BIB_ID
200655
Accession number
MA Unassigned
Creator
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760.
Display Date
1727 June 14.
Description
1 item (1 p.) : vellum
Notes
Countersigned by twenty-one members of the 1st Privy Council, including, including William Wake, archbishop of Canterbury; Daniel Finch, Comptroller of the Household; H. Gelham; W. Stanhope; W. Pulteney; Holl[?]wealth; Sir Robert Walpole, Lord High Treasurer; Lord Stair, Vice Admiral of Scotland; Lin[?]; Falmouth; Lonsdale; Pembroke; [?]merel; H[?]; W. Cans.; Peter King, Lord High Chancellor; Lord Trevor, Lord Privy Seal; Graston; [?]; Argyll; Kent; etc.
Summary
The original oath taken by George II on the day of his accession, by which he swears to maintain the "true Protestant religion, government, worship, discipline, rights and privileges of the Church of Scotland as by the laws established."
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