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Title: The Proceedings Against the Right Honourable the Earl of Shaftsbury at the Old Baily, on Thursday the Twenty Fourth of November, 1681.
Description: London, H. Jones, 1681 . Unbound. A very scarce contemporary publication of the proceedings mounted against the Earl of Shaftsbury following his public support of the Exclusion Bill, at the time of the Popish Plot. ESTC Citation No. R24477. Wing P3553AWith the register [A2], B-E2. Collated, complete.Signed 'Philonomus' at the end of the final leaf, as called for.This very scarce work details the 1681 proceedings held at the Old Baily against Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, following his heading of the movement to bar James II from succession to the monarchy due to his Catholic faith. His sponsorship of the Exclusion Bill in 1679 led to two years of political struggle, but ultimately ended in defeat. During the subsequent Tory reaction in 1681, Shaftesbury was arrested for high treason, a prosecution dropped several months later.Despite the dropped prosecution, Shaftesbury feared re-arrest and execution, and fled to Amsterdam, where he died in 1683. Unbound, as issued. Light tide mark to head of title page, and all other leaves. Spotting to verso of final leaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with the odd spot. Contemporary ink notation to margin of recto of leaf C. Faint ink page numbers to head of each leaf. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Shaftsbury popish plot Earl of Shaftesbury None


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