carteret_n lord_n carteret_n john_n bennet_n lord_n ossulston_n george_n legg_n lord_n dartmouth_n giles_n allington_n lord_n allington_n john_n stawell_n lord_n stawell_n francis_n north_n lord_n guildford_n â—idney_n godolphin_n lord_n godolphin_n â—lenry_n jermin_n lord_n dover_n â—ohn_n jeffreys_n lord_n jeffreys_n henry_n waldegrave_n lord_n waldegrave_n â—dward_o griffin_n lord_n griffin_n hugh_n cholmondley_n lord_n cholmondley_n john_n ashburnham_n lord_n ashburnham_n archbishop_n 2_o and_z bishop_n 24._o dr._n william_n sandcroft_n lord_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n dr._n thomas_n lampleugh_n lord_n archbishop_n of_o york_n dr._n henry_n compton_n l._n bishop_n of_o london_n dr._n nathaniel_n crew_n l._n bishop_n of_o durham_n dr._n peter_n mew_o l._n bishop_n of_o winchester_n dr._n herbert_n crofts_n l._n bishop_n of_o hereford_n dr._n thomas_n wood_n l._n bishop_n of_o lichfield_n and_o coventry_n dr._n william_n lloyd_n l._n bishop_n of_o norwich_n dr._n thomas_n barlow_n l._n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n dr._n william_n beau_n l._n bishop_n of_o landaff_n dr._n william_n lloyd_n l._n bishop_n of_o s._n asaph_n dr._n robert_n frampton_n l._n bishop_n of_o gloucester_n dr._n francis_n turner_n l._n bishop_n of_o ely_n dr._n thomas_n smith_n l._n bishop_n of_o carlisle_n dr._n thomas_n sprat_n l._n bishop_n of_o rochester_n dr._n thomas_n ken_n l._n bishop_n of_o bath_n and_o wells_n dr._n thomas_n white_a l._n bishop_n of_o peterborough_n *_o dr._n jonathan_n trelawney_n l._n bishop_n of_o exeter_n dr._n thomas_n watson_n l._n bishop_n of_o s._n david_n *_o dr._n gilbert_n burnet_n l._n bishop_n of_o salisbury_n *_o dr._n humphrey_n humphrys_n l._n bishop_n of_o bangor_n *_o dr._n nicholas_n stratford_n l._n bishop_n of_o chester_n *_o dr._n edward_n stillingfleet_n l._n bishop_n of_o worcester_n *_o dr._n simon_n patrick_n l._n bishop_n of_o chichester_n *_o dr._n gilbert_n ironside_n l._n bishop_n of_o bristol_n *_o dr._n john_n hough_o l._n bishop_n of_o oxford_n 1._o note_v that_o the_o lord_n precedent_n of_o the_o council_n take_v place_n of_o all_o duke_n not_o of_o the_o royal_a blood_n 2._o that_o the_o lord_n great_a chamberlain_n of_o england_n the_o lord_n steward_n of_o the_o king_n household_n and_o the_o lord_n chamberlain_n of_o the_o household_n take_v place_n above_o all_o of_o their_o degree_n 3._o that_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n take_v place_n next_o to_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o above_o all_o the_o nobility_n and_o great_a officer_n the_o archbishop_n of_o york_n above_o all_o the_o nobility_n and_o great_a officer_n except_o the_o lord_n keeper_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n next_o after_o the_o viscount_n and_o above_o the_o temporal_a baron_n whereof_o the_o bishop_n of_o london_n durham_n and_o winchester_n do_v always_o precede_v the_o other_o bishop_n the_o rest_n take_v place_n according_a to_o the_o seniority_n of_o their_o consecration_n a_o true_a list_n of_o the_o knight_n citizens_z and_o burgess_n of_o the_o parliament_n at_o westminster_n in_o october_n 1690._o bedfordshire_n 4._o the_o honourable_a edward_n russel_n esq_n thomas_n browne_n esq_n town_n of_o bedford_n thom._n hillersdon_n esq_n thom._n christie_n esq_n berks_n 9_o sir_n hen._n winchcomb_n bar._n sir_n humphrey_n forster_n bar._n borough_n of_o new-windsor_n sir_n charles_n porter_n knt._n william_n adderly_n esq_n borough_n of_o reading_n sir_n william_n rich_a bar._n sir_n henry_n fane_n kt_n of_o the_o bath_n borough_n of_o