The Worsley list
The Worsley mss deposited with the Lincolnshire Archives Committee consist of the papers of Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Bt., M.P., an antiquary and collector, who was comptroller of the board of Green Cloth 1777-9, and of the household of George III 1779-82. On his death intestate in 1805 his property passed to his next of kin, a niece, who married the first Earl of Yarborough. The papers include a list of the House of Commons returned at the general elections of 1713 and 1715, with explanatory notes and comments in French, evidently for George I, who knew no English. This list, transcribed by P.W. Hasler and E.L.C. Mullins, is reproduced below by the kind permission of its owner, the present Earl of Yarborough.
2. The list, which has been bound in brown leather, with ‘Worsley mss I’ on the spine, is entitled ‘Liste exacte du dernier Parlement et de celuy-ci, avec des remarques’. Folios 1-52 are set out in four columns, separated by red lines, headed from left to right ‘remarques sur le dernier Parlement’, ‘liste du dernier Parlement’, ‘liste du Parlement présent’, and ‘remarques sur le Parlement présent’, with space at the foot of each folio to accommodate notes of greater length than could be fitted into a ‘remarques’ column. Across the two centre columns are written the names of the constituencies, in the order England, the Cinque ports, Wales and Scotland. Against the name of every English county and the other three groups is shown the number of seats in each, and beneath the last constituency in the several counties and groups are the totals of Whigs and Tories returned at the two general elections. The totals are tabulated and added together on folios 53 and 54. Explanatory notes on an unnumbered folio at the beginning are partly repeated at the end on folios 55 and 56, where they develop into a general political commentary.
3. In printing the list the constituency names have been put on the left and the ‘remarques’, whether from a ‘remarques’ column or the foot of a folio, have been consolidated and assembled on pp. 181-4, with numbers in place of the symbols devised by the writer. Italic type represents the now faded red used in the original to distinguish Tories from Whigs, but it has not been thought necessary to apply this convention to the combined remarks and footnotes which, when they relate to Tories, also appear in red in the original. A roman X following a name in italic, corresponding to a black cross after a red name in the original, signifies that the Member in question was a Tory who, if the X is in the left-hand column, had sometimes voted against his party in the 1713 Parliament or, if it is in the right-hand column, might do so in the new Parliament; an italic X following a name in roman indicates the same propensities in a Whig. Similarly, the roman letter P, written in black in the manuscript, denotes a Whig petition; an italic P, red in the manuscript, denotes a Tory petition. The spelling of the original, and the initial letters signifying ‘Son Altesse Royale,’ have been retained but accents, capitals, and punctuation have been modernized and abbreviations, in the main, extended. The various forms for ‘Monsieur’ have been rendered throughout as ‘Mons.’
4. The anonymous author of the notes and comments—probably George I’s Huguenot private secretary, John Robethon—observes that according to the list the 1715 House of Commons consisted of 355 Whigs and 203 Tories, an exact reversal of the results of 1713, pointing out that as it had been compiled before there had been any debates, the classification of Members was to some extent conjectural. In fact the following Members counted in the list as Whigs appear to have been Tories:
Benjamin Bathurst (Cirencester)
Sir William Courtenay, returned for Devonshire and Honiton in 1715, when he chose to sit for the county, the Honiton seat being filled by another Tory, Sir William Pole, thus making a difference of two votes
Peter Godfrey (London)
Sir Roger Mostyn (Flintshire)
Sir John Parsons (Reigate)
George Pitt, returned for Hampshire and Wareham, choosing to sit for the county, the Wareham seat being filled by his son, making a difference of two votes
Morgan Randyll (Guildford)
Alexander Urquhart (Cromartyshire)
Humphrey Walcot (Ludlow)
William Ward (Staffordshire)
John Richmond Webb (Ludgershall)
Sir Robert Gordon (Caithness-shire).
The following Members, counted as Tories, appear to have been Whigs:
Lord James Murray (Perthshire)
Sir Edmund Prideaux (Tregony).
Further, the Worsley totals are based on the assumption that the new election for Leicestershire, in respect of which a return had not been made at the general election, would result in the return of two Whigs, whereas two Tories were returned. The net effect of these changes is to increase the Tory and reduce the Whig totals by 14, making the pre-petition position in the 1715 House 341 Whigs to 217 Tories.
5. In the Worsley list of the 1713 House of Commons four of the above Members, Bathurst, Parsons, Pitt and Randyll, are shown as Whigs, and one Whig, Prideaux, as a Tory, so that the totals require adjustment by adding three to the Tories and deducting the same from the Whigs, making 358 Tories and 200 Whigs at the opening of that Parliament.
6. The Worsley list classes 27 Members of the 1713 House of Commons as Whigs who had sometimes voted with the Tories and 40 as Tories who had sometimes voted with the Whigs in that Parliament. In the 1715 House 33 Whigs and 30 Tories are classed as likely to vote against their own parties, subject to a warning that this classification might often prove to be wrong.
Liste Exact du Dernier Parlement et de Celuyci, avec des Remarques
Explications des marques
Généralement tout ce qui est en noir veut dire Whig ou bien qu’il s’agit d’eux.Au contraire tout ce qui est en rouge veut dire Tory. Par exemple dans la première comté (viz.) Bedfordshire à la premire ligne il y a
| Dernier Parlement | Sir Pincent Charnock ... William Hillderson | Parlement présent |
On voit d’abord combien il y en a de chaque parti dans chaque province, car il y a une petite ligne au bas qui le marque, par exemple cette même comté de Bedfordshire envoye quatre membres, le dernier Parlement il y avoit trois Torys et un Whig, à présent il y a trois Whigs et un Tory, voicy comme cela est marqué:
| Dernier Parlement 3 | 1 ... 3 | 1 Parlement présent |
Lorsqu’il y a une croix noire au bout d’un nom rouge cela veut dire que c’est un Tory qui pourroit souvent voter avec les Whigs.
