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Fornication (16 May 1827) Scobell, HenryA collection of acts and ordinances in Parliament, from 3
November 1640 to 17 September 1656 … a continuation of Pulton's
collection. (2 parts)
1657-1658WG's sale catalog lists:
Acts and Ordinances in Parliament,
Nov.
1640. Sept.
1656, a Continuation of Pulton's Collection, by Henry
Scobell
1658 (item 395).
WG's History
of the Commonwealth (6:506) discusses parliament's passage of a bill
in
1650 suppressing incest, adultery, and
fornication. He cites the following sources:
Journals [of the
House of Commons] (see annnotation of WG's diary for
1822-01-27)
Scobel,
1650, cap. 10 [Scobel's Collection of Acts and
Ordinances]. (see below)
Hume [History of England] (
1795-06-24)
Brodie [History of the British
Empire] (
1822-06-08)
WG reads in the
British Museum on this date. The British Library currently holds
editions of all these items except Brodie.
Mentions in the Diary