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praedictorum_fw-la militum_fw-la civium_fw-la &_o burgensium_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la testae_fw-la ut_fw-la supra_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la est_fw-la singulis_fw-la vic._n per_fw-la angliam_fw-la the_o like_a in_o all_o respect_n except_o in_o the_o recital_n be_v always_o the_o same_o with_o those_o to_o the_o spiritual_a and_o temporal_a lord_n relate_v in_o special_a or_o general_a the_o cause_n of_o summon_v each_o parliament_n and_o in_o the_o time_n and_o place_n of_o the_o parliament_n and_o date_n of_o the_o writ_n issue_v to_o the_o sheriff_n and_o be_v enter_v in_o the_o same_o order_n as_o those_o precede_a in_o cl._n 5_o e._n 3._o d._n 25._o claus._n 6_o e._n 3._o d._n 9_o 19_o 36._o claus._n 7_o e._n 3._o part_n 1._o d._n 3._o claus._n 8_o e._n 3._o dor_n 18._o claus._n 9_o e._n 3._o d._n 2._o 18._o claus._n 10_o e._n 3._o d._n 1._o 5._o cl._n 11_o e._n 3._o pars_fw-la 2._o d._n 11._o 40._o cl._n 12_o e._n 3._o pars_fw-la 2._o d._n 32._o cl._n 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26_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o helston_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o e._n 1._o 42_o e_z &_o 45_o e._n 3._o lyscard_v 2_o burgess_n 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o lostwithiel_n 2_o burgess_n 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o trurou_fw-fr 26_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o carelisle_n city_n two_o citizen_n 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o cumberland_n derby_n borough_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o e._n 3._o exeter_z city_n 2_o citizen_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o derbyshire_n ashperton_n borough_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o e._n 1._o devonshire_n bardnestaple_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o chessing-colleton_a 2_o burgess_n 42_o e._n 3._o dartmouth_n 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o honeton_n 2_o burgess_n 28_o e._n 1._o lydeford_n 2_o burgess_n 28_o e._n 1._o oâ—…mpton_n 2_o burgess_n 28_o e._n 1._o plimpton_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o sutton_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o e._n 1._o thavestoke_n 2_o burgess_n 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o totnes_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o brideport_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o dorcester_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o dorsetsh_n lime_n 2_o burgess_n 45_o e._n 3._o melcombe_n 2_o burgess_n 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o pool_n 2_o burgess_n 42_o e._n 3_o shaftesbury_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o e._n 1._o 45_o e._n 3._o warham_n 2_o burgess_n 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o waymouth_n 2_o burgess_n 42_o e._n 3._o colecester_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o essex_n maldon_n 2_o burgess_n 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o bristol_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o after_o gloucestershire_n make_v a_o county_n of_o itself_o gloucester_z 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o hereford_n city_n 2_o citizen_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o hereford_n bewley_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o e._n 1._o leominster_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o weâ—…_n 2._o burgess_n 28_o e._n 1._o st._n allans_n borough_n 2_o burgess_n 28_o e._n 1._o hertford_n hertford_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o huntingdon_n borough_n 2._o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 45_o e._n 3_o huntingdon_n canterbury_n city_n 2_o