Quand il y a une croix rouge au bout d’un nom noire c’est pour dire que c’est un Whig qui votera souvent avec les Toris. Il s’en trouve un de chaque espèce pour la comté de Cambridgeshire, page 3:
| Dernier Parlement | John Bromley X ... the same X | Parlement présent |
| John Jenyns X ... the same X |
Ces mots qu’on trouve si souvent, the same, veulent dire en françois le même, c’est quand la même personne est élue au même endroit.
Un P noir au bout d’un nom rouge, veut dire qu’un Whig pétitionne contre un Tory, par exemple à la comté de Bedfordshire, page 1 e, 2 de ligne:
| Dernier Parlement | John Harvey ... the same P | Parlement présent |
Un P rouge au bout d’un nom noir, veut dire qu’un Tory pétitionne contre un Whig, par exemple pour la ville de Wallingford en Berkshire, page 1 e, 2 de ligne:
| Dernier Parlement | Harcourt ... William Hucks P | Parlement présent |
On voit aussi par les mêmes signes qu’en certains endroits il y a des Whigs qui pétitionne contre des Whigs et des Torys contre des Torys.
Il reste à ajouter que dans le dernier Parlement on voit à côté de quelques noms dans la liste des noms différents, cela arrive lorsqu’une personne qui est choisie pour deux endroits fait son élection de servir pour l’un, alors l’autre devient vacant, et on y élit de nouveau, voyés le ville de Helston en Cornwall, page 4 e, les deux derniers lignes. Cela arrive aussi quand on a décidé une pétition contre ceux qui étoient premierèment élus, et qu’on a mis ceux qui pétitionnent à leur place, voyés la ville de Weymouth dans la comté de Dorsetshire, page 9 e.
Les marques qui ce font avec ces étoiles * cest pour renvoyer à la marge d’embas.
Liste exact du dernier Parlement at de celuyci, avec des remarques
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Liste du dernier Parlement |
Liste du Parlement présent |
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| BEDFORDSHIRE 4 | Sir Pincent Charnock John Harvey |
William Hillersdon the same P |
[1 | |
| Bedford | John Cater Samuel Rolt P |
William Farrer Thurloe Brace |
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| 3 1 | 3 1 | |||
| BERKSHIRE 9 | Sir John Stonehouse Robert Packer |
the same the same |
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| New Windsor | Charles Aldsworth Christopher Wren X |
Guyer P the same |
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| Reading | Felix Calvert P Robert Clarges P |
the same P the same P |
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| Wallingford | Thomas Renda | Richard Bigg Simon Harcourt |
Edmond Dunch William Hucks P |
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| Abingdon | Simon Harcourt | John [recte James ] Jennings |
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| 9 0 | 2 7 | |||
| BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 14 | Lord Farmannagh John Fleetwood |
Richard Hambden the same |
[2 | |
| Buckingham | Thomas Chapman John Ratcliff |
Alexander Denton P Abraham Stanyan |
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| Chippingwicomb | Sir Thomas Lee Sir John Wittewrong |
the same the same |
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| Aylesbury | John Essington P Simon Harcourt |
John Deacle P Sir Nathaniel Mead |
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| Agmondesham | Montague Garrard Drake Lord Farmannagh |
the same the same |
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| Wendover | Sir Roger Hill Richard Hambden |
the same Richard Greenville |
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| Great Marlow | Sir James Etheridge George Bruere P |
Lord Shelburne the same |
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| 10 4 | 10 4 | |||
| CAMBRIDGESHIRE | John Bromley X John Jenyns X |
the same XP the same X |
[3 | |
| Cambridge University | Dixey Windsor Thomas Paske |
the same X the same |
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| Cambridge | Sir John Hinde Cotton Samuel Shepheard X |
the same P Thomas Sclater P |
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| 4 2 | 1 5 | |||
| CHESHIRE 4 | Sir George Warburton Charles Cholmondeley X |
the same Langham Booth |
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| Chester City | Sir Henry Bunbury Peter Shackerley X |
the same Sir William Grosvenor |
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| 4 0 | 1 3 | |||
| CORNWALL 44 | Sir William Carew John Trevanion |
the same the same |
[4 | |
| Dunhivid alias Launceston | John Anstis Edward Hearle |
the same P the same P |
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| Leskard | William Bridges Philip Rashleigh |
John Trelawney the same |
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| Lestwithiel | Sir Thomas Clarges Erasmus Lewis |
Galfrid Walpole Thomas Lyddel |
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| Truro | William Collier Thomas Hare |
Spencer Cooper John Selwin |
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| Bodmin | Francis Roberts Thomas Sclater |
the same John Leigh |
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| Helston | Alexander Pendarves Thomas Tonken |
Henry Campion Charles Cox |
Sir Gilbert Heathcot Sidney Godolphin |
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| Saltash | Jonathon Elford P William Shippen |
Shilton Callmady P the same P |
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| Camelford | Sir Boucher Wray James Nichols |
James Montague Richard Coffen |
[5 | |
| Portpigham alias Westlow | Sir Charles Wagner John Trelawney X |
Thomas Maynard George Delaval |
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| Grampound | Thomas Coke Andrew Quick |
Charles Cook John West |
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| Eastlow | Sir Charles Hedges Edward Jennings |
John Smith Sir James Bateman |
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| Penryn | Hugh Boscawen Alexander Pendarves |
the same Samuel Treffusis X |
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| Tregony | James Craggs Sir Edmond Prideaux |
the same the same X |
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| Bossiney | Sir William Pole John Manley |
Henry Cartwright Samuel Molineux |
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| St. Ives | Sir William Pendarves P John Hopkins P |
Lord Henry Paulet Sir John Hobart |
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| Foway | Henry Vincent Germain Wych |
the same John Elford |
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| St. Germains | Edward Elliot John Knight |
Waller Bacon the same |
[6 | |
| St. Micheal | Sir Henry Ballasis John Stratham |
Nathan Blackiston Robert Molesworth |
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| Newport | Sir Nicholas Morrice X Humphrey Morrice |
