Record

Document Reference	Pw A 2714
Title	Satirical list of 'the titles of several public acts agreed to in the Cabal'; n.d. [c. 1696]
Date	1696 (c)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Includes proposed 'acts' including 'an act for the preservation of the Protestant religion at home and abroad in this fatal conjunction by putting the administration of affairs entirely into the hands of those that love France and hate the Dutch', to be moved by Sir Christopher Musgrave; or 'an act of indemnity for those that were concerned in the invasion plot in 1695 and to qualify them for all offices and employments both in Church and State and that the next attempt may succeed better', to be moved by Sir Edward Seymour; sixteen 'acts' in total. The document is not dated; the date provided is a pencil addition.
Term	literature, satire
Term	politics, satire

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA30126	Musgrave; Christopher (-1704); 4th Baronet; politician	-1704
NA29198	Seymour; Edward (1633-1708); 4th Baronet; M.P. speaker of the House of Commons; succ. 1685; Lord of the Treasury	1633-1708

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