wallingford_n william_n jennen_n esq_n john_n wallis_n esq_n borough_n of_o abington_n simon_n harcourt_n esq_n buck_n 14._o the_o right_a honourable_a tho._n wharton_n esq_n the_o right_n honourable_a rich._n hambden_n esq_n town_n of_o buckingham_n sir_n richard_n temple_n knight_n and_o baronet_n alexander_n denton_n esq_n borough_n of_o chipping-wicomb_a william_n jephson_n esq_n thom_n lewes_n jun._n esq_n porough_n of_o ayliâ—bury_n 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borough_n of_o leskard_n sir_n bourchier_n wray_n kt._n of_o the_o bath_n and_o bar._n emanuel_n pyper_n esq_n brough_n of_o lestwithiel_n sir_n bevill_n grenville_n kt._n walter_n kendal_n esq_n borough_n of_o truro_n sir_n henry_n ashurst_n bar._n henry_n vincent_n esq_n borough_n of_o bodmin_n sir_n john_n cutler_n kt._n and_o bar._n nicholas_n glynn_n esq_n borough_n of_o helston_n sir_n john_n st._n aubin_n bar._n charles_n godolphin_n esq_n borough_n of_o saltash_n sir_n john_n carew_n bar._n richard_n carew_n esq_n borough_n of_o camelford_n ambrose_n manaton_n esq_n henry_n manaton_n esq_n borough_n of_o port-higham_n alias_o westlow_n edward_n seumour_fw-fr esq_n jonathan_n trelawny_n es_fw-ge borough_n of_o grampound_n john_n tanner_n esq_n walter_n vincent_n esq_n borough_n of_o eastlow_n charles_n trelawny_n esq_n henry_n trelawny_n esq_n borough_n of_o peryn_n sidney_n godolphin_n esq_n alexander_n pendarvi_n esq_n borough_n of_o tregony_n sir_n john_n tremaine_n kt._n sergeant_n at_o law_n hugh_n fortescue_n esq_n borough_n of_o bossiny_n samuel_n travers_n esq_n sir_n peter_n colleton_n bar._n borough_n of_o st._n ives_n james_n praed_n esq_n william_n harris_n esq_n borough_n of_o foway_n jonathan_n rashleigh_n esq_n shadrach_n vincent_n esq_n borough_n of_o st._n germane_a daniel_n elliot_n esq_n henry_n fleming_n esq_n borough_n of_o st._n michael_n francis_n scobell_n esq_n humph._n courtney_n esq_n borough_n of_o newport_n the_o right_a honourable_a charles_n lord_n cheyne_n john_n speccot_n esq_n borough_n of_o st._n maw_n sir_n joseph_n tredenham_n kt._n john_n tredenham_n esq_n borough_n of_o kellington_n francis_n fulford_n esq_n cumberland_n 6._o sir_n george_n fletcher_n bar._n sir_n john_n lowther_n of_o whitehaven_n bar._n city_n of_o carlisle_n jeremiah_n bubb_n esq_n christopher_n musgrave_n esq_n borough_n of_o cocker-mouth_n sir_n orlando_n gee_n kt._n sir_n wilfred_n lawson_n bar._n derby_z 4._o sir_n gilbert_n clarke_n kt._n henry_n gilbert_n esq_n town_n of_o derby_n the_o honourable_a anchitel_a grey_a esq_n robert_n wilmot_n esq_n devonshire_n 26._o francis_n courtney_n esq_n samuel_n rolle_n esq_n city_n of_o exeter_n sir_n edward_n seymour_n bar._n christopher_n bale_n esq_n borough_n of_o tornes_n sir_n john_n powell_n bar._n henry_n seymour_n esq_n borough_n of_o plymouth_n the_o honourable_a john_n greenville_n esq_n borough_n of_o oakhampton_n william_n cary_n esq_n henry_n nortleigh_n esq_n borough_n of_o branstable_n the_o right_a honourable_a sir_n george_n hutchins_n kt._n arth._n champneys_n esq_n borough_n of_o plimpton_n sir_n george_n treby_n kt._n john_n pollexsen_n esq_n borough_n of_o honiton_n sir_n william_n drake_n kt._n and_o bar._n sir_n walter_n yonge_n bar._n borough_n of_o tavistock_n the_o honourable_a robert_n russel_n esq_n sir_n francis_n drake_n bar_n borough_n of_o ashburton_n sir_n richard_n reynel_n kt._n and_o bar._n william_n stawell_n esq_n borough_n of_o clifton_n dartmouth_n and_o hardness_n sir_n joseph_n herne_n kt._n william_n hayne_n esq_n borough_n of_o beralston_n sir_n francis_n drake_n bar._n