the same X the same |
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| St. Mawes | Francis Scobel Edward Rolle |
William Lowndes John Chetwynde |
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| Killington [Callington] | Sir John Coryton Samuel Rolle |
the same the same |
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| 36 8 | 32 12 | |||
| CUMBERLAND 6 | James Lowther Gilfrid Lawson X |
the same the same X |
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| Carlisle City | Sir Christopher Musgrave Thomas Stanwix |
William Strickland the same |
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| Cockermouth | Nicholas Leachmere Joseph Musgrave |
the same James Stanhope |
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| 3 3 | 5 1 | |||
| DERBYSHIRE 4 | John Curzon Clarke |
the same the same |
[7 | |
| Derby | Nathaniel Curzon Edward Munday |
Lord James Cavendish William Stanhope |
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| 4 0 | 2 2 | |||
| DEVONSHIRE 26 |
Sir William Courtney X Sir Copplestone Bamfield |
the same X the same |
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| Exeter City | John Rolle Francis Drew |
John Bamfield the same |
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| Totnes | Francis Gwyn Stephen Northleigh |
Arthur Champernown X the same |
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| Plymouth | Sir George Byng X Sir John Rogers |
the same the same |
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| Oakehampton | William Northmore Christopher Harris |
the same the same |
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| Barnstaple | Sir Nicholas Hooper Sir Arthur Chichester |
John Rolle the same |
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| Plymton | Richard Edgecomb George Treby |
the same the same |
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| Honiton | Sir William Drake James Shepheard P |
Sir William Courtenay XP William Young P |
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| Tavistock | Sir John Cope James Bulteel |
the same Henry Drake P |
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| Ashburton | Roger Tuckfield P Richard Reynell P |
the same the same |
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| Clifton Dartmouth Hardness | John Fownes | Sir William Drake Frederick Herne |
John Fownes junr. P Joseph Herne X |
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| Boralston [Bere Alston] | Sir Peter King Lawrance Carter |
Horatio Walpole the same |
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| Tiverton | Sir Edward Northey John Worth |
the same X Thomas Bere |
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| 17 9 | 16 10 | |||
| DORSETSHIRE 20 | Thomas Strangeways George Chaffin |
the same the same |
[9 | |
| Pool | Sir William Lewen George Trenchard |
the same the same |
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| Dorchester | Sir Nathaniel Napier Henry Trenchard |
the same the same |
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| Lyme Regis | John Henley John Burridge junr. |
the same the same |
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| Weymouth |
William Harvey Sir Thomas Hardy |
Daniel Harvey P John Baker P |
the same the same |
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| Melcomb Regis |
Reginald Marriot | James Littleton senr. P William Betts P |
James Littleton junr. [sic] the same |
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| Bridport | John Hoskins Gifforde William Coventry |
Thomas Strangeways P the same |
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| Shafton alias Shaftsbury | Edward Nicholas Henry Whitaker P |
the same P Samuel Rush P |
[10 | |
| Wareham | Thomas Erle George Pitt X |
the same the same X |
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| Corfecastle | Richard Fownes John Banks |
Dennis Bond P William Okeden P |
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| 10 10 | 12 8 | |||
| DURHAM 4 | John Eden John Hedworth X |
the same the same |
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| Durham City | Thomas Conyers George Baker |
the same the same |
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| 3 1 | 1 3 | |||
| ESSEX 8 | Sir Charles Barrington Sir Richard Child |
Thomas Middleton the same |
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| Colchester | William Gore Nicholas Corsellis |
Sir Thomas Webster P Sir Isaac Rebow P |
Richard Ducane P the same |
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| Malden | John Comyns Thomas Bramston |
the same P the same P |
[11 | |
| Harwich | Sir Thomas Daval Carew Mildmay |
Sir Philip Parker Thomas Heath |
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| 6 2 | 5 3 | |||
| GLOUCESTERSHIRE 8 | John Berkley Thomas Stephens |
Mathew Ducy Moreton the same |
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| Gloucester City | Charles Cox John Snell |
the same the same P |
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| Cirencester | Thomas Masters Benjamin Bathurst X |
the same the same X |
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| Tewkesbury | William Dodeswell Charles Dodeswell |
the same Anthony Lechmere |
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| 5 3 | 5 3 | |||
| HEREFORDSHIRE 8 | Lord Scudamore Sir Thomas Morgan |
Richard Hopton the same |
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| Hereford City | James Brydges Thomas Foley |
Lord Scudamore P the same |
[12 | |
| Lempster | Edward Harley Henry Gorges P |
the same P Lord Coningsby |
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| Weobly | John Birch Udel Price |
Charles Cornwall Paul Foley |
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| 6 2 | 2 6 | |||
| HERTFORDSHIRE 6 | Ralph Freeman X Thomas Halsey |
the same Sir Thomas Seabright |
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| St. Albans | John Gape | William Grimstone William Hale P |
the same the same |
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| Hertford | Charles Caesar Richard Gulston |
the same P the same P |
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| 4 2 | 2 4 | |||
| HUNTINGDONSHIRE 4 | Sir Mathew Dudley John Pigot |
John Biggs the same |
[13 | |
| Huntington | Lord Hinchingbroke Sidney Wortley Montagu |
the same the same |
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| 0 4 | 4 0 | |||
| KENT 10 | Percival Hart Edward Knatchbul |
Mildmay Fane William Delaune |
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| Canterbury City | John Hardress Henry Lee |
the same Sir Thomas Hales P |
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| Rochester City | Sir John Leake William Cage |
