brought into the House of Lords. This document is undated; the year provided is based on the contents.
Term	taxation, heath tax
	parliamentary business, oaths, of allegiance 1689
	parliamentary business, tests, against Popery 1689
	royalty, authority

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA15009	Howard; Robert (1626-1698); Sir; English dramatist	1626-1698
NA15001	James II (1633-1701); King of England Scotland and Ireland; succ. 1685; also styled Duke of York	1633-1701
NA1083	William III (1650-1702); King of England Scotland and Ireland	1650-1702