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To study the social and economic composition of Parliament (1691 - 1693) and the political behaviour of the men who sat in it.

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Variables Details of attendance at sessions and parliaments, constituency type and size, and political party of respondent. Number of: second reading committee nominations, committees of investigation nominations, tellerships, speeches, areas of service (data were collected for 1st and 2nd sessions). Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

159 MP's were selected as `workers'. A working member was defined as one who reached a high level o

Compilation or synthesis of existing material

Compilation of published data plus materials from private papers, etc.