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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the manufacture of medley cloth. 1 The town petitioned Parliament in 1711 that cloths should be of a prescribed … position, becoming a Justice of the Peace and Member of Parliament for Westbury. His nephew, W. H. Laverton, was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… heir of Elizabeth Paulet, obtained permission by Act of Parliament to divide the property which had come to them from …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in 1443 14 and in 1448 the borough began to be summoned to Parliament and continued to be summoned thereafter. 15 By the … among its own number and returning representatives to Parliament. The recorder was elected for life. The mayor was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… REPRESENTATION. Westbury first sent representatives to Parliament in 1448, the last but one of the Wiltshire … which was the machinery for returning the members to Parliament. 8 V.C.H. Wilts. v. 73. Ibid. 301. Ibid. 312. V.C.H. Wilts. v. 121. See p. 139. Rtn. of Members of Parliament, 1213-1702. V.C.H. Wilts. v. 215. For a more …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in the hands of Sir John Chapman, Commissioner for the Parliament in 1644, and his heir female conveyed it to Hugh …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Kirkby-Stephen, and Orton. Two knights are returned to parliament for the shire, and one representative for the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… was retained for its present purpose when the Houses of Parliament were rebuilt. It was then so much restored and …
Old and New London
… quaintly entayled; With seemly selure y'set aloft, As a parliament-house ypainted about." Piers Ploughman. A … on the Continent, forming the conventual or capitular Parliament House, and a distinctive and splendid building. … England first held their meetings, as part of the King's Parliament; and here they continued to hold their sittings …
Old and New London
… shut up for four months. Even the sitting of the King's Parliament was suspended, lest its assembly should be … before the Reformation, had a seat among the peers of Parliament; but it would astonish most readers, even devout …
Old and New London
… by the iconoclasts of that period, and, by order of the Parliament, the sacred vestments were seized and burnt. In … from the Privy Stairs, at Whitehall, and landed at the Parliament Stairs; from whence he proceeded up to the room … of gold copes), and after them the nobility, all in their Parliament robes, which was a most magnificent sight. Then …