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Anniversary of the Restoration
'Resolved, That a Bill be prepared for keeping of a perpetual Anniversary, for a Day of Thanksgiving to God, for the great Blessing and Mercy he hath been graciously pleased to vouchsafe to the People of these Kingdoms, after their manifold and grievous Sufferings, in the Restoration of his Majesty, with Safety, to his People and Kingdoms: And that the Nine-and-twentieth Day of May, in every Year, being the Birth Day of his Sacred Majesty, and the Day of his Majesty's Return to his Parliament, be yearly set apart for that Purpose...
Thanksgiving Day
Resolved, That the Lords be desired to join with this House, in beseeching the King's Majesty, to appoint a Day to be set apart for publick Thanksgiving to God, throughout this Realm, for the great Blessing and Mercy God hath vouchsafed to the People of these Kingdoms, after their manifold and grievous Sufferings, in the happy Restoration of his Majesty to his People and Kingdoms. Ordered, That Sir Wm. Lewis, Mr. Finch, Mr. Perrepont, Serjeant Maynard, Sir Wm. Morris, Mr. Pryn, Mr. Turner, do withdraw, and pen a Petition to his Majesty to this Effect, upon the present Debate.'
House of Commons Journal Volume 8: 30 May 1660, Journal of the House of Commons: volume 8: 1660-1667 (1802), pp. 49-50.
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'Down to a very recent date, the Speaker and the House of Commons used to attend the "State Services," such as the 30th of January (King Charles' Martyrdom), the 5th of November (Gunpowder Plot), the day of the King's or Queen's Accession, and the 29th of May (the Restoration of King Charles II.), when the sermon was always delivered by the Speaker's chaplain...'.
'St Margaret's Westminster', Old and New London: Volume 3 (1878), pp. 567-576.
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