Right of election
in burgage holders
Ripon
Background Information
Number of voters: about 150
Number of seats
2
Constituency business
Main Article
<p>In 1754 Ripon was a complete pocket borough of the Aislabie family, who owned a majority of the burgages. On the death of William Aislabie in 1781 the borough was controlled by his son-in-law, William Lawrence.</p>
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