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Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… concerning Mr. Nevile and Mr. Strode, late Sheriff of the County of Berks; and that the Clerk give notice. Serjeant … witnesses. Resolved, that Unton Croke, Esq. Sheriff of the County of Oxford, be enjoined to attend the Committee of … in the list of this Parliament; as member for the County of Oxford. ( Parl Hist. xxi. 253.) He was son of the …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… members shall serve. Resolved, that the sheriff of the county of Southampton, do deliver in the indenture remaining … forth" by "the Chief Priests and the Scribes," in Jewish history, "should feign themselves just men," and for whom it … up all future hopes of the royal family by the roots." History, (1712,) iii. 589. "Colonel Terrill," supra, p. …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… ready to starve. It was given to me in command from the county I serve for. I hope you account not these creditors … thing for your members to ascertain the debts of every county, that we might once say, we owe such a county nothing. Captain Baynes. The only way to prevent …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… counties. There was 200 l. more clapped on Dorset, the county for which I serve, when we had not a member here. Mr. … member will expect the liberty to speak something for his county. It is better not to promise the nation, than to … is burdened. It is true, every man is bound to say for his county; but he is more bound to justice. The general …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Mackworth, Farmer of the Excise of beer and ale in the County of Lancaster, taking notice, upon reading the account … present Parliament, for the borough of Malmsbury, in the county of Wilts, in the place of Sir Henry Lee, Baronet, … got into the woods, and so escaped out of their hands." History, (1712,) iii. 399, 407, 671. "April 4, 1659, Lord …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Wakering was one of the thirteen members for that county.— Parl. Hist. xxi. 7. 1 Tim. i. 13. It was no uncommon …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the right of choice. David so. Our kings: those that know history, know they were kings before the Parliament declared … as Dr. Burges and Mr. Marshall had then upon the Houses." History, (1705,) i. 302. May 12th, 1641, the very day of Lord … but before the nobles and his own servants." See "The History of the Reign of George III." (1770,) pp. 77, 78. I …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Sir John Fenwick's 2 next kinsman, who is of worth in that county. 3 The informant was called in, and justified at the … 12. "The information of Robert Ogle, of Eslington, in the county of Northumberland, Gentleman, who saith, that in April last, he being at his Inn, at Alnwick, in the said county, Sir Robert Collingwood, of Branton; John Salkeld, of …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… to any member in this House, unless he speak for a county or borough of that nation. An assessment was laid upon …