sir_n william_n hartop_n kt._n sir_n john_n prettyman_n kt._n and_o bar._n lincoln_n george_n viscount_n castleton_n sir_n robert_n car_n kt._n and_o bar._n city_n of_o lincoln_n sir_n thomas_n meres_n kt._n sir_n john_n mounson_n jun._n kt._n of_o the_o bath_n borough_n of_o boston_n sir_n anthony_n irby_n kt._n sir_n philip_n harcourt_n kt._n borough_n of_o great_a grimsby_n jervas_n holles_n esq_n sir_n frechevile_n holles_n kt._n town_n of_o stamford_n peregrin_n bertue_n esq_n william_n montague_n esq_n borough_n of_o grantham_n sir_n john_n newton_n bar._n sir_n william_n thorold_n kt._n and_o bar._n middlesex_n sir_n lancelot_n lake_n kt._n sir_n thomas_n allen_n kt._n city_n of_o westminster_n sir_n philip_n warwick_n kt._n sir_n richard_n everard_n kt._n london_n sir_n john_n frederick_n kt._n sir_n william_n thomson_n kt._n william_n love_n esq_n john_n jones_n esq_n monmouth_n sir_n trevor_n williams_n bar._n william_n morgan_z esq_n borough_n of_o monmouth_n sir_n george_n probert_n kt._n norfolk_n thomas_n lord_n richardson_n sir_n ralph_n hâ—re_v bar._n city_n of_o norwich_n christopher_z jâ—y_o esq_n francis_n corey_n esq_n town_n of_o lynn_n regis_n robert_n wright_n esq_n john_n coke_n esq_n town_n of_o great_a yarmouth_n sir_n william_n coventry_n kt._n sir_n william_n doy_o kt_n and_o bar._n borough_n of_o thetford_n sir_n allan_n apseley_n kt._n joseph_n williamson_n esquire_n borough_n of_o castlerise_v sir_n robert_n paston_n kt._n and_o bar._n robert_n steward_n esquire_n northampton_n sir_n justinian_n isham_n bar._n george_n clark_n esquire_n city_n of_o peterborough_n william_n lord_n fitzwilliams_n sir_n vere_n fane_n town_n of_o northampton_n lord_z o_o bryon_n sir_n william_n farmer_n town_n of_o brackeley_o sir_n thomas_n crew_n kt_n robert_n spencer_n esquire_n borough_n of_o higham_n ferrer_n sir_n lewis_n palmer_n bar._n northumberland_n henry_n earl_n of_o ogle_n sir_n william_n fenwick_n bar._n town_n of_o newcastle_n upon_o time_n sir_n francis_n anderson_n kt._n sir_n john_n marley_n kt._n borough_n of_o morpeth_n sir_n george_n downing_n kt._n and_o bar._n edward_n lord_n morpeth_n town_n of_o berwick_n upon_o twede_n edward_n grace_n esquire_n daniel_n collingwood_n esquire_n nottingham_n anthony_n eyre_n esquire_n sir_n francis_n leake_n knight_n and_o bar._n town_n of_o nottingham_n arthur_n stanhop_n esquire_n robert_n pierpoint_n esquire_n borough_n of_o eastretford_n sir_n william_n hickman_n bar._n sir_n edward_n deering_n kt._n oxon._n sir_n francis_n wainman_n kt._n sir_n anthony_n cope_n knight_n and_o bar._n university_n of_o oxon._n lawrence_z hide_v esquire_n sir_n henage_n finch_n kt._n and_o bar._n his_o majesty_n attorney_n general_n city_n of_o oxon._n robert_n croke_n esquire_n brome_n whorwood_n esquire_n borough_n of_o new-woodstock_n sir_n thomas_n spencer_n bar_n sir_n william_n fleetwood_n kt._n borough_n of_o banbury_n sir_n john_n holeman_n kt._n rutland_n edward_n noell_n esquire_n philip_n sherrard_n esquire_n salop._n sir_n francis_n lawley_n bar._n richard_n newport_n