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A History of the County of Oxford
… said to have bribed one of his colleagues 50 to secure his election, while the latter had to resign owing to a scandal … of his scholarship for wearing political colours at the election and entertaining principles of disaffection towards …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by the act 2nd of William IV., cap. 45, the right of election, as in all the new boroughs, being vested in the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… late 1640s, but at the last view the only business was the election of a headborough. A bailiff still served in 1623 and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to parliament: it now sends only one, and the right of election has been extended to the 10 householders of an …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… purposes mentioned in that ordinance, provided that at his election, the lords of the towns in the Marsh within those …