Sir John Jennings Sir Thomas Palmer |
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| Maidstone | Sir Robert Marsham Sir Samuel Ongley X |
the same Sir Thomas Colepepper |
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| Queenborough | Thomas King Charles Fotherby |
the same Philip Jennings |
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| 9 1 | 9 1 | |||
| LANCASHIRE 14 | Richard Shuttleworth X John Bland |
the same X the same |
[14 | |
| Preston | Henry Fleetwood Edward Southwell |
the same Sir Henry Haughton |
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| Lancaster | Robert Heysham X William Heysham X |
Doddington Bradyl X the same |
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| Newton | John Ward X Abraham Blackmore |
Francis Leicester William Shippen |
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| Wigan | Sir Roger Bradshaw George Kennion P |
the same X Lord Barrimore |
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| Clithero | Charles Stanley P Thomas Lister |
[red tick] the same |
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| Leverpool | Sir Thomas Johnson William Clayton |
the same Edward Norriss |
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| 10 4 | 5 9 | |||
| LEICESTERSHIRE 4 | Lord Tamworth Sir Thomas Cave |
[black tick] [black tick] |
[15 | |
| Leicester | Sir George Beaumont James Wistanley |
the same the same |
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| 4 0 | 2 2 | |||
| LINCOLNSHIRE 12 | Lord Willoughby Sir Willoughby Hickman |
Sir John Brownlow the same |
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| Lincoln City | Thomas Lister John Sibthorpe |
Sir John Tirret Richard Grantham |
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| Boston | Richard Wynn P Henry Heron P |
the same the same |
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| Great Grimsby | Arthur Moor William Coatsworth X |
Robert Chaplain Joseph Banks P |
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| Stamford | Charles Cecille Charles Bartie |
same the same |
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| Grantham | Sir John Thorold X Sir John Brownlow |
Edward Rolt X John Heathcot |
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| 8 4 | 6 6 | |||
| MIDDLESEX 8 | James Bertie Hugh Smithson |
the same the same |
[16 | |
| London | Sir Richard Hoare Sir George Newland Sir John Cass Sir William Withers |
Sir John Ward Sir Thomas Scawen Robert Heysham Peter Godfrey |
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| Westminster | Sir Thomas Cross X Thomas Medlicott |
the same Edward Wortley Montagu |
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| 8 0 | 5 3 | |||
| MONMOUTHSHIRE 3 | Sir Charles Kemeys P John Morgan |
Thomas Lewis the same |
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| Monmouth | Clayton Milborne | Edward [recte William] Bray P | ||
| 2 1 | 3 0 | |||
| NORFOLK 12 | Sir Jacob Astley Sir Edmund Bacon X |
the same Thomas de Gray P |
[17 | |
| Norwich City | Robert Bene Richard Berney |
Walter Bacon Robert Brittiffe |
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| Lynn Regis | Sir Charles Turner Robert Walpole |
the same the same |
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| Great Yarmouth | Richard Farrier George England X |
Horatio Townsend the same X |
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| Thetford | Sir William Barker Dudley North |
John Ward X the same |
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| Castlerising | Horatio Walpole William Fielding |
Charles Churchill the same |
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| 8 4 | 9 3 | |||
| NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 9 | Sir Justinian Isham Thomas Cartwright X |
the same the same X |
[18 | |
| Peterborough City | John Fitswilliams Charles Parker |
the same the same |
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| Northampton | William Wykes George Montagu |
the same the same |
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| Brackley | Henry Watkins John Burgh |
William Egerton P Paul Methuen P |
the same the same |
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| Higham Ferrers | Thomas Wentworth |
Charles Leigh |
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| 4 5 | 4 5 | |||
| NORTHUMBERLAND 8 | Lord Hertford Thomas Forster junr. |
the same the same |
[19 | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Sir William Blackett William Wrightson |
the same the same P |
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| Morpeth | Sir John Germain Oley Douglas |
Lord Morpeth Lord Castlecomer |
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| Berwick upon Tweed | Richard Hambden X William Ord |
Gray Nevill Barrington Shute |
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| 4 4 | 5 3 | |||
| NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 8 | Francis Willoughby William Levinz |
the same the same |
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| Nottingham | Robert Sacheverell Bruce Warren |
John Plumtree George Gregory |
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| East Retford | John Digby Francis Lewis |
the same Thomas White |
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| Newark upon Trent | Richard Newdigate Richard Sutton |
Conyers Darcy the same |
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| 8 0 | 5 3 | |||
| OXFORDSHIRE 9 | Sir Robert Jenkinson Francis Clerke |
the same the same |
[20 | |
| Oxford University | Sir William Whitlock William Bromley |
the same the same |
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| Oxford City | Sir John Walters Thomas Rowney |
the same the same |
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| New Woodstock | Sir Thomas Wheate William Cadogan |
the same the same |
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| Bambury | Sir Jonathan Cope | the same P | ||
| 7 2 | 2 7 | |||
| RUTLANDSHIRE 2 | Lord Finch Lord Sherrard |
the same John Noel |
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| 0 2 | 2 0 | |||
| SHROPSHIRE 12 | Lord Newport John Kynaston |
the same Sir Robert Corbet |
[21 | |
| Shrewsbury | Robert Kynaston |
Edward Cresset Thomas Jones P |
Corbet Kynaston the same |
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| Bruges alias Bridgnorth | William Whitmore John Weaver |
the same the same |
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| Ludlow | Acton Baldwin X Humphrey Walcot |
Francis Herbert P the same X |
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| Great Wenlock | William Whitmore Sir William Forrester |
Thomas Newport William Forrester |
