Documents Illustrating Jacobite History

The documents made available here illustrate the intentions of the Jacobite kings:

• liberty of conscience for all;
• liberty for all to worship in their own fashion or even in no fashion;
• the national integrity of each individual kingdom - England, Scotland, and Ireland.

This may be compared with the intentions of their opponents:

• religious intolerance (not only towards Catholics but also to all those who did not believe in the Trinity);
• required attendance at Protestant religious services;
• forced unions between England, Scotland, and Ireland.

The documents are presented roughly in chronological order and within the following categories:

In order to make these documents more readable, I have modernised spelling, punctuation, and capitalisation.

Second Bill to Exclude the Duke of York, 1680

Speech of King James II to the Privy Council, February 7, 1685

Judgment in the Case Godden v. Hales, 1686

Dispensation of King James II in favour of John Massey, December 12, 1686

Scottish Declaration of Toleration, February 12, 1687

Letter of King James VII to the Scottish Privy Council, February 12, 1687

Letter of the Scottish Privy Council to King James VII, February 24, 1687

Letter of King James VII to the Scottish Privy Council, March 31, 1687

Declaration of Indulgence of King James II, April 4, 1687

Address of Thanks from the Presbyterians of London, April 1687

Address of Thanks from the City of Gloucester, April 1687

Humble Address of the Presbyterians, 1687

Address to King James II at Oxford, September 1687

Proclamation of King James II, December 23, 1687

Proclamation of King James II, March 14, 1688

Declaration of Indulgence of King James II, April 27, 1688

Humble Address of Old Dissenting Officers and Soldiers of the County of Lincoln, May 1688

Order that the Declaration of Indulgence be Read, May 4, 1688

Petition of the Seven Bishops, May 18, 1688

Letter from the Privy Council to the Earl of Rochester, June 10, 1688

Scottish Thanksgiving for the Birth of the Prince of Wales, June 10, 1688

Enquiry of the Princess of Orange into the Birth of the Prince of Wales

Invitation to the Prince of Orange, June 30, 1688

Trial of the Seven Bishops, June 29-30, 1688

Declaration of King James II about the Ensuing Parliament, September 21, 1688

Proclamation of King James II, September 28, 1688

Declaration of the Prince of Orange, September 30, 1688 (Selections)

Scottish Declaration of the Prince of Orange, October 1, 1688

Declaration of the Prince of Orange, October 10, 1688

Proclamation of King James II, October 20, 1688

Meeting of the King's Privy Council, October 22, 1688

Additional Declaration of the Prince of Orange, October 24, 1688

Declaration of King James II, November 6, 1688

Petition for a Free Parliament, November 17, 1688

Letter of Prince George of Denmark to King James II, November 1688

Letter of Lord Churchill to King James II, November 1688

Letter of Princess Anne of Denmark to the Queen, November 1688

Counterfeit Declaration of the Prince of Orange, November 28, 1688

Proposals of the King's Commissioners to the Prince of Orange, December 8, 1688

Answer of the Prince of Orange to the King's Commissioners, December 9, 1688

Letter of King James II to the Earl of Feversham, December 11, 1688

Letter of the Earl of Feversham to the Prince of Orange, December 11, 1688

Declaration of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, December 11, 1688

Address of the Lord Mayor and the City of London to the Prince of Orange, December 11, 1688

Letter of the Prince of Orange to the Lord Mayor and the City of London, December 16, 1688

Address of the Lord Mayor and the City of London to the Prince of Orange, December 17, 1688

Order of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal against Papists, December 22, 1688

Letter of King James II and VII, December 22, 1688

Address of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal to the Prince of Orange, December 25, 1688

Letter of King James II to the Privy Council, January 4, 1689

Letter of King James II to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, January 26, 1689

Declaration of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, February 13, 1689

Act Establishing the Coronation Oath, April 9, 1689

Letter of the Emperor Leopold I to King James II, April 9, 1689

Toleration Act, 1689

Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and Settling the Succession of the Crown, December 16, 1689

