Take a look into the rolls featuring the Act of Union with Scotland (1707) and the Articles of Union with Scotland (1706)
Take a look into the rolls featuring the Act of Union with Scotland (1707) and the Articles of Union with Scotland (1706)
Examining England's Act of Union with Scotland (1707) and the Articles of Union with Scotland (1706), in the Parliamentary Archives, London.
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Transcript
This is a selection of shots from stock footage taken from the parliamentary archives, featuring the Act of Union with Scotland and the Articles of Union with Scotland. These shots are taken in the act room which is in the Victoria tower at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London.
You can see the rolls on the shelves which are all the original acts of parliament dating back to 1497. We're now going into the search room which is where members of the public come and do their research and consult the records. I'm carrying in the Act of Union with Scotland in that box, and the articles in the other box.
This is the Act of Union with Scotland coming out of its box. You can see writing on the outside which is the title of the act. And you can read it there. It says, for a union of the two kingdoms of England and Scotland. That's followed by the regnal year, which is five and six Anne-- fifth and sixth years of the reign of Queen Anne.
I'm now unrolling the act. That's a cover sheet on the outside. And then we have the start of the act here. You can see some writing at the very top of the act. That reads, most gracious sovereign, and then La Reyne le veult, which means the queen wishes it. That's the royal assent formula. I'm now rolling the act back up.
I'm now opening the box of the Articles of Union. The Articles of Union is the treaty that was signed by all the commissioners that agreed to the union of England and Scotland. That's the title on the outside there, and the date, 1706.
This is the first page of the Articles of Union which is very nicely decorated. And this is the start of the articles. At the back of the book are the seals and the signatures of the commissioners that agreed to this treaty. The English commissioner's names are on the left and the Scots are on the right. And it goes over onto the next page. Here you can see the articles and the act, side-by-side in the parliamentary archive search room.
You can see the rolls on the shelves which are all the original acts of parliament dating back to 1497. We're now going into the search room which is where members of the public come and do their research and consult the records. I'm carrying in the Act of Union with Scotland in that box, and the articles in the other box.
This is the Act of Union with Scotland coming out of its box. You can see writing on the outside which is the title of the act. And you can read it there. It says, for a union of the two kingdoms of England and Scotland. That's followed by the regnal year, which is five and six Anne-- fifth and sixth years of the reign of Queen Anne.
I'm now unrolling the act. That's a cover sheet on the outside. And then we have the start of the act here. You can see some writing at the very top of the act. That reads, most gracious sovereign, and then La Reyne le veult, which means the queen wishes it. That's the royal assent formula. I'm now rolling the act back up.
I'm now opening the box of the Articles of Union. The Articles of Union is the treaty that was signed by all the commissioners that agreed to the union of England and Scotland. That's the title on the outside there, and the date, 1706.
This is the first page of the Articles of Union which is very nicely decorated. And this is the start of the articles. At the back of the book are the seals and the signatures of the commissioners that agreed to this treaty. The English commissioner's names are on the left and the Scots are on the right. And it goes over onto the next page. Here you can see the articles and the act, side-by-side in the parliamentary archive search room.