England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II)

[A proclamation on distressed French Protestants in Great Britain]

A paper delivered to His Highness the Prince of Orange, by Commissioners sent by His Majesty to treat with him. And His Highness' Answer

A proclamation declaring His Majesties pleasure touching His Royal Coronation, and the solemnity thereof

A proclamation for suppressing and preventing seditious and unlicenced books and pamphlets

A proclamation for the more effectual reducing and suppressing of pirates and privateers in America

A proclamation of the Kings Majesties most gracious and general pardon

A proclamation requiring all the heretors and free-holders and militia of the king of Scotland to be in a readiness to come out in their best arms and provided (upon advertisement) for His Majesties service

A proclamation, adjourning the Parliament from the last Tuesday of October to the first Thursday of April next ensuing

A proclamation, anent field conventicles and house-meetings

A proclamation, anent runawayes, and deserters from the Scots regiments lately come from Holland

A proclamation, for delivery in of the arms and ammunition &c. lately brought into this kingdom by the late Earl of Argile, and the other rebels

A proclamation, regulating the quartering of souldiers, an for preventing abuses from them

A proclamation, reviving and renuing a former proclamation against slanderers and leesing-makers

A publication, of the royal authority, of ... James the Seventh ... King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland ...

A second letter to a friend, concerning the French invasion

An account of what His Majesty said at his first coming to Council

At the court at Whitehall this sixth day of November, 1685

At the court at Whitehall, this 26th day of March 1686

By the King

By the King, a declaration

By the King, a proclamation

By the King, a proclamation

By the King, a proclamation against spreading of a traiterous declaration published by James Duke of Monmouth

By the King, a proclamation appointing a time of publick thanksgiving and prayer throughout the kingdom

By the King, A proclamation commanding the return of all His Majesties subjects, who have taken arms under, and now are in the service of the States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, by sea or land ...

By the King, a proclamation for continuing the collection of the customs and subsidies of tonnage and poundage

By the King, a proclamation for prohibiting the transportation of frames for kniting and making of silk-stockings, and other wearing necessaries..

By the King, a proclamation for proroguing of the Parliament

By the King, a proclamation for restraining all His Majesties subjects, but the members and agents of the East-India Company, to trade in the East-Indies, and recalling such as are there

By the King, a proclamation for the better putting in execution the law against the importation and selling of foreign buttons

By the King, a proclamation prohibiting His Majesties subjects to enter into the service of foreign princes and states

By the King, a proclamation prohibiting the keeping of Exeter Fair, and other fairs thereabouts, for some time

By the King, a proclamation. James R. Whereas the Parliament hath been prorogued until the tenth day of February next, we ... have ... resolved to make a further prorogation ... until the tenth day of May next ...

By the King. A declaration. Whereas we have been informed that divers abuses have been committed in the quartering of officers and soldiers ...

By the King. A proclamation for protecting and securing the patentees of the Royal Oak, and all other lotteries, prohibiting all others to use or exercise the same

By the King. A proclamation inhibiting all persons after the four and twentieth day of June next to use the trade of a pedlar or petty chapman, unless they be licensed according to a course lately taken by us in that behalf

By the King. A proclamation of pardon

By the King. A proclamation prohibiting the importation of foreign needles

By the King. A proclamation. Amongst other the advantages of these our kingdoms, the staple commodities of wooll and cloth are peculiar thereunto ...

By the King. A proclamation. Amongst other the advantages of these our kingdoms, the staple commodities of wooll and cloth are peculiar thereunto, and the manufacture of the same ...

By the King. A proclamation. It having pleased almighty God ... to bless him and his royal consort the Queen with a son ...

By the King. A proclamation. Whereas our dearest brother ... by his royal proclamation bearing date the fifteenth day of September, in the twelfth year of his reign, for preventing the exportation of wooll, wool-fells, &c. out of this kingdom ...

Declaratie. Van sijn koninklijke Majesteit Jacobus de II, konink van Groot-Brittannie. Hebbende alrede onse begeerte bekent gemaeckt van een Parliment te versamelen binnen onse stadt van Westmunster, in de aenstaende maendt van november, ende ten dien eynde brieven ende dagementen hebben laten uytgaen ...

His Majesties gracious declaration

His Majesties gracious letter to the Parliament of Scotland

His Majesties most gracious pardon to the poor prisoners in Newgate, on Friday the 26th of February, 1685/6

His Majesties most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament

His Majesties most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament on Friday the 22th of May, 1685

His Majesties most gracious speech to both houses of Parliament, on Friday the 22th of May, 1685 ...

His Majesties most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Monday the 9th of November, 1685 ...

His Majesties most gracious speech to both houses of Parliament, on Saturday the 30th of May, 1685 ...

His Majesties reasons for with-drawing himself from Rochester

His Majesties regulation in the business of plate-carriage, &c

His Majesty having been pleased, of his royal grace and bounty, to renew his brief to the distressed French Protestants, who have taken refuge in these his kingdoms ..

His Most Sacred Majesties and His Most Honourable Privy Councils letters relating to the College of Physicians

Ihrer Königlichen Majestät in Engeland, Edict

James R. Whereas His Majesty hath been certainly informed of the killing and destroying of the game in and about His Honour of Hampton-Court ...

The late King James's second manifesto

To the Most Reverend Fathers in God, William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan, and John Lord Archbishop of York, Primate of England and Metropolitan