Cromwellian Parliaments.[948]
1653.Robert Tichborne.John Ireton.Samuel Moyer.John Langley.John Stone.Henry Barton.Praise-God Barebone.1654.Thomas Foot.William Steele, Recorder.Thomas Adams.John Langham.Samuel Avery.Andrew Ricaut or Riccard.1656.Thomas Foot.Sir Christopher Pack.Thomas Adams.Richard Brown.Theophilus Biddulph.John Jones.1659.William Thomson.Theophilus Biddulph.John Jones.Richard Brown.
1660.Sir John Robinson.[949]1661.John Fowke.Sir William Thompson.William Love.John Jones.Sir John Frederick,locoJohn Fowke.[950]1679. (Mar.)Sir Robert Clayton.Sir Thomas Player.William Love.Thomas Pilkington.1679. (Oct.)Sir Robert Clayton.Sir Thomas Player.William Love.Thomas Pilkington.1681.Sir Robert Clayton.Thomas Pilkington.Sir Thomas Player.William Love.1685.Sir John Moore.Sir William Pritchard.Sir Samuel Dashwood.Sir Peter Rich.1689.Sir Patience Ward.Sir Robert Clayton.William Love.Thomas Pilkington.Sir William Ashurst,locoWilliam Love, deceased.1690.Sir William Pritchard.Sir Samuel Dashwood.Sir William Turner.Sir Thomas Vernon.Sir John Fleet, Mayor,locoSir William Turner.[951]1695.Sir Robert Clayton.Sir John Fleet.Sir William Ashurst.Thomas Papillon.1698.Sir John Fleet.Sir William Ashurst.Sir James Houblon.[952]Thomas Papillon.1701. (Feb.)Sir Robert Clayton.Sir William Ashurst.Sir William Withers.Gilbert Heathcote.Sir John Fleet,locoGilbert Heathcote, disqualified.1701. (Dec.)Sir Robert Clayton.Sir William Ashurst.Sir Thomas Abney.Gilbert Heathcote.1702.Sir William Pritchard.Sir John Fleet.Sir Francis Child.Gilbert Heathcote.1705.Sir Robert Clayton.Sir William Ashurst.Sir Gilbert Heathcote.Samuel Shepheard.Sir William Withers, Mayor,[953]locoSir Robert Clayton.[954]1708.Sir William Withers, Mayor.Sir William Ashurst.Sir Gilbert Heathcote.John Ward.1710.Sir William Withers.Sir Richard Hoare.Sir George Newland.John Cass.1713.Sir William Withers.Sir Richard Hoare.Sir John Cass.Sir George Newland.[955]1715.Sir John Ward.Sir Thomas Scawen.Robert Heysham.Peter Godfrey.1722.Francis Child.Richard Lockwood.Peter Godfrey.John Barnard.Sir Richard Hopkins,locoPeter Godfrey, deceased.1727.Sir John Eyles.Humphrey Parsons.John Barnard.Micaiah Perry.1734.Humphrey Parsons.Sir John Barnard.Micajah Perry.Robert Willimot.1741.Daniel Lambert, Mayor.Sir John Barnard.Sir Robert Godschall.George Heathcote.William Calvert,locoSir Robert Godschall.[956]1747.Sir John Barnard.Sir William Calvert.1747.Slingsby Bethell.Stephen Theo. Janssen.1754.Sir John Barnard.Sir Robert Ladbroke.Slingsby Bethell.William Beckford.Sir Richard Glyn, Mayor,locoSlingsby Bethell.[957]1761.Sir Robert Ladbroke.Sir Richard Glyn.William Beckford.Thomas Harley.1768.Thomas Harley, Mayor.Sir Robert Ladbroke.William Beckford.Barlow Trecothick.Richard Oliver,locoWilliam Beckford.[958]Frederick Bull,[959]locoSir Robert Ladbroke.[960]1774.John Sawbridge.Richard Oliver.Frederick Bull.George Hayley.1780.George Hayley.John Kirkman.Frederick Bull.Nathaniel Newnham.John Sawbridge,locoJohn Kirkman.[961]Sir Watkin Lewes,locoGeorge Hayley.[962]Brook Watson,locoFrederick Bull.[963]1784.Brook Watson.Sir Watkin Lewes.Nathaniel Newnham.John Sawbridge.1790.William Curtis.Brook Watson.Sir Watkin Lewes.John Sawbridge.John William Anderson,viceBrook Watson.[964]William Lushington,viceJohn Sawbridge.[965]1796.First Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1801].1801.William Lushington.William Curtis, Mayor.Harvey Christian Combe.John William Anderson.1802.Harvey Christian Combe.Charles Price.William Curtis.Sir John William Anderson.1806.Harvey Christian Combe.James Shaw, Mayor.Sir Charles Price.Sir William Curtis.1807.Sir Charles Price.Sir William Curtis.James Shaw.Harvey Christian Combe.1812.Harvey Christian Combe.Sir William Curtis.Sir James Shaw.John Atkins.Matthew Wood, Mayor,locoHarvey Christian Combe.