Draft of the Declaration of Rights, 1689
| Following the 'abdication' of James II, Parliament drew up the
Declaration of Rights, which provided a catalogue of the tyrannical
behaviour of the king and asserted the rights of Parliament against
those of the Crown. The Declaration was presented to William and Mary
alongside the formal offer of the throne in February 1689, with the
implication that the offer was conditional on their acceptance of
the terms contained in the document. The Declaration served as the
basis of the Bill of Rights introduced
by Parliament later in the year. HLRO Main Papers (12 February 1688, Old Style calendar; 1689, New Style) |
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