esquire_n town_n of_o salop._n robert_n leighton_n esquire_n thomas_n jones_n sergeant_n at_o law_n borough_n of_o bruges_n alias_o bridgenorth_n sir_n william_n whitmore_n bar._n sir_n thomas_n whitmore_n knight_n of_o the_o bath_n borough_n of_o ludlow_n sir_n job_n charleton_n his_o majesty_n sergeant_n at_o law_n somerset_z fox_n esquire_n borough_n of_o great_a wenlock_n sir_n thomas_n littleton_n kt._n george_n weld_n esquire_n town_n of_o bishops-castle_n edmond_n waring_n esquire_n william_n oakeley_n esquire_n somerset_n edward_n philips_n esquire_n sir_n jo._n sydenham_n bar._n city_n of_o bristol_n sir_n john_n knight_n kt._n sir_n humphrey_n hook_n kt._n city_n of_o bath_n sir_n william_n basset_n kt._n sir_n francis_n popham_n kt._n and_o bar._n city_n of_o wells_n richard_n lord_n butler_n earl_n of_o arran_n sir_n maurice_n berkley_n kt._n and_o bar._n lord_n fitzharding_n borough_n of_o taunton_n sir_n william_n portman_n bar._n sir_n william_n windham_n kt._n borough_n of_o bridgewater_n edmond_n windham_n esquire_n peregrine_n palmer_n esquire_n borough_n of_o minehead_n sir_n jo._n malet_n kt._n sir_n hugh_n windham_n kt._n borough_n of_o ilcester_n sir_n edward_n phillips_n jun._n kt._n henry_n dunster_n merchant_n borough_n of_o milborneport_n francis_n windham_n esquire_n michael_n mallet_n esquire_n southampton_n charles_n lord_n st._n john_n sir_n john_n norton_n bar._n city_n of_o winchester_n sir_n rober_n holmes_n kt._n lawrence_z hide_v esquire_n town_n of_o southampton_n sir_n richard_z ford_z kt._n thomas_n knowles_n esquire_n town_n of_o portsmouth_n richard_n norton_n esquire_n sir_n george_n carteret_n kt._n and_o bar._n borough_n of_o yarmouth_n richard_n lucy_n esquire_n edward_n smith_n esquire_n borough_n of_o peterfield_n thomas_n neal_n esquire_n arthur_n bold_a esquire_n borough_n of_o newport_n alias_o medena_n sir_n robert_n dillington_n william_n glascock_n esq_n borough_n of_o stockbridge_n sir_n robert_n howard_n kt._n robert_n phillips_n esquire_n borough_n of_o newtown_n sir_n john_n barrington_n kt._n and_o bar._n sir_n robert_n worsley_n kt._n and_o bar._n borough_n of_o christchurch_n humphrey_n weld_n esquire_n henry_n tulse_n esquire_n borough_n of_o whitchurch_n henry_n wallop_v esquire_n giles_n hungerford_n esquire_n borough_n of_o limmington_n sir_n william_n lewis_n bar._n sir_n nicholas_n steward_n bar._n town_n of_o andover_n john_n collins_n esquire_n sir_n john_n trot_n bar._n stafford_n sir_n edward_n littleton_n bar._n randolph_n egerton_n esquire_n city_n of_o litchfield_n richard_n diet_n esquire_n sir_n theophilus_n bidolph_n kt._n and_o bar._n borough_n of_o stafford_n robert_n milward_n esquire_n william_n chetwinde_v esquire_n borough_n of_o newcastel_n under_o line_n sir_n caesar_n colclough_n bar._n edward_n manwaring_n esquire_n borough_n of_o tamworth_n charles_n lord_z clifford_z john_n swinfein_o esquire_n suffolk_n sir_n henry_n felton_n bar._n sir_n henry_n north_n bar._n borough_n of_o ipswich_n john_n wright_n esquire_n william_n bloise_n sen_fw-mi esquire_n