'The research group led by editor Ruth Paley and the History of Parliament Trust are to be congratulated, on the one hand, for having established a cornerstone of a history of the House of Lords from 1660 to 1715 with the volumes discussed here, which are characteristically lavishly produced by Cambridge University Press … a magnificent scholarly achievement …' Roland Kelinhenz, Journal of Modern Legal History

• Volume 1. Introductory survey: 1. Introduction and method; 2. The size of the House; 3. Attendance and participation; 4. The English and British peers; 5. The bishops; 6. The Scottish representative peers; 7. The House of Lords 1660–1715: a political outline; 8. Parties, politics and voting; Appendices; Bibliography of manuscript sources; Index. Volume 2: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Peers A–F; Index of peerage titles; Biographies. Volume 3: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Peers G–N; Index of peerage titles; Biographies. Volume 4: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Peers O–Y; Index of peerage titles; Biographies. Volume 5: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Bishops; Index of bishops by diocese; Bishops A–W; Scottish representative peers; Index of Scottish representative peers by title; Index of Scottish representative peers by election; Scottish representative peers B–W.

'The research group led by editor Ruth Paley and the History of Parliament Trust are to be congratulated, on the one hand, for having established a cornerstone of a history of the House of Lords from 1660 to 1715 with the volumes discussed here, which are characteristically lavishly produced by Cambridge University Press … a magnificent scholarly achievement …' Roland Kelinhenz, Journal of Modern Legal History

• Volume 1. Introductory survey: 1. Introduction and method; 2. The size of the House; 3. Attendance and participation; 4. The English and British peers; 5. The bishops; 6. The Scottish representative peers; 7. The House of Lords 1660–1715: a political outline; 8. Parties, politics and voting; Appendices; Bibliography of manuscript sources; Index. Volume 2: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Peers A–F; Index of peerage titles; Biographies. Volume 3: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Peers G–N; Index of peerage titles; Biographies. Volume 4: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Peers O–Y; Index of peerage titles; Biographies. Volume 5: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Bishops; Index of bishops by diocese; Bishops A–W; Scottish representative peers; Index of Scottish representative peers by title; Index of Scottish representative peers by election; Scottish representative peers B–W.

'The research group led by editor Ruth Paley and the History of Parliament Trust are to be congratulated, on the one hand, for having established a cornerstone of a history of the House of Lords from 1660 to 1715 with the volumes discussed here, which are characteristically lavishly produced by Cambridge University Press … a magnificent scholarly achievement …' Roland Kelinhenz, Journal of Modern Legal History

• Volume 1. Introductory survey: 1. Introduction and method; 2. The size of the House; 3. Attendance and participation; 4. The English and British peers; 5. The bishops; 6. The Scottish representative peers; 7. The House of Lords 1660–1715: a political outline; 8. Parties, politics and voting; Appendices; Bibliography of manuscript sources; Index. Volume 2: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Peers A–F; Index of peerage titles; Biographies. Volume 3: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Peers G–N; Index of peerage titles; Biographies. Volume 4: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Peers O–Y; Index of peerage titles; Biographies. Volume 5: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Bishops; Index of bishops by diocese; Bishops A–W; Scottish representative peers; Index of Scottish representative peers by title; Index of Scottish representative peers by election; Scottish representative peers B–W.