[966]1818.Matthew Wood.Thomas Wilson.Robert Waithman.John Thomas Thorp.1820.Matthew Wood.Thomas Wilson.Sir William Curtis.George Bridges, Mayor.1826.William Thomson.Robert Waithman.William Ward.Matthew Wood.1830.William Thompson.Robert Waithman.William Ward.Matthew Wood.1831.Robert Waithman.William Thompson.Matthew Wood.William Venables.1833.George Grote.Matthew Wood.Robert Waithman.Sir John Key.George Lyall,locoRobert Waithman.[967]William Crawford,locoSir John Key.[968]1835.Matthew Wood.James Pattison.William Crawford.George Grote.1837.Matthew Wood.William Crawford.James Pattison.George Grote.1841.John Masterman.Sir Matthew Wood.George Lyall.Lord John Russell.James Pattison,locoSir Matthew Wood.[969]1847.Lord John Russell.James Pattison.Baron Lionel N. de Rothschild.John Masterman.Sir James Duke, Mayor,locoJames Pattison, deceased.1852.John Masterman.Lord John Russell.Sir James Duke.Baron Lionel N. de Rothschild.1857.Sir James Duke.Baron Lionel N. de Rothschild.Lord John Russell.Robert Wigram Crawford.1859.Lord John Russell.Baron Lionel N. de Rothschild.Sir James Duke.Robert Wigram Crawford.Western Wood,locoLord John Russell.[970]George Joachim Goschen,locoWestern Wood.[971]1865.George Joachim Goschen.Robert Wigram Crawford.William Lawrence.Baron Lionel N. de Rothschild.1868.George Joachim Goschen.Robert Wigram Crawford.William Lawrence.Charles Bell.Baron Lionel N. de Rothschild,locoCharles Bell, deceased.1874.William James Richmond Cotton.Philip Twells.John Gellibrand Hubbard.George Joachim Goschen.1880.William J.R. Cotton.Robert Nicholas Fowler.Rt. Hon. John G. Hubbard.William Lawrence.1885.Sir Robert N. Fowler.Rt. Hon. J.G. Hubbard.1886.Sir Robert N. Fowler.1886.Rt. Hon. J.G. Hubbard.Thomas Charles Baring,[972]locoHubbard, raised to the peerage.Henry Hucks Gibbs,[973]locoBaring, decd.Sir Reginald Hanson,[974]locoFowler, decd.1892.Sir Reginald Hanson.Alban G.H. Gibbs.
FOOTNOTES:[854]Modus tenendi Parliamentum(ed. T. Duffus Hardy), p. 10.[855]Letter Book E, fos. 20, 22, 88b, 89.[856]Letter Book F, fo. 145b.[857]Id., fo. 150.[858]Stat. 48 & 49 Vict., c. 23, which prescribed that after the end of the Parliament then existing the City should return two members and no more.[859]An exception appears to have been made in 1352, when a commoner was returned with an alderman.—Letter Book F, fo. 215.[860]Two instances of the kind are recorded, one in 1509 and another in 1534.—See Repertory 2, fo. 77. Letter Book M, fo. 166b. Repertory 9, fo. 79b. On the other hand, there are cases recorded where members of Parliament for constituencies other than the City, having been elected aldermen of the City, have claimed exemption from service owing to their privilege as members.—Repertory 60, fos. 199b, 211b, 245b. Repertory 95, fo. 81.[861]Repertory 2, fos. 75b, 77, 125b. Letter Book M, fos. 166b, 186.[862]Hence the name "Hustings" as applied to Parliamentary elections at the present day.[863]Repertory 6, fo. 20b. Letter Book N, fo. 222.[864]Letter Book O, fo. 157.[865]As early as 1539 we find the citizens "in their grand livery" summoned for a Parliamentary election (Repertory 10, fo. 85b); usually it was the "commons" who were summoned.[866]Vol. i, pp. 273, 274.[867]Coke's statement is not strictly accurate. Before 1327 knights of the shire were in the habit of receiving sums varying from 1̃s.to 6̃s.8d.a day. From the year 1327 their allowance was 4̃s.a day exclusive of travelling expenses, and this sum appears to have been paid as long as members received payment for attendance in Parliament.—See Preface toModus tenendi Parliamentum, p. viii and Notes to the same, pp. xxvii, xxviii.[868]Chamber Accounts (Town Clerk's Office), Vol. II, fos. 21b, 22. The same fees had been authorised by the Court of Aldermen three years before.