Documents Illustrating
Jacobite History
The documents made available here illustrate the
intentions of the Jacobite kings:
- liberty of conscience for all;
- liberty for all to worship in their own fashion or even
in no fashion;
- the national integrity of each individual kingdom -
England, Scotland, and Ireland.
This may be compared with the intentions of their
opponents:
- religious intolerance (not only towards Catholics but
also to all those who did not believe in the
Trinity);
- required attendance at Protestant religious
services;
- forced unions between England, Scotland, and
Ireland.
The documents are presented roughly in
chronological order and within the following
categories:
In order to make these documents more readable, I have
modernised spelling, punctuation, and capitalisation.
Prelude to Revolution
Second Bill to Exclude the Duke of York, 1680
Speech of King James II to the Privy Council, February 7, 1685
Judgment in the Case Godden v. Hales, 1686
Dispensation of King James II in favour of John Massey, December 12, 1686
Scottish Declaration of Toleration, February 12, 1687
Letter of King James VII to the Scottish Privy Council, February 12, 1687
Letter of the Scottish Privy Council to King James VII, February 24, 1687
Letter of King James VII to the Scottish Privy Council, March 31, 1687
Declaration of Indulgence of King James II, April 4, 1687
Address of Thanks from the Presbyterians of London, April 1687
Address of Thanks from the City of Gloucester, April 1687
Humble Address of the Presbyterians, 1687
Address to King James II at Oxford, September 1687
Proclamation of King James II, December 23, 1687
Proclamation of King James II, March 14, 1688
Declaration of Indulgence of King James II, April 27, 1688
Humble Address of Old Dissenting Officers and Soldiers of the County of Lincoln, May 1688
Order that the Declaration of Indulgence be Read, May 4, 1688
Petition of the Seven Bishops, May 18, 1688
Letter from the Privy Council to the Earl of Rochester, June 10, 1688
Scottish Thanksgiving for the Birth of the Prince of Wales, June 10, 1688
The Revolution in England
Enquiry of the Princess of Orange into the Birth of the Prince of Wales
Invitation to the Prince of Orange, June 30, 1688
Trial of the Seven Bishops, June 29-30, 1688
Declaration of King James II about the Ensuing Parliament, September 21, 1688
Proclamation of King James II, September 28, 1688
Declaration of the Prince of Orange, September 30, 1688 (Selections)
Scottish Declaration of the Prince of Orange, October 1, 1688
Declaration of the Prince of Orange, October 10, 1688
Proclamation of King James II, October 20, 1688
Meeting of the King's Privy Council, October 22, 1688
Additional Declaration of the Prince of Orange, October 24, 1688
Declaration of King James II, November 6, 1688
Petition for a Free Parliament, November 17, 1688
Letter of Prince George of Denmark to King James II, November 1688
Letter of Lord Churchill to King James II, November 1688
Letter of Princess Anne of Denmark to the Queen, November 1688
Counterfeit Declaration of the Prince of Orange, November 28, 1688
Proposals of the King's Commissioners to the Prince of Orange, December 8, 1688
Answer of the Prince of Orange to the King's Commissioners, December 9, 1688
Letter of King James II to the Earl of Feversham, December 11, 1688
Letter of the Earl of Feversham to the Prince of Orange, December 11, 1688
Declaration of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, December 11, 1688
Address of the Lord Mayor and the City of
London to the Prince of Orange, December 11, 1688
Letter of the Prince of Orange to the
Lord Mayor and the City of London, December 16, 1688
Address of the Lord Mayor and the City of
London to the Prince of Orange, December 17, 1688
Order of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
against Papists, December 22, 1688
Letter of King James II and VII,
December 22, 1688
Address of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal to the Prince of Orange, December 25, 1688
Letter of King James II to the Privy
Council, January 4, 1689
Letter of King James II to the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal, January 26, 1689
Declaration of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, February 13, 1689
Act Establishing the Coronation Oath,
April 9, 1689
Letter of the Emperor Leopold I to King
James II, April 9, 1689
Toleration Act, 1689
Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and Settling the Succession of the Crown, December 16, 1689
The Revolution in Scotland
Scottish Address to the Prince of Orange,
January 10, 1689
Letter of King James VII to the Scottish Convention, March 1, 1689
Letter of the Prince of Orange to the Scottish Convention, March 16, 1689
Act Declaring the Scottish Convention a Free and Lawful Meeting, March 16, 1689
Scottish Convention's Proclamation against Papists, March 20, 1689