borough_n of_o dunwich_n william_n wood_n esquire_n sir_n john_n pettus_n kt._n borough_n of_o orford_n sir_n allen_n broderick_n knight_n walter_n devereux_n esquire_n borough_n of_o aldborough_n sir_n john_n holland_n bar._n jo._n bence_n esquire_n borough_n of_o sudbury_n sir_n robert_n cordel_n bar._n thomas_n walgrave_n esquire_n borough_n of_o eye_n sir_n george_n reeve_n kt._n and_o bar._n charles_n cornwallis_n esquire_n borough_n of_o st._n edmonds-bury_a sir_n john_n duncomb_n kt._n sir_n edmond_n pooley_n kt._n surrey_n sir_n adam_n brown_n bar._n sir_n edmond_n bowyer_n kt._n borough_n of_o southwark_n sir_n thomas_n bludworth_n kt._n sir_n thomas_fw-la clarges_n kt._n borouhg_v of_o blech_o sir_n william_n hayward_n kt._n sir_n edward_n bish_n kt._n borough_n of_o rygate_n roger_n james_n esquire_n sir_n edward_n thurland_n knight_n borough_n of_o guiltford_n arthur_n onslow_n esquire_n thomas_n de_fw-fr mahoy_n esquire_n borough_n of_o gatton_n thomas_n turgis_n esquire_n sir_n nicolas_n carew_n kt._n borough_n of_o haslemere_n george_n evelyn_n esquire_n thomas_n morrice_n esquire_n sussex_n sir_n john_n pelham_n bar._n sir_n will._n morley_n kt._n of_o the_o bath_n city_n of_o chichester_n sir_n henry_n peckham_n kt_n sergeant_n at_o law_n william_n garaway_n esquire_n borough_n of_o horsham_n sir_n john_n covert_n kt._n and_o bar._n orlando_n bridgman_n esquire_n borough_n of_o midhurst_n baptist_n may_n esquire_n john_n steward_n esquire_n borough_n of_o lewis_n sir_n john_n stape_o kt._n and_o bar._n sir_n thomas_n woodcok_n kt._n borough_n of_o new-shoreham_n edward_n blaker_n esquire_n jo._n fag_n esquire_n borough_n of_o bramber_n sir_n sicily_n bishop_n peircy_o goring_n esquire_n borough_n of_o steyning_n sir_n john_n fag_n bar._n henry_n goring_n esq_n borough_n of_o east_n grimstead_n charles_n lord_n buckhurst_n sir_n george_n courthop_n kt._n borough_n of_o arundel_n roger_n earl_n of_o orrory_n francis_n lord_n angier_n warwick_n sir_n robert_n holt_n bar._n sir_n henry_n puckering_n alias_o newton_n city_n of_o coventry_n sir_n clement_n fisher_n bar._n richard_n hopkins_n esq_n borough_n of_o warwick_n sir_n francis_n compton_n kt._n foulk_n grevile_n esq_n westmoreland_n sir_n philip_n musgrave_n bar._n sir_n thomas_n strickland_n kt._n borough_n of_o apulby_n thomas_n tufton_n esq_n john_n dalston_n esq_n wilts_n henry_n lord_n cornbury_n thomas_n thin_a esq_n city_n of_o new_a sarum_n sir_n stephen_n fox_n kt._n richard_n coleman_n esq_n borough_n of_o wilton_n sir_n john_n birkenhead_n kt._n sir_n thomas_n mompesson_n kt._n borough_n of_o downton_n gilbert_n raleigh_n esq_n sir_n joseph_n ash_n kt._n borough_n of_o hindon_n edward_n seymor_n esq_n sir_n george_n grubham_n how_o bar._n borough_n of_o westbury_n richard_n lewis_n esq_n thomas_n wanklyn_n esq_n borough_n of_o hetsbury_n john_n jolliffe_n esq_n william_n ash_n esq_n borough_n of_o calne_n william_n ducket_n esq_n george_n low_a esq_n borough_n of_o the_o devise_n edward_n lewis_n esq_n george_n johnson_n borough_n of_o chippenham_n sir_n edward_n hungerford_n kt._n of_o the_o bath_n henry_n baynton_n esq_n borough_n of_o malmesbury_n philip_n howard_n esq_n sir_n edward_n pool_n kt._n
