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| Bill Number | 0789 | Session | 1697 |
| Title |
For the relief and release of poor distressed prisoners for debt or damages. |
| Variant Title(s) |
For relief of prisoners in the marshalsea. [9 Sept. 1697]
For relief of poor prisoners. [20 Sept. 1697] |
| Heads of Bill Stages |
| Originating Body |
Commons |
| Leave or Order |
— | |
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| Read & Committed |
— | |
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| Reported |
— | |
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| Sent to Chief Governor |
20 Sep 1697 | |
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| Privy Council Stages |
| Decision of the Irish Privy Council |
Approved | |
| Received & Referred to Law Officers | 8 May 1698 | |
| Petition to English Privy Council |
None | |
| Decision of the English Privy Council |
Amended | |
| Engrossed |
4 Aug 1698 | |
| Returned Bill Stages |
| House Presented |
Lords | |
| Presented |
3 Oct 1698 | |
| Sent to Other House |
7 Oct 1698 | |
| Royal Assent |
2 Nov 1698 | |
| Statute Number |
10 William III c.1 |
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| Related Bills
1067 2391 |
| [+] Further Details |
Extant Copies:
- ESTC RECORD NUMBER: ESTCR185327
TITLE: To the knights, citizens and burgesses of the Honourable House of Commons in this present Parliament assembled &c. The humble petition and case of the poor prisoners for debt, in the Marshalshea, of the four-courts, and the city of Dublin.
IMPRINT: [Dublin : s.n., 1698?].
DATE: 1698.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 1/2°.
REFERENCES: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), T1560B.
PRIMARY LOC (BRITISH): British Library, London, England (L) 807.g.21(20)
This petition includes a very detailed account of a predecessor measure (no. 2391) and this bill. This petition was probably offered to the HC in Oct. 1698, and refers to a date in the bill as follows: 'date being in August 1697, and now Fourteen Months almost expired'.
Subjects:
Committee:
Not Committed
Procedural Features: Initiating Petition
Comments on Procedural Features:
Initiating petition: 9 Sept. 1697. |
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