Declaration of the Scottish Convention, April 11, 1689
Grievances of the Scottish Convention,
April 13, 1689
Letter from the Scottish Convention to
the Prince of Orange, April 24, 1689
The Revolution in Ireland
Address to King James II at Kilkenny,
March 22, 1689
King James II's Speech from the Throne,
May 7, 1689
Act of Recognition, 1689
Declaratory Act, 1689
Letter of King James II to Pope Alexander
VIII, November 26, 1689
Speech of King James II to His Council,
July 1, 1690
Letter of King James II to the Officers
of the Irish Army, November 27, 1691
First Years in Exile
Meditations of King James II
Invitation to Queen Mary Beatrice's Confinement,
April 2, 1692
Declaration of King James II, April 20,
1692
Letter of the Prince of Orange to Pope
Innocent XII, 1693
Declaration of King James II, April 17, 1693
Unpublished Declaration of King James II, February 28, 1696
Declaration of Sir John Fenwick, January 28, 1697
Select Articles from the Treaty of Ryswick, 1697
Protest of King James II and VII against the Treaty of Ryswick, June 8, 1697
Manifesto of King James II to the Protestant Princes, 1697
Protest of the Duchess of Savoy against the "Act of Settlement", 1701
Act of Settlement, 1701
Speech of Pope Clement XI, October 3, 1701
Attainder of the Pretended Prince of Wales, March 7, 1702
Instructions of King James II and VII to his Son
Memorial of the Scots Lords to the French
King, May 7, 1707
Act of Union, 1707
Act for the Security of Her Majesty's Person, 1707
Declaration of King James VIII, March 1,
1708
Act for Improving the Union of the Two Kingdoms, 1708
Letter of King James III and VIII to Princess Anne of Denmark, May 2, 1711
Protest of King James III and VIII to the Congress of Utrecht, April 25, 1712
Select Articles from the Treaty of
Utrecht, 1713
Protest of King James III and VIII,
August 29, 1714
Act for Continuing the Imprisonment of Robert Blackburn, 1714
Declaration of King James III, January
3/14, 1715
The 1715 Rising
Declaration of the Earl of Mar, September
9, 1715
Letter of King James III to the Emperor, October 18, 1715
Declaration of King James VIII, October
25, 1715
Address of the Episcopal Clergy of
Aberdeen, December 29, 1715
Address of the Episcopal Laity of
Aberdeen, December 29, 1715
Reasons of King James VIII for not
Assisting at the Te Deum, January 1716
Speech of King James VIII, January 16,
1716
Letter of King James VIII to John Campbell, called Duke of Argyll, February 4, 1716
Speech of the Earl of Derwentwater,
February 24, 1716
Declaration of King James III, March 21, 1717
Declaration of King James III, September 10, 1722
Letter from King James III and VIII to
Queen Clementina, September 17, 1726
Commission of Regency to the Prince of Wales, December 23, 1743
Declaration of King James III, December 23, 1743
Declaration of King James VIII, December 23, 1743
Act to Make it High Treason to Hold Correspondence with the Sons of the Pretender, May 12, 1744
Protest against Certain Clauses in the Act Against Correspondence with the Pretender's Sons, 1744
The 1745 Rising
Manifesto of the Prince Regent, May 16, 1745
Summons of the Prince Regent to the City of Edinburgh, September 16, 1745
Order of the Prince Regent to the Inhabitants of Edinburgh, September 18, 1745
Speech of the Archbishop of York, September 24, 1745
Association of the Nobility and Gentlemen of York, September 24, 1745
Declaration of the Prince Regent, October 10, 1745
Speech of the Elector of Hanover, October 17, 1745
Treaty of Fontainebleau, October 24, 1745
Manifesto of His Most Christian Majesty, December 1745
Speech of Lord Balmerino, August 18, 1746
Speech of the Reverend Thomas Coppach, October 18, 1746
Speech of James Bradeshaw, November 28,
1746
Speech of Andrew Wood, November 28,
1746
After the 'Forty-Five
Allocution of Pope Benedict XIV, July 3, 1747
Protest of the Prince Regent against the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, July 16, 1748
Select Articles from the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748
Memorial of the Cardinal Duke of York to Pope Clement XIII, 1766
Response of the Holy See to the Cardinal Duke of York, January 14, 1766
Protest of the Cardinal Duke of York, January 27, 1784
Separation of King Charles III and Queen
Louise, April 3, 1784
Protest of the Cardinal called
Duke of York, November 4, 1792
Will and Protest of the Cardinal called Duke of York, July 15, 1802
Charlotte, Duchess of Albany
French Legitimation of Charlotte, Duchess
of Albany, August 1784
Protest against the Legitimation of Charlotte, Duchess of Albany, 1784
Will of Charlotte, Duchess of Albany, 1789
Attack upon Francis V, Duke of Modena
Gladstone's Charges against Francis V, Duke of Modena, March 7, 1861
Correspondence between Phipps and Gladstone, July 9-16, 1861
Speech of Lord Derby in the House of Lords, July 22, 1861
Phipps' Defence of Francis V, Duke of Modena, 1861
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