—Repertory 20, fo. 183. After the Restoration, when more than two aldermen were frequently returned, the junior members (whether aldermen or commoners) received the burgess fee of two shillings a day, as witness the case of Sir John Robinson—the only City member sitting in the first Parliament after the Restoration whose name has come down to us.—See Chamber Accounts, Vol. 1/11, fo. 145. The expense was defrayed, in early days, by the exaction of one penny in the pound from every individual who had been assessed for the last fifteenth.—Letter Book E, fos. 20, 22.[869]Journal House of Commons, i, 894.[870]Repertory 8, fo. 210b. Repertory 20, fo. 183.[871]"Solebant cives esse pares et equales cum militibus comitatuum in expensis veniendo morando et redeundo."—Modus tenendi Parliamentum, p. 13.[872]Repertory 20, fo. 183. Chamber Accounts, Vol. II, fos. 21b, 22.[873]Letter Book C, fo. 22b. See Frontispiece. The writ and proceedings thereon are printed from the City's Records in Palgrave's Parl. Writs, Vol. 1, p. 49.[874]Letter Book B, fo. 93b. (xxxviiib.)[875]Letter Book H, fo. 245. (See "Memorials," pp. 511, 512).[876]Journal 6, fo. 166b.[877]Journal 7, fo. 52.[878]Repertory 69, fo. 319b. Chamber Accounts, Vol. 1/11, fo. 224. Vol. 1/17, fo. 52b.[879]Chamber Accounts, Vol. 1/12, fos. 51, 65.[880]Sir Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice, (8th ed.) p. 212.[881]Chron. Edward I and II (Rolls Series No, 76). Introd. p. xxxiii.[882]Letter Book C, fo. 22b.[883]Id.fo. 41b.[884]Letter Book D, fo. 149b.[885]Id., fo. 151.[886]Letter Book E, fos. 20, 22. It appears that at this election three aldermen were nominated for the mayor and aldermen to elect two, and four commoners were nominated for the mayor and aldermen to elect two.[887]Letter Book E, fo. 46b. Elected to attend a Parliament at Lincoln in Jan. 1316, for the special purpose of considering the establishment of a Staple near Calais.[888]Letter Book E, fo. 89. The writ was endorsed with two names only, viz., William de Leyre and William de Flete.Id., fo. 88b.[889]Id., fo. 123b.[890]Letter Book E, fo. 236. The Blue Book omits Richard de la Pole.[891]Id., fo. 245b. The Blue Book gives in addition the name of John Priour, and adds "or two of them."[892]Letter Book F, fo. 29b.[893]Letter Book F, fo. 207.[894]Id., fo. 215. Summoned to attend a Council.[895]Letter Book G, fo. 18.[896]Id., fo. 39.[897]Id., fo. 58.[898]Id., fo. 101. In the Parliamentary Blue Book, Bartholomew Frestlyng appears in place of Adam de Bury.[899]Id., fo. 112b.[900]Id., fo. 175.[901]Letter Book G., fo. 238b. Summoned to attend a Council.[902]Id., fo. 240. A Council.[903]Id., fo. 262b.[904]Letter Book H, fo. 28.[905]Id., fo. 105b.[906]Id., fo. 117.[907]Id., fo. 125.[908]Id., fo. 253. On fo. 255 William More is given in place of John Loveye.[909]Id., fo. 288b.[910]Letter Book I, fo. 18b.[911]Letter Book I, fo. 35b.[912]Id., fo. 88b.[913]Id., fo. 105b.[914]Id., fo. 119.[915]Id., fo. 130.[916]Id., fo. 160b.[917]Id., fo. 172b.[918]Letter Book K, fo. 8.[919]Letter Book L, fo. 11b. Journal 7, fo. 21, 23b.[920]Journal 7, fo. 199.[921]Journal 9, fo. 24.[922]Id., fo. 91b.[923]Journal 9, fo. 157b.[924]Elected member for Lincolnshire.[925]Journal 9, fo. 279.[926]Repertory 1, fo. 10. Elected by the Aldermen. The names of those elected by the Commonalty have not come down to us.[927]Journal 10, fo. 301.[928]Elected 29 Dec, 1503.—Repertory 1, fo. 150.[929]Letter Book M, fos. 164b, 166b.[930]Journal 11, fo. 147b, Repertory 2, fo. 125b.[931]Letter Book M, fo. 231b, Journal 11, fo. 204b.[932]Letter Book N, fo. 222.[933]In Jan., 1534, the Court of Aldermen voted the usual allowances to the Recorder, Mr. Wythypol and Mr. Bowyer, the City members.—Repertory 9, fo. 41b. In October of the same year Robert Pakyngton was elected in place of William Bowyer chosen an Alderman.—(Blue Book, Appendix p. xxix), and in December Sir Thomas Seymer asked leave to resign his seat on account of ill-health.