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| Bishops Castle | Sir Robert Raymond Richard Harnage XP |
Charles Mason the same |
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| 5 7 | 11 1 | |||
| SOMMERSETSHIRE 18 | Sir William Wyndham Thomas Horner |
the same William Hellier |
[22 | |
| Bristol City | Joseph Earle XP Thomas Edwards XP |
the same P Sir William Dayns P |
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| Bath City | Samuel Trotman John Codrington |
the same P the same P |
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| Wells City | Maurice Berkley Sir Thomas Wroth |
the same P Thomas Horner P |
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| Taunton | Sir Francis Warre Henry Portman |
the same P the same P |
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| Bridgwater | Nathaniel Palmer John Rolle |
the same [recte Thomas Palmer ] George Doddington |
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| Minehead | Sir Jacob Banks Sir John Trevelyan |
Sir William Wyndham P the same P |
[23 | |
| Ilchester | Sir James Bateman X Edward Philips |
William Bellamy P John Hopkins P |
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| Milbourn Port | Sir Thomas Travel James Medlycot |
John Cox the same |
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| 15 3 | 6 12 | |||
| SOUTHAMPTON 26 | Sir Anthony Sturt Thomas Lewis |
John Wallup George Pitt |
[24 | |
| Winchester City | George Rodney Bridges senr. Thomas Lewis |
George Rodney Bridges junr. Lord William Pawlet |
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| Southampton Town | Richard Flemming Roger Hariss |
the same Thomas Lewis |
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| Portsmouth | Sir James Wisheart Sir Thomas Mackworth |
Sir Charles Wager Sir Edward Ernly |
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| Yarmouth | Henry Holmes Sir Gilbert Dolben |
the same P Sir Robert Raymond P |
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| Petersfield | Leonard Bilson Norton Pawlet |
the same the same |
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| Newport alias Medena | John Webb William Stephens |
Anthony Morgan the same |
[25 | |
| Stockbridge | Lord Barrimore X | Richard Steele Thomas Broderick P |
Martin Bladen the same P |
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| Newton | James Worsley X Henry Worsley X |
the same Sir Robert Worsley X |
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| Christchurch | William Ettrick Sir Peter Mews |
the same the same |
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| Lymington | Lord William Pawlet Sir Joseph Jekyl |
the same the same |
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| Whitchurch | Frederick Tilney Thomas Vernon |
George Carpenter the same X |
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| Andover | Sir Ambrose Crawley P William Guidot |
John Wallup the same |
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| 19 7 | 15 11 | |||
| STAFFORDSHIRE 10 | Henry Vernon Ralph Sneyd |
Lord Paget William Ward junr. |
[26 | |
| Litchfield City | Richard Dyot John Cotes |
Samuel Hill Walter Chetwynde |
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| Stafford | Henry Vernon Walter Chetwynde |
William Chetwynde the same |
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| Newcastle under Line | Roland Cotton William Burslem P |
the same P Henry Vernon P |
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| Tamworth | Joseph Girdler Samuel Bracebridge |
William Ing the same |
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| 9 1 | 5 5 | |||
| SUFFOLK 16 | Sir Thomas Hanmer X Sir Robert Davers |
the same X the same |
[27 | |
| Ipswich | Richard Richardson Orlando Bridgman |
William Churchill P William Tompson P |
the same the same |
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| Dunwich | Sir George Downing Sir Robert Kemp |
Sir Robert Rich Charles Long |
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| Orford | Sir Edward Turner Clement Corrance X |
the same X |
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| Alborough | Sir Henry Johnson William Johnson |
the same P the same P |
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| Sudbury | Sir Harvey Elways Robert Ecklyn |
the same Thomas Western |
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| Eye | Thomas Maynard Edward Hopkins |
Thomas Smith the same |
[28 | |
| St. Edmondsbury | Car Harvey P | the same now Lord Harvey |
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| Aubrie Porter P | the same | |||
| 8 8 | 10 6 | |||
| SURRY 14 | Sir Richard Onslow Heneage Finch X |
the same now Ld. Guernsey |
[29 | |
| Southwark | John Lade XP Fisher Tench P |
the same X the same |
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| Bletchingly | George Evelyn Thomas Onslow X |
the same the same |
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| Ryegate | Sir John Parsons X James Cocks |
the same X the same |
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| Guilford | Sir Richard Onslow Morgan Randyl |
Denzil Onslow the same |
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| Gatton | William Newland Paul Docminique |
the same the same |
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| Haslemere | Nicholas Carew |
Thomas Onslow P George Vernon |
Sir Montagu Blundel P Sir Nicholas Carew P |
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| 3 11 | 12 2 | |||
| SUSSEX 20 | Henry Campion John Fuller |
James Butler Spencer Compton |
[30 | |
| Chichester City | William Elson P James Brudenal |
Sir Richard Farrington P Thomas Miller X P |
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| Horsham | Charles Eversfield P John Middleton P |
the same P Sir Henry Goreing |
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| Midhurst | John Prat William Knight |
John Fortescue Aland the same |
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| Lewes | John Morley Trevor Thomas Pelham |
the same the same |
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| New Shoram | Nathaniel Gould Francis Chamberlaine |
the same Sir Gregory Page P |
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| Bramber | Lord Hawley X Andrews Windsor X |
Sir Thomas Stiles P Sir Richard Gough |
[31 | |
| Steyning | Henry Goringe William Wallis |
Robert Leeves John Pepper X P |
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| East Grimstead | John Conyers Spencer Compton |
the same the same |
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| Arundel | Lord Lumley Lord Thomond |
General Lumley Thomas Micklethwaite |
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| 10 10 | 14 6 | |||
| WARWICKSHIRE 6 | Sir John Mordaunt Andrew Archer |
