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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally within the liberty of the city of Oxford, county of Oxford, 8 miles (N. … Woodyates, West WOODYATES, WEST, an extra-parochial liberty, in the union of Wimborne and Cranborne, hundred of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… more closely in a series of bylaws. 19 The extent of the franchise was an issue in the 1580s during a prolonged … in expanding towns in that period: questions over the franchise and the composition of the ruling elite may … 1688 nominated a new council and officers, restricted the franchise for parliamentary elections to the council, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… made by the mayor and commonalty, implying that the franchise, as in mayoral elections, extended beyond the … was alleged that parliament in 1640 had decided that the franchise lay with the council, and 'ancient men' claimed … except when the short-lived charter of 1688 limited the franchise to the council. 93 A council ordinance of 1660 that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Holy Rood), a parish, in the union of Wareham and Purbeck, liberty of Bindon, Wareham division of Dorset, 6 miles (W. by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Edmund) WOOTTON ( St. Edmund), a parish, in the liberty of East Medina, Isle of Wight division of the county … officers. The borough first exercised the elective franchise in the 25th of Henry VI., from which time it …
A History of the County of Oxford
… included by the enumerators in an otherwise unrecorded 'liberty of Oxford'. 2 The hamlet of Nether Kiddington (756 … lesser franchises, for which the lords had to demand their liberty each year at the hundredal view and submit to annual …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by servitude. The city first exercised the elective franchise in the 23rd of Edward I., since which time it has … Domitian were found. Worlaby WORLABY, an extra-parochial liberty, in the poorlaw union of Louth, hundred of Hill, …