john_n swinfen_n esq_n borough_n of_o tiverton_n samuel_n foot_n esq_n thomas_n bear_n esq_n dorsetshire_n 20._o thomas_n strangeways_n esq_n thomas_n freke_n esq_n town_n of_o pole_n sir_n nathaniel_n napier_n kt._n and_o bar._n sir_n john_n trenchard_n kt._n borough_n of_o dorchester_n sir_n robert_n nappier_n kt._n and_o bar._n james_n gould_n esq_n borough_n of_o lime_n regis_n henry_n henly_n esq_n john_n burridge_n esq_n borough_n of_o weymouth_n sir_n john_n morton_n bar._n michal_n harvey_n esq_n borough_n of_o melcomb_n regis_n henry_n henning_n esq_n nicholas_n gould_n esq_n borough_n of_o bridport_n john_n michael_n esq_n sir_n stephen_n evance_n kt._n borough_n of_o snafton_n alias_o shaftsbury_n sir_n matthew_n andrews_n kt._n edward_n nicholas_n esq_n borough_n of_o wareham_n thomas_n erle_n esq_n william_n okeden_n esq_n borough_n of_o corf-castle_n richard_z fownes_o esq_n william_n culliford_n esq_n durham_n 4._o sir_n robert_n eden_n bar._n william_n lambton_n esq_n city_n of_o durham_n william_n tempest_n esq_n george_n morland_n esq_n essex_n 8._o henry_n mildmay_n esq_n sir_n fran._n masham_n bar._n borough_n of_o colchester_n samuel_n reynolds_n esq_n edward_n cary_n esq_n borough_n
of_o maldon_n sir_n thomas_n darcy_n bar._n charles_n montague_n es_fw-ge borough_n of_o harwich_n the_o right_a honourable_a charles_n lord_n chine_n sir_n thomas_n middleton_n kt._n glocestershire_n 8._o sir_n john_n guise_n bar._n sir_n ralph_n dutton_n bar._n city_n of_o gloucester_n william_n cook_n esq_n william_n try_v esq_n borough_n of_o cirencester_n the_o right_a honourable_a henry_n poll_n esq_n richard_n how_o esq_n borough_n of_o tewksbury_n rich._n dowdeswell_n esq_n the_o right_n honourable_a sir_n henry_n capell_n kt._n herefordshire_n 8._o sir_n john_n morgan_z bar._n sir_n herbert_n croft_n bar._n city_n of_o hereford_n paul_n foley_n esq_n henry_n cornwall_n esq_n borough_n of_o lempster_n tho._n conyngesby_n esq_n john_n dutton_n colt_n esq_n borough_n of_o weoble_o john_n birch_n esq_n robert_n price_n esq_n hertfordshire_n 6._o sir_n tho._n pope_n blount_n bar._n ralph_n freeman_n esq_n borough_n of_o st._n alban_n sir_n samuel_n grimston_n bar._n george_n churchill_n esq_n borough_n of_o hertford_n sir_n will._n cowper_n bar._n sir_n will._n leman_n bar._n huntingtonshire_n 4_o the_o honourable_a robert_n montague_n esq_n john_n driden_n esq_n borough_n of_o huntingdon_n the_o honourable_a sidney_n wort_o alias_o montague_n esq_n the_o honourable_a richard_n montague_n esq_n kent_n 10._o the_o honourable_a sir_n vere_n fane_n knight_n of_o the_o bath_n sir_n john_n knatchbull_n bar._n city_n of_o canterbury_n sir_n william_n honywood_n bar._n henry_n lee_n esq_n city_n of_o rochester_n sir_n joseph_n williamson_n kt._n francis_n clarke_n esq_n borough_n of_o maidston_n sir_n tho._n taylor_n bar._n thomas_n ryder_n esq_n borough_n of_o queenborough_n sir_n john_n bank_n bar._n robert_n crawford_n esq_n lancashire_n 14._o the_o right_a honourable_a charles_n lord_n brandon_n gerrard_n the_o honourable_a james_n stanley_n borough_n of_o lancaster_n roger_n kirby_n esq_n thomas_n preston_n esq_n borough_n of_o preston_n in_o amounderness_n christopher_n greenfeild_n esq_n borough_n of_o newton_n the_o honourable_a george_n cholmondely_n esq_n sir_n john_n chichley_n kt._n borough_n of_o wiggaâ—â—_n sir_n rich._n standish_n kt._n peter_n shakerly_n esq_n borough_n of_o clitheroe_n anthony_n parker_n esq_n roger_n kenyon_n esq_n borough_n of_o leverpool_n the_o kite_n honourable_a richard_n lord_n colchester_n tho._n norris_n of_o speak_n esq_n