—Repertory 9, fo. 141b.[934]Roche had been committed to prison.[935]Elected 10 Nov., Forman being unable to attend through illness.—Repertory 11, fo. 244 (221).[936]Elected 17 Nov.,locoCholmeley, appointed King's Sergeant—Wriothesley, p. 162.[937]Letter Book R, fo. 259b.[938]Id., fo. 270b.[939]Journal 17, fo. 161.[940]Hyde in the Parliamentary Return.[941]Journal 19, fo. 356b.[942]A Writ was issued (28 Sept., 1579), for the election of a memberlocoJohn Marsh, deceased.—Journal 20, part 2, fo. 516b.[943]Journal 21, fos. 388b, 390.[944]Date of Return, 29 Sept., 1585.—Letter Book, &c., fo. 60b.[945]Journal 26, fo. 171; Letter Book BB, fo. 226b.[946]Ob., 22, Nov. 1606.[947]Ob., 27 May, 1641.[948]Taken from Browne Willis's "Notitia Parliamentaria."[949]The only member for the City sitting in this Parliament yet discovered. The sum of £37 4s.is recorded as being paid to him for his attendance as a "burgess" for the City.—Chamber Accounts, 1/11, fo. 145.[950]Ob., 22 April, 1662.[951]Ob., 9 Feb., 1693.—Luttrell, Diary, iii, 32.[952]Ob., Oct., 1700.—Luttrell, Diary, iv, 701.[953]Elected 22 Nov., 1707.—Luttrell, vi, 237.[954]Ob., 16 July, 1707.[955]Ob., March, 1714.[956]Ob., 26 June, 1742.—Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 12, p. 831.[957]Ob., 1 Nov., 1758.—Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 28, p. 556.[958]Ob., 21 June, 1770.[959]Elected 5 Dec., 1773.—Walpole's Journal, i, 275.[960]Ob., 31 Oct., 1773.—Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 43, p. 581.[961]Ob. circ., Sept., 1780.[962]Ob., 30 Aug., 1781.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 51, p. 443.[963]Ob., 10 Jan., 1784.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 54, pt. i, p. 73.[964]Accepted the Stewardship of the Manor of East Hendred, co. Berks. Appointed Commissary General of Forces in March, 1793.—Journal 73, fo. 273b.[965]Ob., 20 Feb., 1795.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 65, pt. i, p. 175.[966]Accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.[967]Ob., 6 Feb., 1833.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 103, pt. i, p. 179.[968]Accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.[969]Ob., 25 Sept., 1843.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 20, N.S., p. 541.[970]Accepted the Stewardship of the Manor of Northstead, co. York.[971]Ob., 17 May, 1863.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 59, N.S., p. 810.[972]Elected 27 July, 1887.[973]Elected 18 April, 1891.[974]Elected 3 June, 1891.
[854]Modus tenendi Parliamentum(ed. T. Duffus Hardy), p. 10.
[854]Modus tenendi Parliamentum(ed. T. Duffus Hardy), p. 10.
[855]Letter Book E, fos. 20, 22, 88b, 89.
[855]Letter Book E, fos. 20, 22, 88b, 89.
[856]Letter Book F, fo. 145b.
[856]Letter Book F, fo. 145b.
[857]Id., fo. 150.
[857]Id., fo. 150.
[858]Stat. 48 & 49 Vict., c. 23, which prescribed that after the end of the Parliament then existing the City should return two members and no more.
[858]Stat. 48 & 49 Vict., c. 23, which prescribed that after the end of the Parliament then existing the City should return two members and no more.
[859]An exception appears to have been made in 1352, when a commoner was returned with an alderman.—Letter Book F, fo. 215.
[859]An exception appears to have been made in 1352, when a commoner was returned with an alderman.—Letter Book F, fo. 215.
[860]Two instances of the kind are recorded, one in 1509 and another in 1534.—See Repertory 2, fo. 77. Letter Book M, fo. 166b. Repertory 9, fo. 79b. On the other hand, there are cases recorded where members of Parliament for constituencies other than the City, having been elected aldermen of the City, have claimed exemption from service owing to their privilege as members.—Repertory 60, fos. 199b, 211b, 245b. Repertory 95, fo. 81.
