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Trial

England · House / House of Ashley-Cooper. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1680–1681Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1680

Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 1st1680

London · House / House of Ashley-Cooper

Campaigns for the exclusionist lobby to exclude the future James III from the throne. Attempts to have the Duke of York tried as a Catholic

1681

Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 1st1681

House / House of Ashley-Cooper

Tried for treason under the 1661 Act forbidding restriction of the King's liberty. Acquited of all charges

Names involved

Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 1st

Provenance

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