Assumed elections by the elite for the elite : according to C Hill "the common people ('men with no shirts' a disgruntled Royalist called them) (Lownes m.s.s.H.M.C., p549)took an unusally active share into 2 elections of 1640, on the anti court side- ...... ...At Great Barlow, bargemen,labourers, shopkeepers-'the ordinary sort of townsmen',led by 'a country fellow in a plain habit', put up their own candidate against the local landlord who had court connections-and won (C.S.P.D.... see page p22 for all the details in c hill WorldTurn Upside Down)
There is a long discussion of the Spring 1660 elections for Weymouth and Dover -- Adm. Edward Montagu ran for both of them -- starting at https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
And I will be posting info about the Cambridge Spring 1660 election under CAMBRIDGE later today.
For information about any election held during the Stuart century, go to https://www.historyofparliamenton… and select the year span you are interested in. 1660 - 1690 covers Charles II and James II
Then select the initial letter of the town/borough/county you are interested in.
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First Reading
Roger Miller (reposted by Emilio) • Link
List of Parliamentary Constituencies pre 1832
[This neat info was posted for the 14 April 1660 entry, in ref to Montagu being elected for Weymouth.]
This is a useful list of parliamentary consituencies prior to the 1832 Reform Act: http://www.election.demon.co.uk/p…
Susanna • Link
It is indeed a useful website ( http://www.election.demon.co.uk/p… ).
It's also been listed under "House of Commons" since March 26th.
vincent • Link
Assumed elections by the elite for the elite : according to C Hill "the common people ('men with no shirts' a disgruntled Royalist called them) (Lownes m.s.s.H.M.C., p549)took an unusally active share into 2 elections of 1640, on the anti court side- ......
...At Great Barlow, bargemen,labourers, shopkeepers-'the ordinary sort of townsmen',led by 'a country fellow in a plain habit', put up their own candidate against the local landlord who had court connections-and won (C.S.P.D.... see page p22 for all the details in c hill WorldTurn Upside Down)
Third Reading
San Diego Sarah • Link
There is a long discussion of the Spring 1660 elections for Weymouth and Dover -- Adm. Edward Montagu ran for both of them -- starting at
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
Being unaware of this page, I posted info taken from the Constituencies site of the House of Commons website for Weymouth and Dover that year:
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
San Diego Sarah • Link
And I will be posting info about the Cambridge Spring 1660 election under CAMBRIDGE later today.
For information about any election held during the Stuart century, go to https://www.historyofparliamenton…
and select the year span you are interested in.
1660 - 1690 covers Charles II and James II
Then select the initial letter of the town/borough/county you are interested in.