[860]Two instances of the kind are recorded, one in 1509 and another in 1534.—See Repertory 2, fo. 77. Letter Book M, fo. 166b. Repertory 9, fo. 79b. On the other hand, there are cases recorded where members of Parliament for constituencies other than the City, having been elected aldermen of the City, have claimed exemption from service owing to their privilege as members.—Repertory 60, fos. 199b, 211b, 245b. Repertory 95, fo. 81.
[861]Repertory 2, fos. 75b, 77, 125b. Letter Book M, fos. 166b, 186.
[861]Repertory 2, fos. 75b, 77, 125b. Letter Book M, fos. 166b, 186.
[862]Hence the name "Hustings" as applied to Parliamentary elections at the present day.
[862]Hence the name "Hustings" as applied to Parliamentary elections at the present day.
[863]Repertory 6, fo. 20b. Letter Book N, fo. 222.
[863]Repertory 6, fo. 20b. Letter Book N, fo. 222.
[864]Letter Book O, fo. 157.
[864]Letter Book O, fo. 157.
[865]As early as 1539 we find the citizens "in their grand livery" summoned for a Parliamentary election (Repertory 10, fo. 85b); usually it was the "commons" who were summoned.
[865]As early as 1539 we find the citizens "in their grand livery" summoned for a Parliamentary election (Repertory 10, fo. 85b); usually it was the "commons" who were summoned.
[866]Vol. i, pp. 273, 274.
[866]Vol. i, pp. 273, 274.
[867]Coke's statement is not strictly accurate. Before 1327 knights of the shire were in the habit of receiving sums varying from 1̃s.to 6̃s.8d.a day. From the year 1327 their allowance was 4̃s.a day exclusive of travelling expenses, and this sum appears to have been paid as long as members received payment for attendance in Parliament.—See Preface toModus tenendi Parliamentum, p. viii and Notes to the same, pp. xxvii, xxviii.
[867]Coke's statement is not strictly accurate. Before 1327 knights of the shire were in the habit of receiving sums varying from 1̃s.to 6̃s.8d.a day. From the year 1327 their allowance was 4̃s.a day exclusive of travelling expenses, and this sum appears to have been paid as long as members received payment for attendance in Parliament.—See Preface toModus tenendi Parliamentum, p. viii and Notes to the same, pp. xxvii, xxviii.
[868]Chamber Accounts (Town Clerk's Office), Vol. II, fos. 21b, 22. The same fees had been authorised by the Court of Aldermen three years before.—Repertory 20, fo. 183. After the Restoration, when more than two aldermen were frequently returned, the junior members (whether aldermen or commoners) received the burgess fee of two shillings a day, as witness the case of Sir John Robinson—the only City member sitting in the first Parliament after the Restoration whose name has come down to us.—See Chamber Accounts, Vol. 1/11, fo. 145. The expense was defrayed, in early days, by the exaction of one penny in the pound from every individual who had been assessed for the last fifteenth.—Letter Book E, fos. 20, 22.
[868]Chamber Accounts (Town Clerk's Office), Vol. II, fos. 21b, 22. The same fees had been authorised by the Court of Aldermen three years before.—Repertory 20, fo. 183. After the Restoration, when more than two aldermen were frequently returned, the junior members (whether aldermen or commoners) received the burgess fee of two shillings a day, as witness the case of Sir John Robinson—the only City member sitting in the first Parliament after the Restoration whose name has come down to us.—See Chamber Accounts, Vol. 1/11, fo. 145. The expense was defrayed, in early days, by the exaction of one penny in the pound from every individual who had been assessed for the last fifteenth.—Letter Book E, fos. 20, 22.
[869]Journal House of Commons, i, 894.
[869]Journal House of Commons, i, 894.
[870]Repertory 8, fo. 210b. Repertory 20, fo. 183.
[870]Repertory 8, fo. 210b. Repertory 20, fo. 183.
[871]"Solebant cives esse pares et equales cum militibus comitatuum in expensis veniendo morando et redeundo."—Modus tenendi Parliamentum, p. 13.
[871]"Solebant cives esse pares et equales cum militibus comitatuum in expensis veniendo morando et redeundo."—Modus tenendi Parliamentum, p. 13.
[872]Repertory 20, fo. 183. Chamber Accounts, Vol. II, fos. 21b, 22.
[872]Repertory 20, fo. 183. Chamber Accounts, Vol. II, fos. 21b, 22.
[873]Letter Book C, fo. 22b. See Frontispiece. The writ and proceedings thereon are printed from the City's Records in Palgrave's Parl. Writs, Vol. 1, p. 49.
