Note 290 — Chapter XV · ON THE REIGN OF WILLIAM III. (continued 2)

13 W. 3, c. 3. The Lords introduced an amendment into this bill, to attaint also Mary of Este, the late queen of James II. But the Commons disagreed on the ground that it might be of dangerous consequence to attaint any one by an amendment, in which case such due consideration cannot be had, as the nature of an attainder requires. The Lords, after a conference, gave way; but brought in a separate bill to attaint Mary of Este, which passed with a protest of the tory peers. Lords' Journals, Feb. 6, 12, 20, 1701-2.