William Peto the same X |
[32 | |
| Coventry City | Sir Christopher Hales Sir Fulward Skipwith X |
Sir Thomas Samuel P Adolphus Oughton |
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| Warwick | Doddington Grevile William Colemore X |
the same the same P |
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| 6 0 | 2 4 | |||
| WESTMORELAND 4 | James Grahme X Daniel Wilson |
the same X the same |
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| Apulby | Sir Richard Sandford P Thomas Lutwiche |
the same the same |
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| 2 2 | 2 2 | |||
| WILTSHIRE 34 | Sir Richard How Robert Hide |
the same the same |
[33 | |
| City of New Sarum | Charles Foxd pendant son exil du temps de Cromwell. Il épousa il y a 10 ans une jeune femme qui est tous les ans grosse et a eu deux fois des jumeaux.Richard Jones P |
Edward [recte Edmund ] Lambert P Francis Swanton P |
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| Wilton | John London Thomas Pitt |
the same the same |
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| Downeton | John Eyre John Sayer |
the same Charles Longueville |
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| Hindon | Richard Lockwood Reynold Calthorpe junr. P |
George Wade Reynold Calthorpe senr. |
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| Heitesbury | Edward Ash Pearce A’court |
the same William Ash |
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| Westbury | Henry Bertie Francis Annesley |
Willoughby Bertie P the same P |
[34 | |
| Calne | William Northy William Hedges |
Sir Orlando Bridgeman P Richard Chiswell P |
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| Devizes | Robert Child P John Nicholas P |
Francis Eyles Josiah Diston |
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| Chippenham | John Eyles P John Norriss |
the same P Giles Earle P |
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| Malmesbury | Sir John Rushout Joseph Addison |
the same the same |
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| Cricklade | Samuel Robinson | Sir Thomas Read P William Gore |
the same Jacob Sawbridge |
|
| Great Bedwin | Sir Edward Seymour Thomas Millington |
William Sloper Stephen Bisse |
[35 | |
| Lurgershall | John Webb Robert Ferne P |
the same X John Ivory Talbot P |
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| Old Sarum | Thomas Pitt Robert Pitt X |
the same the same |
||
| Wootton Basset | Edmond Pleydel Richard Creswell |
Sir James Long William Northey |
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| Marleborough | Robert Bruce Gabriel Roberts |
Joshua Ward P Sir William Humphreys |
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| 23 11 | 24 10 | |||
| WORCESTERSHIRE 9 | Sir John Packington Samuel Pitts |
the same Thomas Vernon |
[36 | |
| Worcester City | Samuel Swifft Thomas Wylde |
the same P the same |
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| Droitwich | Richard Foley Edward Jeffreys |
the same the same |
||
| Evesham | Sir Edward Goodere John Rudge |
John Deacle the same |
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| Bewdley | Salway Winnington |
Gray James Grove P | ||
| 7 2 | 5 4 | |||
| YORKSHIRE 30 | Lord Downes Sir Arthur Key X |
the same the same X |
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| York City | Sir William Robinson Robert Fairfax |
the same Tobias J[e]nkins X |
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| Kingston upon Hull | Sir William St. Quintin William Master |
the same the same |
||
| Knaresborough | Henry Slingsby Francis Fawkes |
Robert Byerly Christopher Stockdale |
Henry Coot Robert Hitch P |
|
| Scarborough | William Tompson John Hungerford |
the same the same |
||
| Rippon | John Aislabie John Sharpe |
the same Lord Castlecomer |
||
| Richmond | Thomas York P Henry Mordaunt XP |
the same the same |
||
| Heydon | William Poulteny Hugh Cholmley |
the same the same |
||
| Borrough bridge | Sir Bryan Stapleton Edmond Dunch |
Richard Steele P Thomas Wilkinson |
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| Malton | Thomas Wentworth X William Strickland |
the same Thomas Wentworth junr. |
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| Thirsk | Thomas Frankland Ralph Bell |
the same the same |
||
| Alborrough | John Dawney P Paul Foley P |
James Stanhope William Jessop |
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| Beverly | Sir Charles Hotham Sir Michael Wharton |
the same the same |
||
| Northallerton | Henry Pearce Leonard Smelt |
Cholmondely Turner the same |
||
| Pontefract | John Dawney Robert Frank |
the same P the same P |
||
| 11 19 | 25 5 | |||
| BARONS OF THE CINQUE PORTS 16 | [40 | |||
| Port of Hastings | Sir Joseph Martin Archibald Hutchinson |
Henry Pelham junr. the same X |
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| Port of Dover | Sir William Hardress Philip Papillion |
Mathew Aylmer the same |
||
| Port of Sandwich | Sir Henry Oxenden John Michel |
the same Thomas D’Aeth |
||
| Port of Hyeth | Jacob Desboverie John Boteler |
the same Sir Samuel Leonard |
||
| Port of New Rumney | Sir Robert Furnace Edward Watson |
the same the same now Lord Sondes |
||
| Town of Rye | Sir John Norris P Philip Gibbon P |
the same the same |
[41 | |
| Town of Winchelsea | George Doddington Robert Bristow |
George Bubb the same |
||
| Town of Seaford | William Lowns George Nayler |
Sir William Ashburnham the same |
||
| 6 10 | 15 1 | |||
| WALES 24 | [42 | |||
| ANGLESY | Lord Bulkley | Owen Merrick X | ||
| Beaumaris | Henry Bertie | the same | ||
| BRECON | Sir Edward Williams | the same | ||
| Town of Brecon | Roger Jones P | the same |
||
| CARDIGAN | Thomas Jones | Lewis Price P | ||
| Town of Cardigan | Sir George Barlow | Stephen Parry | [43 | |
| CARMARTHEN | Sir Thomas Powell | Marquis of Winchester |
||
| Town of Caermarthen | Richard Vaughan | the same | ||
| CARNARVAN | William Griffith P | the same | ||
| Town of Carnarvan | Thomas Wynne XP | the same |
||
| DENBIGH | Sir Richard Middleton | the same | ||
| Town of Denbeigh | John Wynne | Robert Jones [recte P John Roberts] | [44 | |
| FLINT | Sir Roger Mostyn X | the same |
||
| Town of Flint | Sir John Conway | the same | ||
| GLAMORGAN | Robert Jones | the same | ||
| Town of Cardiffe | Sir Edward Stradleing X | the same X | ||
| MERIONETH | Richard Vaughan | the same | ||
| MONTGOMERY | Edward Vaughan | the same | ||
| Town of Montgomery | John Pugh | the same P | [45 | |
| PEMBROKE 3 | John Barlow | Sir Arthur Owen P | ||
| Town of Pembroke | Lewis Wogan | Thomas Ferrers |
||
| Town of Haverford West | John Laugherne | the same mort P | ||
| RADNOR | Thomas Harley |
Richard Fowler P | ||
| Town of New Radnor | Lord Harley |
