[Gt. Brit. Privy Council.] Letter to George I as Elector of Hanover. Kensington Palace, July 31, 1714, 11 am
Scope and Contents
The Queen is dying, and the Privy Council has issued orders in preparation for the succession (e.g. executing the laws against Papists and Nonjurors).
Begins: May it please Yo' Royl Highness. It having pleased Almighty God to afflict our most Gracious Soveraign the Queen, with a sudden and so violent a sickness, that the Physicians have this morning [reported] ... to us that there is very little expectation of her Maty's Recovery. Wee the Lords of her Maty: most Hobble Privy Councill assembled... issued all necessary Orders... putting the Laws in Execution against Papists & Nonjurors...
Ends: From ye Co. Ch. at Kensington Saturday ye 31. July 1714 at 11 Clock in ye Morning. [and list of 41 signatories, ending Ed. Southwell Cl Cons.]
Dates
- Creation: July 31, 1714, 11 am
Physical Description
3p docket (1 piece). Docketed: Lett. to ye E. of Hanover 31 July 1714. Draft, heavily revised. Main text apparently in the hand of Edward Southwell, Clerk to the Privy Council; list of names in a second hand. Paged in pencil: 319; 321. Annotated in pencil: Co . 39.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository