The proceedings of the right honourable the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled : upon the bill, intituled, An act to release from the obligation of the oaths of secrecy, the members of the court-martial appointed for the tryal of Admiral John Byng, pursuant to the exception contained in the said oath : together with the examinations of the several members of the said court-martial, taken upon oath at their lordships bar

The proceedings of the right honourable the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled : upon the bill, intituled, An act to release from the obligation of the oaths of secrecy, the members of the court-martial appointed for the tryal of Admiral John Byng, pursuant to the exception contained in the said oath : together with the examinations of the several members of the said court-martial, taken upon oath at their lordships bar

An act to release from the obligation of the oaths of secrecy, the members of the court-martial appointed for the tryal of Admiral John Byng

London : Printed by Thomas Baskett ... and by the assigns of Robert Baskett, 1757

11, [1] p. ; 27 cm. (fol.)

IN L2005F180 1698/1811 ff

At foot of C2r, signed in type: Ashley Cowper, Cler' Parliamentor'
Signatures: A-C2; C2v is blank.
Among the witnesses called to testify were Thomas Smith, Harry Norris; Thomas Brodrick, Charles Holmes, John Simcoe, and Augustus Keppel. Several declined to answer one or more of the questions without being given leave to explain their reasons. A complete list of witnesses appears on on p. 4 of the text.
Disbound and mounted on leaves 222r and 224-228 of The Tragedy of Admiral Byng, 1756-1757

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