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A History of the County of Oxford
… corporation was exempted from sending representatives to parliament, a privilege willingly eschewed from the mid 16th … property owner. 19 In 1642 he was reprimanded by parliament for his zeal in the royalist cause and by December … 42 Many later recorders represented the borough in parliament, including the distinguished parliamentarians Sir …
A History of the County of Oxford
… representation Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to … of the death of a sitting member, 90 and the rejection by parliament of the freemen's choice when there was a double … 91 In the early 18th century, however, it was alleged that parliament in 1640 had decided that the franchise lay with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… annually chosen under the provisions of an act of parliament passed in the 47th of George III.; it is lighted with gas by a company established also by act of parliament, and is supplied with water from the works of the … the Bishop of Rochester. The church was rebuilt by act of parliament passed in the 5th of George II., at an expense of …
The Environs of London
… between the years 1733 and 1740, pursuant to an Act of Parliament, by which it was included among the fifty new …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… VI., from which time it regularly returned two members to parliament till it was disfranchised by the act 2nd of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… The common fields of Wootton were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1778. Three open fields, Preston Hedge, Long …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… whom they assisted to fortify the city against the parliament. These, being afterwards joined by Lord Coventry … Rupert; and a commission was appointed by authority of the parliament, under which Sir Robert Harlow and Sergeant Wilde … and obtained from the citizens a loan of 3000 for the parliament, the Earl of Essex divided his army, consisting of …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… Shropshire were transferred to Worcestershire by acts of parliament of 1832 and 1844. 7 Thus the diocese was to …