The case of Edward Clavill Esq; duly elected (altho not returned) one of the burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for the borough of Corse-Castle in the county of Dorset. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B02575 of text R170940 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C908). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B02575 Wing C908 ESTC R170940 52211901 ocm 52211901 175471 2240892562

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B02575) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 175471) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2738:11) The case of Edward Clavill Esq; duly elected (altho not returned) one of the burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for the borough of Corse-Castle in the county of Dorset. 1 sheet ([2] p.) s.n., [London : 1698] Caption title. Half-title on p. [2]: The case of Mr. Edward Clavill for the borough of Corse-Castle. Publication data suggested by Wing. Reproduction of the original in the Lincoln's Inn Library. eng Clavill, Edward -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Early works to 1800. England and Wales. -- Parliament. -- House of Commons -- Contested elections -- Early works to 1800. Elections -- Corrupt practices -- England -- Dorset -- Early works to 1800. Dorset (England) -- Politics and government -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The case of Edward Clavill Esq; duly elected (altho not returned) one of the burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for the borough of Corse-Ca Clavell, Edward, 1698 3 421 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2009-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2009-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-07 Sampled and proofread 2009-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The CASE of EDWARD CLAVILL Esq duly elected ( altho not returned ) one of the Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of Corfe-Castle in the County of Dorset .

IN the Borough of Corfe-Castle , by antient Custom , the Electors for Burgesses of Parliament are all Inhabitants that pay Scot and Lot , and all that have any Estate of Inheritance , or Freehold , or Leasehold , determinable upon Life or Lives .

At the last Election there were four Candidates , viz. William Culliford , Edward Clavill , Richard Founds , and John Banks Esquires ; and there were given Eighty five Votes for Mr. Culliford , Sixty three for Mr. Clavill , Fifty two for Mr. Fownds , and Seventy ( talia qualia ) for Mr. Banks .

In this Borough are fourteen Tenements , which were granted by Leases for Lives to so many several Tenants , and they according to Custom and Right voted at the Election . Notwithstanding which , Mr. Dackcomb , who had granted these Leases , did a little before the Election , convey the Reversion to fourteen several other Persons , on purpose to vote for Mr. Banks , and were admitted by the Mayor . When the Words of the Act Septimo & Octavo Gulielmi Tertii , for further regulating Elections of Members to serve in Parliament , are as followeth . That all Conveyances of any Messuages , Lands , Tenements , or Hereditaments , in any County , City , Borough , Town Corporate , Port , or Place , in order to multiply Voices , or to split and divide the Interest in any Houses or Lands amongst several Persons , to enable them to vote at Elections of Members to serve in Parliament , are hereby declared void , and of none effect ; [ and that no more than one single Voice shall be admitted for one and the same House or Tenement . ]

In this Borough likewise are some Lands given to the Poor of the Parish of Wimbourn , which are under the Management of several Trustees , five of which were admitted to vote for Mr. Banks .

Besides these nineteen Voters , divers others , who had no Right in this Election , were brought to vote for Mr. Banks , who having the Mayor in his Interest , is returned instead of Mr. Clavill , who had the Majority of legal Votes .