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Parliament again at the two general elections of 1701 and was among those who supported the motion of 26 February 1702 which vindicated the proceedings of the Commons on the impeachments of the King's ministers in the previous Parliament. His long term interest in public
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and took an interest in matters of money and coinage. He was appointed
Commissioner for taking subscriptions to the land bank in 1696. He opposed the attainer against Sir John Fenwick. He turned his attention to local matters and was given leave to bring in a bill for making the
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in 1691. and regularly met with literary and political figures in London taverns, developing a wide range of interests in political matters. Following
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and was appointed to draft the bill to standardize the treason laws within the Union in
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