leicester_n 4._o the_o right_a honourable_a bennet_n lord_n sherrard_n sir_n thomas_n hesilridge_n bar._n borough_n of_o leicester_n sir_n edward_n abney_n kt._n laurence_n carter_n esq_n lincoln_n 12._o the_o right_a honourable_a george_n viscount_n castleton_n sir_n tho._n hussey_n bar._n city_n of_o lincoln_n sir_n john_n bolles_n bar._n sir_n edw._n hussey_n bar._n borough_n of_o boston_n peregrine_n berty_n esq_n sir_n william_n york_n kt._n borough_n of_o great_a grimsby_n sir_n edw._n ayscogh_o kt._n john_n chaplin_n esq_n town_n of_o stamford_n the_o honourable_a charles_n bertie_n esq_n william_n hyde_n esq_n borough_n of_o grantham_n sir_n john_n brownlowe_n bar._n sir_n william_n ellis_n bar._n middlesex_n 8._o sir_n char._n gerrard_n bar._n ralph_n hawtery_n esq_n city_n of_o westminster_n sir_n will._n poultney_n kt._n sir_n walter_n clarges_n bar._n london_n sir_n will._n pritchard_n kt._n sir_n sam._n dashwood_n kt._n sir_n will._n turner_n kt._n sir_n tho._n vernon_n kt._n monmouth_n 3_o the_o right_n honourable_a charles_n lord_n marquis_n of_o worcester_n thomas_z morgan_z esq_n borough_n of_o monmouth_n sir_n charles_n kemeys_n kt._n norfolk_z 12._o sir_n jacob_n astley_n kt._n and_o baronet_n sir_n william_n cook_n bar._n city_n of_o norwich_n thomas_n blofeild_n esq_n hugh_n bokenham_n esq_n town_n of_o lin_z regis_fw-la sir_n john_n turner_n kt._n daniel_n bedingfeild_n esq_n town_n of_o great_a yarmouth_n george_n england_n esq_n samuel_n fuâ—ler_n esq_n borough_n of_o thetford_n baptist_n may_v esq_n sir_n francis_n guybon_n kt._n borough_n of_o castlerise_v right_o honourable_a sir_n robert_n howard_n kt._n robert_n walpole_n esq_n northampton_n 9_o sir_n st._n andrew_n st._n john_n bar._n john_n parkhurst_n esq_n city_n of_o peterborough_n will._n brownlowe_a esq_n gilbert_n dolben_n esq_n town_n of_o northampton_n sir_n tho._n samuel_n bar._n sir_n william_n langham_n kt._n town_n of_o brackley_n the_o honourable_a sir_n william_n egerton_n knight_n of_o the_o bath_n john_n blencowe_n sergeant_n at_o law_n borough_n of_o higham-ferrers_n thomas_n andrews_n esq_n northumberland_n 8._o william_n forster_n esq_n philip_n bickerstaff_n esq_n town_n of_o newcastle_n upon_o tine_n sir_n ralph_n carr_n kt._n william_n carr_n esq_n borough_n of_o morpeth_n the_o right_a honourable_a charles_n lerd_v morpeth_n roger_n fenwick_n esq_n town_n of_o berwick_n upon_o tweed_n sir_n francis_n blake_n kt._n samuel_a ogle_n esq_n nottingham_n 8._o sir_n scroop_n how_n kt._n will._n sacheverel_n esq_n town_n of_o nottingham_n char._n hutchinson_n esq_n richard_n slater_n esq_n borough_n of_o eastretford_n john_n thornehagh_n esq_n town_n of_o newark_n upon_o trent_n the_o right_a honourable_a william_n lord_n eland_n the_o honourable_a nicholas_n sanderson_n esq_n oxon_n 9_o the_o right_a honourable_a montague_n lord._n norreys_n sir_n robert_n jenkinson_n bar._n university_n of_o oxon._n the_o honourable_a heneage_n finch_n esq_n sir_n tho._n clerges_n kt._n city_n of_o oxon._n the_o honourable_a henry_n bertie_n esq_n sir_n edw._n norreys_n kt._n borough_n of_o new-woodstock_n sir_n tho._n littleton_n bar._n thomas_n wheat_n esq_n borough_n of_o banbury_n sir_n robert_n dashwood_n kt._n and_o bar._n rutland_z 2._o sir_n tho._n mackworth_n bar._n bennet_n sherrard_n esq_n salop_n 12._o the_o honourable_a richard_n newport_n esq_n edward-kynaston_n of_o oately_a esq_n town_n of_o salop._n the_o honourable_a andrew_n newport_n esq_n richard_n mitton_n esq_n borough_n of_o bruges_n alias_o bridgenorth_n sir_n 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