citizen_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o e._n 3._o rochester_n city_n 2_o citizen_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o e._n 3._o kent_n lancaster_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o e._n 1._o lancaster_n preston_n in_o alderness_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o e._n 1._o leicester_n borough_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42._o &_o leicestershire_n 45_o e._n 3._o lincoln_n city_n 2_o citizen_n 49_o h._n 3._o 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o lincolnshire_n 45_o e._n 3._o grymesby_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o stamford_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o e._n 1._o london_n 26_o e._n 1._o 2_o citizen_n 42_o e._n 3._o 4._o citizen_n 45_o middlesex_n e._n 3._o northampton_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o northt_v norwich_n city_n 2_o citizen_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n norsolke_n 3._o jernemuth_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o lenne_fw-fr 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o newcastle_n upon_o tyne_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o e._n 1._o 45_o e._n 3._o northum_n nottingham_n borough_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o e._n 3._o nottingh_n oxford_n borough_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 44_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o oxfordsh_fw-mi bruges_n or_o bridgenorth_n borough_n 2_o burgess_n 28_o e._n salop._n 1._o 45_o e._n 3._o salop_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 45_o e._n 3._o
burgensium_fw-la levandis_fw-la sue_v to_o they_o or_o the_o sheriff_n aâ—…ter_v most_o parliament_n end_v by_o many_o burgess_n of_o borough_n as_o well_o as_o by_o knight_n of_o shire_n and_o citizen_n of_o city_n as_o i_o shall_v if_o god_n say_v amen_o demonstrate_v at_o large_a in_o its_o due_a place_n and_o shall_v hereno_n further_o insist_v upon_o 4_o that_o of_o late_a time_n some_o of_o these_o ancient_a long-discontinued_n borough_n have_v be_v revive_v and_o new_a writ_n or_o warrant_n for_o elect_a burgess_n send_v unto_o they_o sometime_o upon_o their_o own_o petition_n now_o and_o then_o upon_o some_o courtier_n petition_n to_o the_o king_n in_o hope_n by_o letter_n from_o the_o court_n and_o feast_v or_o bribe_v the_o burgess_n to_o be_v elect_v and_o return_v burgess_n for_o the_o revive_a borough_n sometime_o by_o motion_n or_o order_n of_o some_o member_n of_o the_o commons_o house_n who_o have_v a_o design_n to_o bring_v in_o some_o burgess_n and_o make_v sure_a 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the_o town_n that_o now_o be_v 159._o city_n or_o county_n in_o old_a time_n be_v borough_n and_o call_v borough_n for_o of_o such_o old_a town_n call_v borough_n come_v the_o burgess_n of_o the_o parliament_n to_o the_o parliament_n when_o the_o king_n have_v summon_v his_o parliament_n which_o i_o shall_v further_o clear_v in_o the_o next_o section_n yet_o i_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n assent_v to_o mr._n william_n lambard_n of_o 259._o lincoln_n inn_n his_o judgement_n though_o a_o learned_a antiquary_n or_o some_o other_o inference_n thence_o who_o thus_o argue_v now_o as_o those_o write_a authority_n do_v undoubted_o confirm_v our_o assertion_n of_o this_o manner_n of_o parliament_n so_o be_v there_o also_o a_o unwritten_a law_n or_o prescription_n that_o do_v no_o less_o infallible_o uphold_v the_o same_o for_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o ln_o every_o quarter_n of_o the_o realmâ—…_n a_o great_a many_o of_o borough_n do_v send_v their_o burgess_n to_o the_o parliament_n which_o be_v nevertheless_o so_o ancient_a and_o so_o long_o since_o decay_v and_o go_v to_o nought_o that_o it_o can_v be_v show_v that_o they_o