commons_o be_v a_o little_a above_o 500_o person_n whereof_o common_o near_o 200_o be_v absent_a upon_o business_n or_o sickness_n etc._n etc._n note_v that_o the_o baron_n of_o the_o cinque_fw-fr port_n be_v at_o this_o day_n only_o as_o other_o burgess_n in_o parliament_n but_o be_v still_o call_v baron_n after_o the_o ancient_a manner_n because_o heretofore_o they_o get_v great_a renown_n by_o their_o exploit_n at_o sea_n in_o defend_v the_o kingdom_n in_o memory_n whereof_o they_o have_v yet_o the_o privilege_n to_o send_v burgess_n to_o bear_v the_o cloth_n of_o state_n over_o the_o king_n head_n on_o the_o day_n of_o his_o coronation_n and_o to_o dine_v that_o day_n in_o the_o king_n presence_n a_o list_n of_o all_o the_o knight_n citizens_z burgess_n and_o baron_n of_o the_o cinque_fw-fr port_n that_o at_o present_a serve_v in_o the_o parliament_n of_o england_n bedford_n sir_n humphrey_n winch_n bar._n sir_n john_n nappier_n bar._n town_n of_o bedford_n pawlet_n st._n john_n esq_n sir_n william_n beecher_n kt._n berks._n richard_n nevil_n esq_n sir_n richard_n poll_n kt_n of_o the_o bath_n burough_n of_o new_a windsor_n sir_n richard_n braham_n kt._n sir_n thomas_n higgon_n kt._n borough_n of_o reading_n sir_n thomas_n doleman_n kt._n richard_n aldworth_n esq_n burough_n of_o wallingford_n sir_n john_n benet_n knight_n of_o the_o bath_n robert_n packer_n esq_n borough_n of_o abingdon_n sir_n george_n stonehouse_n bar._n buck_n sir_n william_n bowyer_n kt._n and_o bar._n sir_n william_n terringham_n kt._n of_o the_o bath_n town_n of_o buck_n sir_n richard_n temple_n bar._n sir_n william_n smith_n bar._n borough_n of_o chipping_n wiccomb_n sir_n edmond_n pie_n kt._n and_o bar._n sir_n john_n burlace_n bar._n borough_n of_o aylesbury_n sir_n richard_n ingoldsby_n knight_n of_o the_o bath_n sir_n thomas_n lee_n bar._n borough_n of_o agmondesham_n sir_n will._n drake_n kt._n sir_n thomas_n proby_n bar._n borough_n of_o wendever_n richard_n hampden_n esq_n robert_n crook_n esq_n borough_n of_o great_a marlowe_n peregrine_n hobby_n esq_n charles_n cheyney_n esq_n cambridge_n sir_n thomas_n chicheley_n kt._n sir_n thomas_n wendy_n knight_n of_o the_o bath_n university_n of_o cambridge_n thomas_n crouch_v master_n of_o art_n sir_n charles_n wheeler_n bar._n town_n of_o cambridge_n william_n lord_n allington_n roger_n pepis_n esq_n chester_n sir_n foulke_n lucy_n knight_n thomas_n cholmly_n esq_n city_n of_o chester_n sir_n thomas_n smith_n bar._n john_n radcliff_n esq_n cornwall_n sir_n jonath_n trelawny_n kt._n sir_n john_n corryton_n bar._n borough_n of_o dunhivid_n alius_fw-la launceston_n sir_n richard_n edgecombe_n knight_n of_o the_o bath_n sir_n charles_n harbour_v knight_n his_o majesty_n surveyor_n general_n borough_n of_o leskeard_n john_n harris_n esq_n barnard_n greenvile_n esq_n borough_n of_o lestwithiel_n charles_n smith_n esq_n silas_n titus_n esq_n borough_n of_o truroe_n