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claim of right

Declaration by the Scottish estates in 1689 accompanying their recognition of the new regime of William and Mary following the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688. The declaration asserted the right to depose any monarch who violated the law, listing grievances against James VII and II, as well as denouncing the Lords of the Articles and episcopacy in Scotland.



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