have_v be_v of_o any_o reputation_n at_o any_o time_n since_o the_o conquest_n and_o much_o less_o that_o they_o have_v obtain_v the_o privilege_n by_o the_o grant_n of_o any_o king_n succeed_v the_o same_o so_o that_o the_o interest_n which_o they_o have_v in_o parliament_n grow_v by_o a_o ancient_a usage_n before_o the_o conquest_n whereof_o they_o can_v show_v any_o begin_n which_o thing_n be_v also_o confirm_v by_o contrary_a usage_n in_o the_o self_n same_o thing_n for_o it_o be_v likewise_o know_v that_o they_o of_o ancient_a demesn_a do_v prescribe_v in_o not_o send_v to_o the_o parliament_n for_o which_o reason_n also_o they_o be_v neither_o contributor_n to_o the_o wage_n of_o knight_n there_o neither_o be_v they_o bind_v to_o sundry_a act_n of_o parliament_n though_o the_o same_o be_v general_o pen_v and_o do_v make_v no_o exception_n of_o they_o but_o there_o be_v no_o ancient_a demesn_a save_v that_o only_a which_o be_v describe_v in_o the_o book_n of_o domesday_n under_o the_o title_n of_o terra_fw-la regis_fw-la which_o of_o necessity_n must_v be_v such_o as_o either_o be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o conqueror_n himself_o who_o make_v the_o book_n or_o of_o edw._n the_o confessor_n that_o be_v before_o he_o and_o so_o again_o if_o they_o of_o ancient_n demesne_n have_v ever_o since_o the_o conquest_n prescribe_v not_o to_o send_v burgess_n to_o parliament_n than_o no_o doubt_n there_o be_v a_o parliament_n before_o the_o conquest_n to_o the_o uhich_v they_o of_o other_o place_n do_v send_v their_o burgess_n to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o this_o argument_n be_v fallacious_a and_o no_o way_n conclusive_a for_o 1._o these_o ancient_a decayod_n burrough_n that_o now_o in_o many_o place_n send_v burgess_n to_o the_o parliament_n be_v in_o no_o such_o great_a reputation_n at_o all_o at_o or_o before_o the_o conquest_n as_o be_v insâ—…uated_v for_o aught_o appear_v by_o the_o book_n of_o doomsday_n or_o any_o other_o record_n or_o history_n but_o as_o mean_v and_o inconsiderable_a as_o now_o they_o be_v 2_o there_o be_v no_o history_n or_o record_n that_o any_o of_o these_o borough_n whether_o decay_v or_o not_o decay_v yea_o though_o much_o enlarge_v enrich_v since_o the_o conquest_n do_v ever_o send_v burgess_n to_o any_o one_o parliament_n either_o before_o or_o after_o the_o conquest_n till_o 49_o h._n 3._o and_o i_o challenge_v all_o the_o antiquary_n in_o england_n to_o demonstrate_v the_o contrary_a by_o history_n or_o record_n 3_o it_o be_v irrefragable_a by_o the_o forementioned_a return_n of_o sheriff_n that_o all_o or_o most_o of_o those_o poor_a or_o decay_a borough_n in_o cornwall_n devonshire_n wiltshire_n southampton_n sussex_n and_o some_o other_o county_n do_v in_o 26_o e._n 1._o and_o some_o year_n after_o send_v no_o burgess_n at_o all_o to_o our_o parliament_n as_o camelford_n foway_n grantpount_n st._n germain_n st._n ives_n st._n mary_n or_o maw_n st._n michael_n portlow_n saltash_n trebonny_o tregony_n in_o cornwall_n bearalston_n in_o devon_n christchurch_n newport_n newtown_n stockbridge_n whitechurch_n yermouth_n in_o the_o county_n of_o southampton_n midhurst_n and_o horsham_n in_o sussex_n crickland_n henden_fw-ge old_n sarum_n heytesbury_n westbury_n wotton_n basset_n in_o wiltshire_n with_o other_o in_o other_o county_n as_o the_o precedent_a table_n clear_o demonstrate_v all_o or_o most_o of_o they_o be_v enable_v to_o send_v burgess_n to_o parliament_n since_o the_o reign_n of_o edw._n the_o 1._o and_o not_o before_o much_o less_o by_o prescription_n before_o the_o conquest_n as_o m._n lambard_n and_o other_o conceit_n and_o that_o percliance_n not_o by_o any_o special_a charter_n of_o our_o king_n create_v they_o borough_n or_o corporation_n but_o by_o private_a direction_n of_o the_o king_n and_o council_n to_o the_o sheriff_n