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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the county of Gloucester, 6 miles (N. E. by N.) from Bristol; containing 3151 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the road from Bristol to Oxford, and watered by the small river Frome. It … place belonged to Hugh le Despenser, on whose execution at Bristol it escheated to the crown. The parish comprises about …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… residence in Leverington, and for greater secrecy the election was to be held in the little parlour. He also gave … to provide boots and clothing for poor people. 38 The election of beneficiaries was to be made on each first Sunday …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… or chief burgess in the charter. At the first recorded election of the 'ten men' (1564) Richard Best was appointed … the franchise to 40 s. freeholders only. The date of the election of the governing 'ten men', now styled' capital …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… intermediate between the meetings of the 'ten' and the election meeting on 1 November at which every householder was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Corporation elections CORPORATION ELECTIONS The annual election of the capital burgesses was made an excuse for … proved 'of inconveniancye to the Townshipp by retardin the election . . . and sometimes produced quarrellings and … in the neighbourhood'. For this reason, and because the election that year was to fall on a Sunday, the feast was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Sir Sampson Gideon, and 97 to Philip Yorke. In the first election of 1802, however, the town supported the Hardwicke … were shown, though less markedly, in the general election of the same year, when, out of an electorate of 224, …