History of Parliament publishes third month of 'Proceedings in Parliament 1624' on British History Online

The History of Parliament is delighted to announce the publication of Proceedings in Parliament 1624: The House of Commons. Hosted by British History Online, the Proceedings provides free online access to the first in a progressive release of the Commons’ debates during the final Parliament of the reign of James I,and now includes material for both February and March 1624. Following the initial release of material on 12 February 2015, the proceedings for March 1624, which cover 26 days, were released on 2 March following. At just under 290,000 words, this is the largest set of monthly proceedings for the Commons, enabling readers, for the first time, to consult the full range of debates during the opening two months of what remains one of the most controversial and puzzling of the early Stuart Parliaments.

The History of Parliament Trust's work on the 1624 parliamentary diaries has been funded by a £97,000 grant from the Leverhulme Trust and additional funding from the Friends of the Yale Center for Parliamentary History and the Mercers’ Company of the City of London. The remainder of the material, covering the month of May, will be released online during the next few months. When completed, the release of the full eighty-four days of Commons’ proceedings covered by the various diaries and journals of the 1624 Parliament will give scholars free online access to over 770,000 words detailing the work of the so-called ‘Happy Parliament’.

Click here to find out more about the 1624 Parliamentary Diaries Project.

Click here to access the text published to date on British History Online.