of_o county_n wherein_o they_o be_v to_o issue_v out_o precept_n to_o they_o to_o elect_v and_o retorn_a burgess_n when_o they_o see_v any_o just_a cause_n not_o by_o ancient_a usage_n or_o prescription_n before_o the_o conquest_n which_o none_o of_o these_o borough_n ever_o yet_o pretend_v or_o insist_v on_o for_o aught_o i_o can_v find_v upon_o my_o best_a inquiry_n after_o their_o original_a 3_o the_o ancient_a writ_n for_o knight_n wage_n extant_a be_v those_o of_o 28_o e._n 1._o rot._n claus._n dor_n 3_o &_o 12_o &_o cl_o 29_o e._n 1._o dor_n 17._o 32_o e._n 1._o dor_n 3._o and_o no_o record_n history_n or_o law-book_n i_o have_v see_v derive_v their_o original_n high_a than_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o the_o first_o statute_n concern_v they_o be_v that_o of_o 12_o r._n 2._o c._n 12._o on_o which_o the_o writ_n in_o the_o register_n be_v ground_v which_o enact_v only_o that_o the_o levy_n of_o the_o expense_n of_o knight_n shall_v be_v as_o have_v be_v use_v before_o this_o time_n the_o next_o statute_n of_o 11_o h._n 4._o c._n 1._o enact_n that_o knight_n of_o shire_n undue_o return_v shall_v lose_v their_o wage_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o old_a time_n accustom_v not_o at_o or_o before_o the_o conquest_n accustom_v the_o first_o print_v case_n concern_v they_o in_o our_o lawbook_n be_v but_o in_o m._n 12_o h._n 4._o f._n 3._o a._n fitzh_n avowry_n 52._o &_o br._n 42._o and_o the_o first_o 86._o petition_n in_o parliament_n concern_v they_o be_v those_o of_o 28_o &_o 51_o e._n 3._o yea_o no_o man_n can_v prove_v there_o be_v any_o knight_n for_o county_n elect_v and_o send_v to_o parliament_n by_o the_o king_n writ_n before_o 49_o h._n 3._o therefore_o the_o prescription_n to_o be_v discharge_v from_o contribute_v to_o their_o wage_n can_v be_v extend_v high_a than_o 49_o h._n 3._o not_o to_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o conqueror_n or_o before_o the_o conquest_n
praedicti_fw-la i._n b._n i._o d._n &_o alii_fw-la qui_fw-la procl_n praedictae_fw-la in_o pleno_fw-la comitat_fw-la predict_v interfuerunt_fw-la secundum_fw-la formam_fw-la statutorum_fw-la in_o brevi_fw-la praedicto_fw-la specificatorum_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la exigen_n brovis_fw-la illius_fw-la eligerunt_fw-la w._n f._n &_o v._n s._n milites_fw-la gladiis_fw-la cinctos_fw-la pro_fw-la comitatu_fw-la praedicto_fw-la ad_fw-la essendum_fw-la ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la brevi_fw-la specific_a qui_fw-la plenam_fw-la &_o sufficientem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la et_fw-la communitate_fw-la comitatus_fw-la praedicti_fw-la habeant_fw-la ad_fw-la faciendum_fw-la &_o consentiendum_fw-la prout_fw-la breve_fw-la illud_fw-la in_o se_fw-la exigit_fw-la &_o requirit_fw-la in_o cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la testimonium_fw-la part_n praedictae_fw-la he_o indenturis_fw-la sigilla_fw-la sua_fw-la alternatim_fw-la apposuerunt_fw-la datum_n tali_fw-la die_fw-la &_o annâ—…_n plo._n 120._o g._n a._n armig_v vic_a autiel_n indenture_n serra_fw-mi fait_fw-fr inter_fw-la viscount_n et_fw-la burgess_n de_fw-la d._n sur_fw-fr election_n de_fw-mi lour_v burgess_n &c_n &c_n mutatis_fw-la mutandis_fw-la i_o have_v here_o give_v you_o the_o exact_a full_a clear_a account_n of_o all_o the_o several_a form_n and_o variety_n of_o writ_n for_o elect_a knight_n of_o county_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n for_o our_o parliament_n and_o great_a council_n and_o of_o their_o retorn_n extant_a in_o our_o record_n ever_o yet_o present_v to_o the_o world_n hitherto_o unacquainted_a with_o most_o of_o they_o of_o which_o our_o great_a antiquary_n have_v be_v in_o some_o measure_n ignorant_a i_o shall_v now_o close_v up_o this_o section_n with_o 2._o mâ—…morable_a rare_a record_n