Table of Contents

Volume I. 1. The nature, functions and remit of the House of Commons; 2. Membership; 3. Motives for membership; 4. Elections; 5. The composition of the House of Commons; 6. Times of sitting; 7. Topography; 8. The Officers and Servants of the House; 9. Attendance; 10. Speechmaking and debate; 11. Legislation and petitions; 12. Meetings and conferences; 13. The management of the Commons; 14. Representation and accountability; Appendices; Volume II. Constituencies. England, Wales; Volume III. Members A-C; Volume IV. Members D-J; Volume V. Members K-Q; Volume VI. Members R-Z; Appendix. Quasi members.

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Written by expert historians, these groundbreaking volumes contain biographies of the 1,782 Members of the Commons from 1604 to 1629.

Reviews

'This magisterial study deserves a place with Gardner and Spedding … The physical heft of these six volumes reflects an uncommon depth and breadth of research: a sustained intellectual effort measured in thousands of pages, 1,782 individual biographies, hundreds of topical essays, and innumerable shrewd, well-grounded judgments … this history may be the grandest good small book of its generation.' Allen D. Boyer, Historischen Zeitschrift