Taxation Act 1688
Private acts Sources * * * * * * * * * 1 Will. & Mar. Sess. 2 The second session of the Convention Parliament (1689), Convention Parliament, which met from 23 October 1689 until 27 January 1690. Public acts Private acts Sources * * * * * * * * * See also *List of acts of the Parliament of England References

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Convention Parliament (1689)
The English Convention was an assembly of the Parliament of England which met between 22 January and 12 February 1689 (1688 old style, so its legislation was labelled with that earlier year) and transferred the crowns of England and Ireland from James II to William III and Mary II. A parallel Scottish Convention met in March 1689 and confirmed that the throne of Scotland was also to be awarded to William and Mary. Assemblies of 1688 Immediately following the Glorious Revolution, with King James II of England in flight and Prince William III of Orange nearing London, the Earl of Rochester summoned the Lords Temporal and Lords Spiritual to assemble, and they were joined by the privy councillors on 12 December 1688 to form a provisional government for England. James II returned to London on 16 December; by the 17th he was effectively a prisoner of William who arrived in London the next day. Subsequently, William allowed James to flee in safety, to avoid the ignominy of doing hi ...
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