[873]Letter Book C, fo. 22b. See Frontispiece. The writ and proceedings thereon are printed from the City's Records in Palgrave's Parl. Writs, Vol. 1, p. 49.
[874]Letter Book B, fo. 93b. (xxxviiib.)
[874]Letter Book B, fo. 93b. (xxxviiib.)
[875]Letter Book H, fo. 245. (See "Memorials," pp. 511, 512).
[875]Letter Book H, fo. 245. (See "Memorials," pp. 511, 512).
[876]Journal 6, fo. 166b.
[876]Journal 6, fo. 166b.
[877]Journal 7, fo. 52.
[877]Journal 7, fo. 52.
[878]Repertory 69, fo. 319b. Chamber Accounts, Vol. 1/11, fo. 224. Vol. 1/17, fo. 52b.
[878]Repertory 69, fo. 319b. Chamber Accounts, Vol. 1/11, fo. 224. Vol. 1/17, fo. 52b.
[879]Chamber Accounts, Vol. 1/12, fos. 51, 65.
[879]Chamber Accounts, Vol. 1/12, fos. 51, 65.
[880]Sir Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice, (8th ed.) p. 212.
[880]Sir Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice, (8th ed.) p. 212.
[881]Chron. Edward I and II (Rolls Series No, 76). Introd. p. xxxiii.
[881]Chron. Edward I and II (Rolls Series No, 76). Introd. p. xxxiii.
[882]Letter Book C, fo. 22b.
[882]Letter Book C, fo. 22b.
[883]Id.fo. 41b.
[883]Id.fo. 41b.
[884]Letter Book D, fo. 149b.
[884]Letter Book D, fo. 149b.
[885]Id., fo. 151.
[885]Id., fo. 151.
[886]Letter Book E, fos. 20, 22. It appears that at this election three aldermen were nominated for the mayor and aldermen to elect two, and four commoners were nominated for the mayor and aldermen to elect two.
[886]Letter Book E, fos. 20, 22. It appears that at this election three aldermen were nominated for the mayor and aldermen to elect two, and four commoners were nominated for the mayor and aldermen to elect two.
[887]Letter Book E, fo. 46b. Elected to attend a Parliament at Lincoln in Jan. 1316, for the special purpose of considering the establishment of a Staple near Calais.
[887]Letter Book E, fo. 46b. Elected to attend a Parliament at Lincoln in Jan. 1316, for the special purpose of considering the establishment of a Staple near Calais.
[888]Letter Book E, fo. 89. The writ was endorsed with two names only, viz., William de Leyre and William de Flete.Id., fo. 88b.
[888]Letter Book E, fo. 89. The writ was endorsed with two names only, viz., William de Leyre and William de Flete.Id., fo. 88b.
[889]Id., fo. 123b.
[889]Id., fo. 123b.
[890]Letter Book E, fo. 236. The Blue Book omits Richard de la Pole.
[890]Letter Book E, fo. 236. The Blue Book omits Richard de la Pole.
[891]Id., fo. 245b. The Blue Book gives in addition the name of John Priour, and adds "or two of them."
[891]Id., fo. 245b. The Blue Book gives in addition the name of John Priour, and adds "or two of them."
[892]Letter Book F, fo. 29b.
[892]Letter Book F, fo. 29b.
[893]Letter Book F, fo. 207.
[893]Letter Book F, fo. 207.
[894]Id., fo. 215. Summoned to attend a Council.
[894]Id., fo. 215. Summoned to attend a Council.
[895]Letter Book G, fo. 18.
[895]Letter Book G, fo. 18.
[896]Id., fo. 39.
[896]Id., fo. 39.
[897]Id., fo. 58.
[897]Id., fo. 58.
[898]Id., fo. 101. In the Parliamentary Blue Book, Bartholomew Frestlyng appears in place of Adam de Bury.
[898]Id., fo. 101. In the Parliamentary Blue Book, Bartholomew Frestlyng appears in place of Adam de Bury.
[899]Id., fo. 112b.
[899]Id., fo. 112b.
[900]Id., fo. 175.
[900]Id., fo. 175.
[901]Letter Book G., fo. 238b. Summoned to attend a Council.
[901]Letter Book G., fo. 238b. Summoned to attend a Council.
[902]Id., fo. 240. A Council.
[902]Id., fo. 240. A Council.
[903]Id., fo. 262b.
[903]Id., fo. 262b.
[904]Letter Book H, fo. 28.
[904]Letter Book H, fo. 28.
[905]Id., fo. 105b.
[905]Id., fo. 105b.
[906]Id., fo. 117.
