Library Guides: Parliamentary Papers at MU: 16th-18th Century

16th-18th Century Indexes, Bibliographies, and Papers

*MU access only

Browse here for pre-19th Century materials, listed in chronological order. Scottish material is at the end in chronological order:

Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the Year 1803
36 volumes. Uncataloged. Law Library Rare Book Room, request appointment.
Parliamentary History or Consitutional History of England
Covers "earliest times to the end of Charles II reign." Uncataloged. Law Library Rare Book Room, request appointment.
A Collection of the Parliamentary Debates in England, from the Year 1668 to the Present Time.
Call Number: 328.42 G77d2. Covers 1668-1741. 21 volumes. UM Libraries Depository (UMLD) or select volumes in Law Library Rare Book Room.
The Parliamentary or Constitutional History of England from the Earliest Times to the Restoration of King Charles II : Collected from the Records, the Rolls of Parliament, the Journals of Both Houses, the Public Libraries, Original Manuscripts...
Library Use only. Available upon request in MU Ellis Special Collections.
Cobbett's Parliamentary History from Oxford Digital Library
Digitized copy of all 36-volumes of Cobbett's Parliamentary History. Time period covered: 1066-1803.
Statues of the Realm (online)
Covers 1220-1713 Statues and their index. Use above link, the scroll down to click on Statutes of the Realm.
The Laws and Acts of Parliament, Made by King James the First, and His Royal Successors...
Call Number: BALCNY KDC76.1424 1682. Law Library Rare Book Room, request appointment.
Parliamentary Debates in 1610
Request from UM Libraries Depository (UMLD).
Parliamentary history, 1620-1762
Microfilm. Available to MU users on via interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. Online guide contains contents of each reel plus full text of a few appendixes.
Commons Debates, 1621, 1628, 1629
1629 volume is in the UM Libraries Depository (UMLD). Other volumes (7 volumes for 1621, 4 volumes for 1628) are in Ellis Library.
Debates of the House of Commons: From the Year 1667 to the Year 1694
Call Number: JN673.G7 1763. Ten volumes. MU Ellis Special Collections Rare.
The manuscripts of the House of Lords
1678/1688-1692/1693: Ellis Library, 3rd floor W, 942 G793r
1693/1695-1712/1714: Volumes must be requested from Annex.
Debates in the House of Commons in 1625
Request from UM Libraries Depository (UMLD).

Early English Books Online
Contains early (pre-1700) Parliamentary-based works in the collection. See Databases tab for search instructions.
Access provided through a partnership of the English Department, the College of Arts and Science and the MU Libraries.

Date coverage: 1475-1700
ECCO - Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Contains English-language titles and editions based on the English Short Title Catalogue, made available online over the course of the next two years.
Date Coverage: 1701-1800

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List of House of Commons Sessional Papers, 1701-1750
Call Number: CD1042.A2 L56 1. Request from UM Libraries Depository (UMLD).
British Sessional Papers, House of Commons, 1731-1900
Ellis Library Room 303, 3rd Floor: Microprint 328.42.
Reports from Committees of the House of Commons, Which Have Benn Printed by Order of the House, and are not Inserted into the Journals, Reprinted by Order of the House
Covers 1715-1801. Call Number: J301.K56. 16 volumes. Located in Ellis Large Print Room 202
The Parliamentary Register, or History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons [and House of Lords]: Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Speeches and Motions..During the...Session of the..Parliament of Great Britain
Call Number: J301.H218. Covers 1774-1801 in multiple volumes. MU Ellis Special Collections Rare.
British Sessional Papers, House of Lords, Unknown Dates
Located at Washington University in Olin Library.
Scotland Acts of Parliament
Covers 1124-1702. 11 vol. and general index volume. Uncataloged. Law Library Rare Book Room, request appointment.
Scots Statutes Revised
Covers 1424-1900 and index. Two volumes. Uncataloged. Law Library Rare Book Room, request appointment.
The Laws and Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Sovereign ... Holden at Edinburgh ...
Call Number: LAW RARE KDC76.S4 1731. Law Library Rare Book Room, request appointment.
Scottish Statutes Revised
Covers 1707-1900. 10 vol., including index. Uncataloged. Law Library Rare Book Room, request appointment.
Public General Statues Affecting Scotland
Covers 1707-1947. Multi-volume, appendix included.