Background Information
Constituency business
County
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Jan. 1559 | HENRY BODENHAM | |
| THOMAS HIGHGATE | ||
| 1562/63 | WILLIAM WIGHTMAN | |
| THOMAS HIGHGATE | ||
| 1571 | WILLIAM WIGHTMAN | |
| THOMAS HIGHGATE | ||
| 22 Apr. 1572 | WILLIAM CLERKE I | |
| FRANCIS VAUGHAN | ||
| 17 Nov. 1584 | JOHN PENRUDDOCK | |
| ROGER EARTHE | ||
| 13 Oct. 1586 | EDWARD PENRUDDOCK | |
| HENRY MARTYN | ||
| 15 Oct. 1588 | THOMAS CAVENDISH | |
| ROBERT PENRUDDOCK | ||
| 1593 | SIR THOMAS MORGAN I | |
| ROBERT PENRUDDOCK | ||
| 4 Oct. 1597 | THOMAS MOFFETT | |
| ROBERT PENRUDDOCK | ||
| 9 Oct. 1601 | SIR EDMUND MORGAN | |
| HUGH SANFORD |
Main Article
Wilton, a corporate town since the reign of Henry I, was dominated by successive earls of Pembroke, whose seat adjoined the borough. All the identified Elizabethan MPs were nominees of the 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earl. Return at parliamentary elections was made by the mayor and burgesses.1Hoare, Wilts. Salisbury, 55-228.
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Notes
- 1. Hoare, Wilts. Salisbury, 55-228.