[906]Id., fo. 117.
[907]Id., fo. 125.
[907]Id., fo. 125.
[908]Id., fo. 253. On fo. 255 William More is given in place of John Loveye.
[908]Id., fo. 253. On fo. 255 William More is given in place of John Loveye.
[909]Id., fo. 288b.
[909]Id., fo. 288b.
[910]Letter Book I, fo. 18b.
[910]Letter Book I, fo. 18b.
[911]Letter Book I, fo. 35b.
[911]Letter Book I, fo. 35b.
[912]Id., fo. 88b.
[912]Id., fo. 88b.
[913]Id., fo. 105b.
[913]Id., fo. 105b.
[914]Id., fo. 119.
[914]Id., fo. 119.
[915]Id., fo. 130.
[915]Id., fo. 130.
[916]Id., fo. 160b.
[916]Id., fo. 160b.
[917]Id., fo. 172b.
[917]Id., fo. 172b.
[918]Letter Book K, fo. 8.
[918]Letter Book K, fo. 8.
[919]Letter Book L, fo. 11b. Journal 7, fo. 21, 23b.
[919]Letter Book L, fo. 11b. Journal 7, fo. 21, 23b.
[920]Journal 7, fo. 199.
[920]Journal 7, fo. 199.
[921]Journal 9, fo. 24.
[921]Journal 9, fo. 24.
[922]Id., fo. 91b.
[922]Id., fo. 91b.
[923]Journal 9, fo. 157b.
[923]Journal 9, fo. 157b.
[924]Elected member for Lincolnshire.
[924]Elected member for Lincolnshire.
[925]Journal 9, fo. 279.
[925]Journal 9, fo. 279.
[926]Repertory 1, fo. 10. Elected by the Aldermen. The names of those elected by the Commonalty have not come down to us.
[926]Repertory 1, fo. 10. Elected by the Aldermen. The names of those elected by the Commonalty have not come down to us.
[927]Journal 10, fo. 301.
[927]Journal 10, fo. 301.
[928]Elected 29 Dec, 1503.—Repertory 1, fo. 150.
[928]Elected 29 Dec, 1503.—Repertory 1, fo. 150.
[929]Letter Book M, fos. 164b, 166b.
[929]Letter Book M, fos. 164b, 166b.
[930]Journal 11, fo. 147b, Repertory 2, fo. 125b.
[930]Journal 11, fo. 147b, Repertory 2, fo. 125b.
[931]Letter Book M, fo. 231b, Journal 11, fo. 204b.
[931]Letter Book M, fo. 231b, Journal 11, fo. 204b.
[932]Letter Book N, fo. 222.
[932]Letter Book N, fo. 222.
[933]In Jan., 1534, the Court of Aldermen voted the usual allowances to the Recorder, Mr. Wythypol and Mr. Bowyer, the City members.—Repertory 9, fo. 41b. In October of the same year Robert Pakyngton was elected in place of William Bowyer chosen an Alderman.—(Blue Book, Appendix p. xxix), and in December Sir Thomas Seymer asked leave to resign his seat on account of ill-health.—Repertory 9, fo. 141b.
[933]In Jan., 1534, the Court of Aldermen voted the usual allowances to the Recorder, Mr. Wythypol and Mr. Bowyer, the City members.—Repertory 9, fo. 41b. In October of the same year Robert Pakyngton was elected in place of William Bowyer chosen an Alderman.—(Blue Book, Appendix p. xxix), and in December Sir Thomas Seymer asked leave to resign his seat on account of ill-health.—Repertory 9, fo. 141b.
[934]Roche had been committed to prison.
[934]Roche had been committed to prison.
[935]Elected 10 Nov., Forman being unable to attend through illness.—Repertory 11, fo. 244 (221).
[935]Elected 10 Nov., Forman being unable to attend through illness.—Repertory 11, fo. 244 (221).
[936]Elected 17 Nov.,locoCholmeley, appointed King's Sergeant—Wriothesley, p. 162.
[936]Elected 17 Nov.,locoCholmeley, appointed King's Sergeant—Wriothesley, p. 162.
[937]Letter Book R, fo. 259b.
[937]Letter Book R, fo. 259b.
[938]Id., fo. 270b.
[938]Id., fo. 270b.
[939]Journal 17, fo. 161.
[939]Journal 17, fo. 161.
[940]Hyde in the Parliamentary Return.
[940]Hyde in the Parliamentary Return.
[941]Journal 19, fo. 356b.
[941]Journal 19, fo. 356b.
[942]A Writ was issued (28 Sept., 1579), for the election of a memberlocoJohn Marsh, deceased.—Journal 20, part 2, fo. 516b.
