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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are now the same. The town first received the elective franchise in the 35th of Edward I.: the privilege was … the county gaol. The borough first exercised the elective franchise in the 13th of Elizabeth, from which time, until … and burnt to the ground, about the year 870. The elective franchise was granted by Philip and Mary, in 1558; but by the …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… clear; but that they did so monopolise the Parliamentary franchise long before it was restricted to them by the … Reform Act of 1832." Since 1832 the qualifications for the franchise in the City of London have been the same as in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… partly in the liberty of RomneyMarsh, but chiefly in the franchise and barony of Bircholt, lathe of Shepway, E. …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies