History of the english parliament

ABSTRACT IT is announced that H.M. Stationery Office will publishat an early date a volume, the first to be issued, of the “History of Parliament”, which has been in course of preparation

for some time under the supervision of a committee presided over by the Marquess of Salisbury. This undertaking, which will cover the whole period of parliamentary government from its

inception in 1264 up to 1918, is an outcome of the report of a committee which was appointed in 1929 with Colonel J. Wedgwood as its chairman, to examine the material available for a record

of the personnel and politics of the members of the House of Commons. A joint meeting of bothHouses decided that the scope of the work should be extended so as to make it as complete a

record as possible of “the people in Parliament, their ideas, standing, and politics, and to trace the gradual growth of Parliamentary representation and government”. The work will fall into

seventeen or eighteen periods, the material for each being grouped into two or three volumes. This material will comprise biographies of members of the Commons, complete lists of the

members of both Houses with identifications, a preface to each Parliament with a commentary on its composition and the workdone, and conclusions, appendixes, documents, etc. It is expected

that the “History” will consist of some forty volumes, and that it will be completed in about thirty years; but as the price, possibly not more than £2 2s. per volume, will cover cost of

printing and publication only, the rate of production will depend upon the funds available for the collection and preparation of the material. For thefirst volume to be issued, covering the

period 1439-1509,Colonel Wedgwood, it is understood, has been largely responsible. Subscribers to the whole work will be charged three-quarters of the published price, a first payment of £10

being required with the undertaking to subscribe, against which the cost will be charged as each volume is issued. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of

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