Scottish Address to the Prince of Orange, January 10, 1689

Letter of King James VII to the Scottish Convention, March 1, 1689

Letter of the Prince of Orange to the Scottish Convention, March 16, 1689

Act Declaring the Scottish Convention a Free and Lawful Meeting, March 16, 1689

Scottish Convention's Proclamation against Papists, March 20, 1689

Declaration of the Scottish Convention, April 11, 1689

Grievances of the Scottish Convention, April 13, 1689

Letter from the Scottish Convention to the Prince of Orange, April 24, 1689

Address to King James II at Kilkenny, March 22, 1689

King James II's Speech from the Throne, May 7, 1689

Act of Recognition, 1689

Declaratory Act, 1689

Letter of King James II to Pope Alexander VIII, November 26, 1689

Speech of King James II to His Council, July 1, 1690

Letter of King James II to the Officers of the Irish Army, November 27, 1691

Meditations of King James II

Invitation to Queen Mary Beatrice's Confinement, April 2, 1692

Declaration of King James II, April 20, 1692

Letter of the Prince of Orange to Pope Innocent XII, 1693

Declaration of King James II, April 17, 1693

Unpublished Declaration of King James II, February 28, 1696

Declaration of Sir John Fenwick, January 28, 1697

Select Articles from the Treaty of Ryswick, 1697

Protest of King James II and VII against the Treaty of Ryswick, June 8, 1697

Manifesto of King James II to the Protestant Princes, 1697

Protest of the Duchess of Savoy against the "Act of Settlement", 1701

Act of Settlement, 1701

Speech of Pope Clement XI, October 3, 1701

Attainder of the Pretended Prince of Wales, March 7, 1702

Instructions of King James II and VII to his Son

Memorial of the Scots Lords to the French King, May 7, 1707

Act of Union, 1707

Act for the Security of Her Majesty's Person, 1707

Declaration of King James VIII, March 1, 1708

Act for Improving the Union of the Two Kingdoms, 1708

Letter of King James III and VIII to Princess Anne of Denmark, May 2, 1711

Protest of King James III and VIII to the Congress of Utrecht, April 25, 1712

Select Articles from the Treaty of Utrecht, 1713

Protest of King James III and VIII, August 29, 1714

Act for Continuing the Imprisonment of Robert Blackburn, 1714

Declaration of King James III, January 3/14, 1715

Declaration of the Earl of Mar, September 9, 1715

Letter of King James III to the Emperor, October 18, 1715

Declaration of King James VIII, October 25, 1715

Address of the Episcopal Clergy of Aberdeen, December 29, 1715

Address of the Episcopal Laity of Aberdeen, December 29, 1715

Reasons of King James VIII for not Assisting at the Te Deum, January 1716

Speech of King James VIII, January 16, 1716

Letter of King James VIII to John Campbell, called Duke of Argyll, February 4, 1716

Speech of the Earl of Derwentwater, February 24, 1716

Declaration of King James III, March 21, 1717

Declaration of King James III, September 10, 1722

Letter from King James III and VIII to Queen Clementina, September 17, 1726

Commission of Regency to the Prince of Wales, December 23, 1743

Declaration of King James III, December 23, 1743

Declaration of King James VIII, December 23, 1743

Act to Make it High Treason to Hold Correspondence with the Sons of the Pretender, May 12, 1744

Protest against Certain Clauses in the Act Against Correspondence with the Pretender's Sons, 1744

Manifesto of the Prince Regent, May 16, 1745

Summons of the Prince Regent to the City of Edinburgh, September 16, 1745

Order of the Prince Regent to the Inhabitants of Edinburgh, September 18, 1745

Speech of the Archbishop of York, September 24, 1745

Association of the Nobility and Gentlemen of York, September 24, 1745

Declaration of the Prince Regent, October 10, 1745

Speech of the Elector of Hanover, October 17, 1745

Treaty of Fontainebleau, October 24, 1745

Manifesto of His Most Christian Majesty, December 1745

Speech of Lord Balmerino, August 18, 1746

Speech of the Reverend Thomas Coppach, October 18, 1746

Speech of James Bradeshaw, November 28, 1746

Speech of Andrew Wood, November 28, 1746

Allocution of Pope Benedict XIV, July 3, 1747

Protest of the Prince Regent against the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, July 16, 1748

Select Articles from the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748

Memorial of the Cardinal Duke of York to Pope Clement XIII, 1766

Response of the Holy See to the Cardinal Duke of York, January 14, 1766

Protest of the Cardinal Duke of York, January 27, 1784

Separation of King Charles III and Queen Louise, April 3, 1784

Protest of the Cardinal called Duke of York, November 4, 1792

Will and Protest of the Cardinal called Duke of York, July 15, 1802

French Legitimation of Charlotte, Duchess of Albany, August 1784

Protest against the Legitimation of Charlotte, Duchess of Albany, 1784

Will of Charlotte, Duchess of Albany, 1789

Gladstone's Charges against Francis V, Duke of Modena, March 7, 1861

Correspondence between Phipps and Gladstone, July 9-16, 1861

Speech of Lord Derby in the House of Lords, July 22, 1861

Phipps' Defence of Francis V, Duke of Modena, 1861