john_n arundel_n esq_n edward_n boscawen_n borough_n of_o bodmin_n sir_n john_n carew_n bar._n hender_n roberts_n esq_n borough_n of_o helston_n sir_n william_n godolphin_n bar._n sidney_n godolphin_n esq_n borough_n of_o saltashe_n francis_n buller_n junior_a esq_n john_n buller_n esq_n borough_n of_o camelford_n thomas_n coventry_n esq_n sir_n will._n godolphin_n kt._n borough_n of_o port-pigham_a alias_o westlow_n sir_n henry_n vernon_z bar._n john_n trelawny_n esq_n borough_n of_o grampound_n charles_n trevanion_n esq_n john_n tanner_n esq_n borough_n of_o estlow_n henry_n seymour_n esq_n sir_n robort_n atkins_n kt._n of_o the_o bath_n borough_n of_o penryn_n william_n pendarvis_n esq_n john_n birch_n esq_n borough_n of_o tregony_n hugh_n boscawen_n esq_n thomas_n herle_n esq_n borough_n of_o bossiny_n robert_n roberts_n esq_n richard_n rous_n esq_n borough_n of_o st._n ives_n james_n praed_n esq_n edward_n nosworthy_n esq_n borough_n of_o fowey_n jonathan_n rashley_n esq_n john_n rashly_n gent._n borough_n of_o st._n germains_n john_n elliot_n esq_n edward_n elliot_n esquire_n borough_n of_o st._n michael_n matthew_z wren_n esq_n francis_n ld_n hawley_n borough_n of_o newport_n john_n speccot_n esq_n nicolas_n morice_n borough_n of_o st._n maw_n arthur_n spry_n esq_n sir_n joseph_n tredinham_n borough_n of_o kellington_n sir_n cyril_n wych_n kt._n sam._n roll_n esq_n cumberland_n sir_n george_n fletcher_n bar._n sir_n john_n lowther_n bar._n city_n of_o carlisle_n sir_n philip_n howard_n kt._n christopher_n musgrave_n esq_n borough_n of_o cockermouth_n sir_n wilfrid_n lawson_n kt._n john_n clark_n esq_n derby_n william_n lord_n cavendish_n sacheveril_n esq_n town_n of_o derby_n john_n dalton_n esq_n anchetel_v grey_n esq_n devon_n sir_n john_n roll_n knight_n of_o the_o bath_n sir_n copplestone_n bamfield_n kt._n city_n of_o exeter_n sir_n james_n smith_n kt._n robert_n walker_n esq_n borough_n of_o totnes_n sir_n edward_n seymour_n bar._n sir_n thomas_n clifford_n kt._n borough_n of_o plymouth_n sir_n william_n morice_n kt._n sir_n gilbert_n talbot_n kt._n town_n and_o borough_n of_o okehampton_n sir_n edward_n wise_a knight_n of_o the_o bath_n john_n harris_n esq_n borough_n of_o barnstable_n sir_n john_n norcot_n bar._n nicholas_n dennis_n esq_n borough_n of_o plympton_n sir_n william_n stroude_a kt._n sir_n nicholas_n slanning_n kt._n and_o bar._n borough_n of_o honiton_n sir_n courtney_n poole_n bar._n peter_n prideaux_n esq_n borough_n of_o tavistok_n george_n howard_n esq_n william_n russel_n esq_n borough_n of_o ashburton_n sir_n geo._n sonds_o kt._n of_o the_o bath_n john_n fowel_n esq_n borough_n of_o clifton_n dartmouth_n hardness_n william_n harbour_v esq_n william_n gould_n esq_n borough_n of_o beeralston_n sir_n john_n maynard_n kt._n the_o king_n sergeant_n at_o law_n joseph_n maynard_n esq_n borough_n of_o tiverton_n thomas_n carew_n esq_n henry_n ford_n esq_n dorset_n giles_n strangeways_n esq_n sir_n john_n strode_n kt._n town_n of_o poole_n sir_n john_n moreton_n 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