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B02575 The case of Edward Clavill Esq; duly elected (altho not returned) one of the burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for the borough of Corse-Castle in the county of Dorset. 1698 (1698) Wing C908; ESTC R170940 717 3

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The CASE of EDWARD CLAVILL Esq duly elected altho not returned one of the Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of Corfe-Castle in the County of Dorset IN the Borough of Corfe-Castle by antient Custom the Electors for Burgesses of Parliament are all Inhabitants that pay Scot and Lot and all that have any Estate of Inheritance or Freehold or Leasehold determinable upon Life or Lives At the last Election there were four Candidates viz. William Culliford Edward Clavill Richard Founds and John Banks Esquires and there were given Eighty five Votes for Mr. Culliford Sixty three for Mr. Clavill Fifty two for Mr. Fownds and Seventy talia qualia for Mr. Banks In this Borough are fourteen Tenements which were granted by Leases for Lives to so many several Tenants and they according to Custom and Right voted at the Election Notwithstanding which Mr. Dackcomb who had granted these Leases did a little before the Election convey the Reversion to fourteen several other Persons on purpose to vote for Mr. Banks and were admitted by the Mayor When the Words of the Act Septimo Octavo Gulielmi Tertii for further regulating Elections of Members to serve in Parliament are as followeth That all Conveyances of any Messuages Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in any County City Borough Town Corporate Port or Place in order to multiply Voices or to split and divide the Interest in any Houses or Lands amongst several Persons to enable them to vote at Elections of Members to serve in Parliament are hereby declared void and of none effect and that no more than one single Voice shall be admitted for one and the same House or Tenement In this Borough likewise are some Lands given to the Poor of the Parish of VVimbourn which are under the Management of several Trustees five of which were admitted to vote for Mr. Banks Besides these nineteen Voters divers others who had no Right in this Election were brought to vote for Mr. Banks who having the Mayor in his Interest is returned instead of Mr. Clavill who had the Majority of legal Votes