History of Parliament

Born #OTD 1617, William Sancroft. Sancroft opposed King James II's Declaration of Indulgence; he was imprisoned for seditious libel against James. Sancroft features in our Lords 1660-1715 volumes, available in print. Find out more about the Declaration: http://ow.ly/6N8o50MlzYa

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March 1672: The Declaration of Indulgence

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