in_o the_o parliament_n of_o 18_o &_o 38_o h._n 6._o touch_v the_o election_n of_o knight_n not_o impertinent_a to_o my_o purpose_n and_o worthy_a publication_n the_o first_o of_o they_o i_o find_v 397._o thus_o record_v rot._n parl._n an._n 18_o h._n 6._o m._n 13._o n._n 18._o memorandum_n quod_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la 16_o die_v novembris_fw-la anno_fw-la praesenti_fw-la lecto_fw-la coram_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o dominis_n spiritualibus_fw-la &_o temporalibus_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la praedicto_fw-la tunc_fw-la existentibus_fw-la &_o per_fw-la illos_fw-la plenius_fw-la intellecto_fw-la retorno_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la brevis_fw-la ipsius_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la gilberto_n hore_n nuper_fw-la vic._n cantebr_n pro_fw-la electione_n duorum_fw-la militum_fw-la inter_fw-la alia_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la praedictum_fw-la pro_fw-la com._n praedicto_fw-la venire_fw-la debuissent_fw-la juxta_fw-la formam_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la breve_fw-la specificatam_fw-la faciend_n directi_fw-la satis_fw-la evidenter_fw-la constabat_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la certis_fw-la de_fw-la causis_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la returno_fw-la specificatis_fw-la nullos_fw-la milites_fw-la ad_fw-la veniend_n ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la praedictum_fw-la pro_fw-la eodem_fw-la comitatu_fw-la pretextu_fw-la brevis_fw-la praedicti_fw-la â—…ctos_fw-la aliqualiter_fw-la extitisse_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la dominum_fw-la regem_fw-la de_fw-fr avisamento_fw-la et_fw-la assensu_fw-la eorundem_fw-la dominorum_fw-la spiritualium_fw-la et_fw-la temporalium_fw-la consideratum_fw-la â—…t_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la quoddam_fw-la aliud_fw-la breve_fw-la ipsius_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la de_fw-la data_fw-la dicti_fw-la prioris_fw-la brevis_fw-la vic._n com._n praedicti_fw-la detur_fw-la specialiter_fw-la in_o mandatis_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la facta_fw-la proclamatione_fw-la in_o prox_n comitatu_fw-la svo_fw-la infra_fw-la dictum_fw-la com._n cantebr_n post_fw-la receptionem_fw-la brevis_fw-la illius_fw-la tenend_n de_fw-fr die_n &_o loco_fw-la tentionis_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la praedicti_fw-la electionem_fw-la duorum_fw-la militum_fw-la gladiis_fw-la cinctorum_fw-la ac_fw-la omne_fw-la alia_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la continenda_fw-la juxta_fw-la formam_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la brevis_fw-la faciat_fw-la &_o exequatur_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la idem_fw-la vicecome_fw-la antequam_fw-la ad_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la electionem_fw-la procedat_fw-la publicè_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la com._n proclamari_fw-la &_o inhiberi_fw-la faciat_fw-la ne_fw-la aliqua_fw-la persona_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidene_a armata_fw-la seu_fw-la modo_fw-la guerrino_n arraiata_fw-la ad_fw-la electionem_fw-la illam_fw-la accedat_fw-la nec_fw-la quicquam_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o perturbatienem_fw-la pacis_fw-la ipsius_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la seu_fw-la electionis_fw-la illius_fw-la cedere_fw-la valeaâ—…_n ibidem_fw-la vel_fw-la alibi_fw-la faciat_fw-la vel_fw-la attemptet_fw-la nec_fw-la quod_fw-la aliqua_fw-la persona_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-fr electione_n illa_fw-la intromittat_fw-la nec_fw-la vocem_fw-la svam_fw-la in_o electione_n illa_fw-la 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