[942]A Writ was issued (28 Sept., 1579), for the election of a memberlocoJohn Marsh, deceased.—Journal 20, part 2, fo. 516b.
[943]Journal 21, fos. 388b, 390.
[943]Journal 21, fos. 388b, 390.
[944]Date of Return, 29 Sept., 1585.—Letter Book, &c., fo. 60b.
[944]Date of Return, 29 Sept., 1585.—Letter Book, &c., fo. 60b.
[945]Journal 26, fo. 171; Letter Book BB, fo. 226b.
[945]Journal 26, fo. 171; Letter Book BB, fo. 226b.
[946]Ob., 22, Nov. 1606.
[946]Ob., 22, Nov. 1606.
[947]Ob., 27 May, 1641.
[947]Ob., 27 May, 1641.
[948]Taken from Browne Willis's "Notitia Parliamentaria."
[948]Taken from Browne Willis's "Notitia Parliamentaria."
[949]The only member for the City sitting in this Parliament yet discovered. The sum of £37 4s.is recorded as being paid to him for his attendance as a "burgess" for the City.—Chamber Accounts, 1/11, fo. 145.
[949]The only member for the City sitting in this Parliament yet discovered. The sum of £37 4s.is recorded as being paid to him for his attendance as a "burgess" for the City.—Chamber Accounts, 1/11, fo. 145.
[950]Ob., 22 April, 1662.
[950]Ob., 22 April, 1662.
[951]Ob., 9 Feb., 1693.—Luttrell, Diary, iii, 32.
[951]Ob., 9 Feb., 1693.—Luttrell, Diary, iii, 32.
[952]Ob., Oct., 1700.—Luttrell, Diary, iv, 701.
[952]Ob., Oct., 1700.—Luttrell, Diary, iv, 701.
[953]Elected 22 Nov., 1707.—Luttrell, vi, 237.
[953]Elected 22 Nov., 1707.—Luttrell, vi, 237.
[954]Ob., 16 July, 1707.
[954]Ob., 16 July, 1707.
[955]Ob., March, 1714.
[955]Ob., March, 1714.
[956]Ob., 26 June, 1742.—Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 12, p. 831.
[956]Ob., 26 June, 1742.—Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 12, p. 831.
[957]Ob., 1 Nov., 1758.—Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 28, p. 556.
[957]Ob., 1 Nov., 1758.—Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 28, p. 556.
[958]Ob., 21 June, 1770.
[958]Ob., 21 June, 1770.
[959]Elected 5 Dec., 1773.—Walpole's Journal, i, 275.
[959]Elected 5 Dec., 1773.—Walpole's Journal, i, 275.
[960]Ob., 31 Oct., 1773.—Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 43, p. 581.
[960]Ob., 31 Oct., 1773.—Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 43, p. 581.
[961]Ob. circ., Sept., 1780.
[961]Ob. circ., Sept., 1780.
[962]Ob., 30 Aug., 1781.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 51, p. 443.
[962]Ob., 30 Aug., 1781.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 51, p. 443.
[963]Ob., 10 Jan., 1784.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 54, pt. i, p. 73.
[963]Ob., 10 Jan., 1784.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 54, pt. i, p. 73.
[964]Accepted the Stewardship of the Manor of East Hendred, co. Berks. Appointed Commissary General of Forces in March, 1793.—Journal 73, fo. 273b.
[964]Accepted the Stewardship of the Manor of East Hendred, co. Berks. Appointed Commissary General of Forces in March, 1793.—Journal 73, fo. 273b.
[965]Ob., 20 Feb., 1795.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 65, pt. i, p. 175.
[965]Ob., 20 Feb., 1795.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 65, pt. i, p. 175.
[966]Accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
[966]Accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
[967]Ob., 6 Feb., 1833.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 103, pt. i, p. 179.
[967]Ob., 6 Feb., 1833.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 103, pt. i, p. 179.
[968]Accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
[968]Accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
[969]Ob., 25 Sept., 1843.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 20, N.S., p. 541.
[969]Ob., 25 Sept., 1843.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 20, N.S., p. 541.
[970]Accepted the Stewardship of the Manor of Northstead, co. York.
[970]Accepted the Stewardship of the Manor of Northstead, co. York.
[971]Ob., 17 May, 1863.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 59, N.S., p. 810.
[971]Ob., 17 May, 1863.—Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 59, N.S., p. 810.
[972]Elected 27 July, 1887.
[972]Elected 27 July, 1887.
[973]Elected 18 April, 1891.
[973]Elected 18 April, 1891.
[974]Elected 3 June, 1891.
[974]Elected 3 June, 1891.