 Whereas the elections of knights of shires to come to the parliaments of our Lord the King, in many counties of the realm of England, have now, of late, been made by very great, outrageous, and excessive number of people dwelling within the same counties...  Once a Week - Page 335edited by - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Shailer Mathews - 1913 - 290 pages
...explains the reason for its passage: " Whereas the elections of Knights of the Shires to come to the Parliament of our Lord the King in many Counties of...late been made by very great outrageous and excessive Number of People dwelling within the same Counties of the Realm of England, of which the most Part... | |
 | 1927 - 136 pages
...Elections of Knights of the shires to come to the Parliaments of our Lord the King, in many counties of England have now of late been made by very great, outrageous and excessive number of people dwelling within the same Counties, of the which the most part was of people of small... | |
 | George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1769 - 512 pages
...freeholds under that value. The words, whereas the elections of knights of foires in many counties of England have now OF LATE been made by very great, outrageous, and excejfive numbers of people, and whereof every of them PRFTKNDED a voice equivalent with the mojl worthy... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1906 - 1366 pages
...and so they passed an Act of Parliament, the preamble of which ran as follows — " Elections have of late been made by very great, outrageous and excessive numbers of people who are for the most part people of small substance and no value, and every one of them pretended to... | |
 | 904 pages
...1430 the rich reserved the honour to themselves. "Whereas the elections of Knights of the Shires. . .have now of late been made by very great, outrageous and excessive number of people . . . whereof every one pretended a voice equivalent with the most worthy Knights... | |
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