Identifier: guidetopalaceof00lond (find matches)
Title: Guide to the Palace of Westminster
Year: 1911 (1910s)
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Publisher: London : Warrington
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Hall, as provision was necessary for the accommo-dation of the Sovereign and of both Houses of Parliament.Following out this indication, a tablet has been fixed on thecentre line of the floor of the Hall near to the doorway whichleads to the House of Commons bearing this inscription. This Tablet marks with as much accuracy as can be attained theplace where Thomas Wentworth. Earl of Strafford, stood in this Hallduring the impeachment for High Treason brought against him upon theaccusation of the House of Commons before the House of Lords : 22March—29 April. A.D. 1640-1. For the site of this tablet a certain amount of evidence isobtainable. The sources of information nearest in time toStraffords trial regarding the position assigned to him in theHall are Hollars print of the trial scene and the followingparagraph which commences the Brief and Perfect Rela-tion of the trial, printer! in the year 1647 and written l>\ onewho claims to have been present at all the actions * Page Sever
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WESTMINSTER HALL. Photo by Warrington Sf Co. The House for the appearance of the Lord Lieutenant was the GreatHall in Westminster where there was a Throne erected for the King, oneach side whereof a Cabinet enclosed with boards . before that were the seats for the Judges of the Upper House, and sacks of woolfor the Judges; before them, ten stages of seats extending further thanthe middle of the Hall, for the gentlemen of the House of Commons;at the end of all was a desk closed about and set apart for the LordLieutenant and his Counsel. The renderings of Straffords Trial-scene by the artist and bythe writer are in fair mutual agreement. Hollar drew thescene standing at the lower end of the Hall, with his backturned towards the principal or northern entrance. The fore-ground of the engraving shows Strafford within the deskclosed about prepared for him and his law advisers. TheBar in front separates him from the Court. The ten stagesof seats occupied by the House of Commons, 5 rows oneac

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