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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… all of whom they named, and all of whom were of the liberty of the Bishop of Salisbury, had marketed their goods …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… III (1229) except that of having their own coroner. This liberty, it was stated, they had enjoyed from time … jurors, who had not specifically mentioned this particular liberty, had been fined. 11 The assumption of an original …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… could not meet the requirements of the 10 householder franchise. The number of houses in the borough had increased …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… whom he had made prisoner, generously restored him to his liberty without fine or ransom. In the year 819 Cenulph was … when requisite. The borough received the elective franchise in the 42nd of Edward III., from which period till … magistrates is nine. The city first exercised the elective franchise in the 23rd of Edward I., since which time it has …
Survey of London
… known as the Bishop of Winchester's (or later the Clink) Liberty. Plots of ground along Bankside seem to have been … of Winchester regained possession of Winchester House and Liberty, but the process of disintegration had gone too far … also for several centuries have given its name to the "Liberty" over which the bishop exercised jurisdiction. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the fair, while the seneschal and justices were at liberty to appoint a mayor, bailiffs and coroner 29 for the … make 'burels' (coarse broad cloth) unless he were of the franchise, but every fuller might make one in the year and … surveillance of the bailiffs, while no brewer out of the franchise might brew 'wythinne the power of the city to …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Westgate, another outside Northgate, another (the bishop's liberty of the soke) outside Eastgate. The existing streets … lands, tenements, rents, or even merchandise within the liberty of the city to contribute thereto each according to … 86 which had stood just outside the bounds of the liberty of 'Godbiete,' the remains of its churchyard having …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… No particular account can be given of the soke or liberty of the Bishop of Winchester during the century and a … to his staunch lieutenant a portion of the ancient liberty conveyed therefrom by a former king or encroached … held cognizance to any amount if the parties lived in the liberty. 53 Indeed, it did not cease to exist until the year …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… henceforth to be justices of the peace for the city and liberty and precincts. The justices of the peace of the … were sworn freemen of the city should be expelled from the franchise and liberty, and should not be readmitted except on … Ibid. fol. 216 b. Ibid. fol. 3, 15. The admission to the franchise at any time depended on the consent of the common …