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A History of the County of Essex
… J. (Jack) Jones (18731941) all represented West Ham in Parliament. 30 The first two were better known outside the …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… 1417, cr. duke of Exeter 1444), successfully petitioned Parliament for his father's estates. 29 He took West Lydford … Edward Jacob, who served from 1649, instituted by Parliament, until his death in 1689, was described as a pious …
Survey of London
… of poverty in Clerkenwell, the parish obtained an Act of Parliament for improving poor-relief arrangements, including …
Survey of London
… by the new London County Council, which secured an Act of Parliament for the removal of gates and bars in various …
A History of the County of Sussex
… took possession of the manor by virtue of a recent Act of Parliament. 85 From at least the late 16th century the manor …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 3 March, 1625-6, aged 12; 4th baron 1625, summoned to parliament 1639-85; died 5 Feb., 1695; brother of Thomas … of the assembly of divines, created serjeant-at-law by the parliament 1648, but declared illegal 1660, M.P. Stafford …
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 …