Thomas Lewis P | ||
| 21 3 | 10 14 | |||
| SCOTLAND 45 | [46 | |||
| Shire of ABERDEEN | Sir Alexander Cummins | the same X | ||
| Shire of AIR | John Montgommery | the same |
||
| Shire of ARGYLE | Sir James Campbell | the same | ||
| Shire of BANFF | Alexander Abercromby | the same |
||
| Shire of BERWICK | George Bayllie | the same |
||
| Shires BUTE and CATHNESS | John Campbell junr. |
Sir Robert Gordon | ||
| Shires NAIRN and CROMARTIE | John Forbes | Alexander Urquhart |
[47 | |
| Shire of DUMBARTON | John Campbell senr. | the same |
||
| Shire of DUMFRIS | Sir William Johnson XP | the same | ||
| Shire of EDINBURGH | George Lockart |
John Baird | ||
| Shire of ELGIN | Alexander Grant | the same |
||
| Shire of FIFE | Sir Alexander Areskine |
Sir John Anstruther | ||
| Shire of FORFAR | John Carnegie |
the same | ||
| Shire of HADDINGTON | John Cockburn | the same |
[48 | |
| Shire of INVERNESS | Alexander Mackenzie | John Forbes | ||
| Shire of KINCARDIN | James Scott | the same | ||
| Shire of KINROSS and CLACMANAN | Sir John Areskine | William Douglas | ||
| Stewartry of KIRKENDBRIGHT | John Stewart P | Alexander Murray | ||
| Shire of LANERK | Sir James Hamilton | James Lockart | ||
| Shire of LINLITHGOW | John Houston | Sir James Carmichael P | Sir James Cunyngham | |
| Shires of ORKNEY and ZETLAND | George Douglas P | [black tick] James Moodie XP | ||
| Shire of PEEBLES | William Morrison | Alexander Murray | ||
| Shire of PERTH | Lord James Murray P | the same P | [49 | |
| Shire of RENFREW | Sir Robert Pollock | the same | ||
| Shire of ROSS | Charles Ross | the same |
||
| Shire of ROXBURGH | Sir Gilbert Elliot | William Douglas | ||
| Shire of SELKIRK | John Pringle X | the same X | ||
| Shire of STERLING | Sir Hugh Paterson | Mungo Halden | ||
| Shire of SUTHERLAND | William Morrison | Sir William Gordon | ||
| Shire of WIGTOUN | John Stewart | the same | ||
| City of Edinburgh | Sir James Stewart | George Warrender P | [50 | |
| Burghs of Kirkwall, Week, Dornock, Dingwall, Taine | Robert Munro | the same |
||
| Burghs of Fortrose, Inverness, Nairn, Forress | William Stewart P | the same |
||
| Burghs of Elgin, Cullen, Banff, Inverury, Kintore | James Murry | the same P | ||
| Burghs of Aberdeen, Inverbery, Montrose, Aberbrothock, Brochine | John Middleton |
James Areskine |
[51 | |
| Burghs of Forfar, Perth, Dundee, Coupar, St. Andrews | George Yeaman | Patrick Halden | ||
| Burghs of Craill, Kilrennie, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Pittenween | Sir John Anstruther P | Philip Anstruther |
||
| Burghs of Dysart, Kirkalldie, Kingherne, Bruntisland | James Oswald | William Car |
||
| Burghs of Innerkithen, Dunfermline, Queensferry, Culross, Stirling | Henry Cunningham P | the same | ||
| Burghs of Glasgow, Renfrew, Ruglen, Dumbarton | Thomas Smith | the same | ||
| Burghs of Haddington, Dunbarr, North Berwick, Lauder, Jedburgh | Sir David Dalrimple | the same |
[52 | |
| Burghs of Selkirk, Peebles, Linlithgow, Lanerk | Sir James Carmichael P | George Douglas | ||
| Burghs of Dumfries, Sanquhar, Annan, Lockmaben, Kirkenbright | Sir William Johnson | Alexander Ferguson | ||
| Burghs of Wigtoun, New Galloway, Stranraver, Whitehern | Sir Alexander Maxwell | Patrick Vans | ||
| Burghs of Air, Irvin, Rothesay, Campbletoun, Inverary | Charles Oliphant X | the same X | ||
| 14 31 | 39 6 |
[NOTES]
Nombre de Membres que chaque comte envoye, avec affiliation de parti
|
No. de Membres que chaque comté envoye |
Comtés |
Dernier Parlement |
Parelment présent [53 |
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| Torys | Whigs | Whigs | Torys | ||
| 4 | Bedfordshire | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Berks | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Bucks | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| 6 | Cambridgeshire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Cheshire | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 44 | Cornwall | 36 | 8 | 32 | 12 |
| 6 | Cumberland | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Derbyshire | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | Devonshire | 17 | 9 | 16 | 10 |
| 20 | Dorsetshire | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
| 4 | Durham | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Essex | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | Gloucestershire | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | Herefordshire | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Hertfordshire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Huntingdonshire | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Kent | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 14 | Lancashire | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Leicestershire | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Lincolnshire | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Middlesex | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Monmouthshire | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Norfolk | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| 9 | Northamptonshire | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Northumberland | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | Nottinghamshire | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 9 | Oxford | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Rutlandshire | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 [54 |
| 12 | Salop | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| 18 | Sommersetshire | 15 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 26 | Southamptonshire | 19 | 7 | 15 | 11 |
| 10 | Stafford Shire | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 16 | Suffolk | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| 14 | Surry | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 |
| 20 | Sussex | 10 | 10 | 14 | 6 |
| 6 | Warwickshire | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Westmorland | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | Wiltshire | 23 | 11 | 24 | 10 |
| 9 | Worcestershire | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 30 | Yorkshire | 11 | 19 | 25 | 5 |
| 16 | Cinque Ports | 6 | 10 | 15 | 1 |
| 24 | Wales | 21 | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| 45 | Scotland | 14 | 31 | 39 | 6 |
| 558 | 355 | 203 | 355 | 203 |
C’est quelque chose de remarquable que selon cette liste il s’est trouvé dans le dernier Parlement à la première élection devant les pétitions 203 Whigs et 355 Torys et dans celuyci 203 Torys et 355 Whigs.
Il ne faut que très peu de remarques pour rendre cette liste intelligible. On a tâché de la rendre exacte, et elle se pourra lire sans beaucoup de difficuté avec ces peu d’instructions.
