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Williams, William Sir

Williams, William

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Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet (1634 – 11 July 1700) was a Welsh lawyer and politician. He served as a Member of Parliament for Chester and later Beaumaris, and was appointed Speaker for two English Parliaments during the reign of Charles II. He later served as Solicitor General during the reign of James II. Williams had a bitter personal and professional rivalry with Judge Jeffreys (the hanging judge).-Wikipedia

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    Williams, William Sir

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  • The speech of the Honorable William Williams, esq

    Representative edition published 1681

    Open Work
  • The speech of the Honourable Willm. Williams, Esq., Speaker of the House of Commons, to the Honourable House of Commons, upon the electing of him Speaker in the Parliament at Oxford, Monday the 21st day of March, 1680

    Representative edition published 1681

    Open Work
  • A specimen of the rhetorick, candour, gravity, and ingenuity of Wi. Williams, Speaker to the late House of Commons at Westminster, in his speech to Sir Robert Peyton, when he expell'd him that House

    Representative edition published 1681

    Open Work
  • The Examination Of Captain William Bedlow Deceased, Relating to The Popish Plot, Taken in his last Sickness, by Sir Francis North, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Together with the Narrative of Sir Francis North, at the Council Board

    Representative edition published 1680

    Open Work