On a mis les noms des provinces et des villes en anglois, parce qu’il sera bon de s’accoutumer á les lire et á les connoitre de la manière qu’on les verra le plus souvent. On a mis partout les noms de batême pour distinguer des personnes qui portent le même ou à peu près le même nom.
Pour distinguer entre les Whigs et les Torys, on s’est servi d’une méthode fort simple et facile, en écrivant les premiers avec de l’ancre noir, les derniers avec de l’ancre rouge.
De même pour distinguer ces Torys qui ont quelquefois voté avec les Whigs pendant le dernier Parlement on leur a mis une croix noire, et les Whigs qui votoient quelquefois avec les Torys on leur a mis une croix rouge, comme par exemple pour la comté de Cambridge, en anglois Cambridgeshire, page 3:
John Bromley X
John Jenyns X
Pour le Parlement présent on a fait la même chose, quoyqu’on n’aye d’autre règle que le dernier, ou on pourroit se tromper souvent, parce que les Toris me paroissent tous réunis dans un seul corps, cependant il est juste de mettre quelque différence entre ceux qui donnoint aveuglement dans les mesures du dernier ministère, et ceux qui de temps en temps s’y opposoient; outre cela, comme cette liste est faite avant qu’il y ayt eu des débats dans la chambre on ne les peut marquer que par conjecture et selon la connoissance qu’on a de chaque personne, et pour parler naturellement les raisons pourquoy des Whigs votent avec de Torys et des Torys avec des Whigs venant souvent à changer, ils changent aussi de méthode, par exemple dans un Parlement comme celuyci, les Toris qui voteront quelque fois avec les Whigs le feront par un de ces deux raisons: I re Ils espéreront de ne pas perdre entièrement le fruit de leurs actions pandant le dernier Parlement; 2 de D’autres le feront pour conserver des emplois que le Roy leurs a laissés, ou dans l’espérance d’en obtenir. Les Whigs qui voteront avec les Toris seront des gens mécontens de voir qu’ils n’ont rien ou peutêtre moins qu’ils ne croyent mériter, et qui pour cette raison prendront des prétextes populaires pour s’opposer à la Cour, et ces raisons venant une fois à cesser, leur conduitte changera en même temps. Car pour dire la vérité, l’interest et la corruption sont venus à un tel point dans cette nation que très peu de gens y agissent par un principe pur et disinteressé. Ce n’est pas qu’il n’y aye d’honnêtes gens, mais on ne se trompera que rarement quand on attribuera la conduitte d’un chacun à des raisons d’interest, et presque toujours quand on s’imaginera qu’il y en a d’autres. Dans tous les partis il y a des ministres d’état, ceux-ci recommandent et tâchent d’avancer ceux qui s’attachent personellement à eux, leurs parents et leurs dependants sans considérer si ce sont toujours ceux qui sont les plus propres et les plus capables, et ils feront toujours tort à ceux qui ne reconnoissent pas leur authorité quoyque d’alliours du même parti. Il y a des membres de chaque chambre de Parlement, ceux ci s’ils ne sont pas employés, seront toujours d’une opinion différente de celle dont ils auroient été s’ils avoient eu des charges, et quoyqu’en gros ils pourront suivre le même parti, dans des débats qui seront de conséquence pour la Cour, ils nuiront en prenant quelque prétexte populaire pour n’être pas entièrement de la même opinion, [56] ou bien en s’absentant. Il y a outre cela le grand-nombre de ceux de diffèrentes espèces qui ne sont point du Parlement, et qui raisonnent ou écrivent leurs sentiments selon qu’ils obtiennont des douceurs pour eux, pour leurs parents ou leurs domistiques, dans leurs provinces, leurs villes ou leurs paroisses. Les prétentions de ceuxci sont assés modestes, ils ne vont qu’à des emplois dans la milice, des justices à paix, et les charges dependantes de la Trésorie, la Douanne, la marine, etc. et ils se croyent assés heureux et sont fort glorieux si par ces moyens ils s’attirent du respect chés eux. Il y a apres cela la populace, qui n’est pas la moins considérable, car quand elle est du côté de la Cour elle n’a rien à craindre du reste, si elle sçait s’en servir, au lieu que quand elle est contre, la Cour n’est jamais en seureté et il faut de bonnes têtes pour ne pas rencontrer souvent de grandes difficultés. Cette race change souvent. Il y a deux cris qui ont prévalu bien des fois et tour à tour avec elle, le danger de la France et du Papisme, et le danger de l’Eglise. Le premier a toujours réussi dans des occasions où la Cour s’est si entièrement jettée entres les mains de celuy de Versailles que chacun a ouvert les yeux, mais d’abord qu’on s’étoit un peu tiré d’affaires par de bonnes mesures, le clergé, qui est une autre espèce, a toujours resuscité celuy de l’église, et ceux à qu’il ils ne vouloient pas du bien ont eu beau y aller, ils ont toujours déclaré au peuple qu’ils vouloint la détruire; c’est le point le plus délicat et le plus dangereux, car ces gens ayant moyen au moins une fois la semaine d’assembler toute la nation et de leur prêcher ce qui bon leur semble, c’est ce qu’il y [a] de plus à craindre. Cependant je crois qu’on peut aisement venir à bout de tout cela, et si un Prince peut trouver moyen de faire aimer sa personne, le clergé a beau prêcher.
Pour finir l’explication de cette liste il ne faut que cette seule remarque: les P au bout des noms veulent dire qu’il y a une pétition contre cette personne, un P rouge que c’est un Tory qui pétitionne, un P noir que c’est un Whig. On voit dans certains endroits des Torys contre des Torys, dans d’autres des Whigs contre des Whigs. Dans le dernier Parlement on voit beaucoup d’exemples où sur ces pétitions on a chassés ceux qui sont dans la liste et mis en leurs places ceux qui avoient donnés des pétitions contre eux. Cela ne manquera pas d’arriver souvent dans celuyci, et alors il faudra marquer les changements pour rendre la liste complette.
Il y a au commencement une espèce d’index qui explique toutes les marques.
