The case of the burrough of Dunwich in Suffolk upon their election of members to serve in the convention appointed to meet the 22d. of January 1689. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B18634 of text R213137 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 4KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B18634 Wing C1022 99825638

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 eng Election law -- England -- Early works to 1800. Dunwich (England) -- Early works to 1800. eebo The case of the burrough of Dunwich in Suffolk : upon their election of members to serve in the convention appointed to meet the 22d. of January 1689. n/a 1689 1 571 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. 2014-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-04 Sampled and proofread 2014-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE CASE OF THE BURROUGH OF Dunwich in Suffolk , Upon their Election of Members to serve in the Convention Appointed to meet the 22d . of January 1689.

THIS Burrough chooseth by Prescription , and not by Charter , and had Bailiffs before they were a Corporation .

Their first Charter was granted by King John , which hath been renewed in divers Kings Reigns ; Whereby The Good Men of Dunwich are made a Corporation , and have divers Franchises and Priviledges granted unto them ; as to be quit of Toll , Portage , &c. but no mention is made in any of them of Elections to Parliament .

About 25 years since the Magistrates began to make profit by Selling Freedoms of the Corporation , and the Benefit of their Priviledges , granting the same by Deed , under the Seal of the Corporation , to divers Cole-traders and other persons living in Ipswich , Yarmouth , Norwich , and other temoter places , who upon shewing the Common Seal have had Allowances made them accordingly , and in some late Elections have been admitted to Vote ; being above Four hundred in number .

Upon Notice given of the Election upon the Prince's Letter , about Three hundred of these , being above thrice as many as the Inhabitants , came to the Election and claim'd a Poll , which was not denied them .

The Opinions of the most Eminent and Indifferent Council hath been taken , concerning the Right of these Foreign Freemen , to Vote in Elections ; who say , I. That the Right of Choosing is as antiently it was , in the Inhabitants , only , and that the Charters of Incorporation have no Influence upon it . II . That the Charters being granted to the Men of Dunwich , without a Power expressed , To make Foreigners free ; such Freedoms granted to Foreigners , are as to the Corporation it self , an abuse , and void . III . That it is not in the Power of the Magistrates to inlarge the Number of Electors , by constituting Foreign Freemen , as many and whom they please .

However they thought fit to make the following Return , Viz .

CHosen , according to the most Antient Custom , by the Majority of the Free Burgesses inhabiting within this Burrough , the Honourable Roger North and Sir Thomas Allen , to be Representatives , &c.

And also Chosen by a lesser number of Burgesses , residing within the Burrough , and by the Major part of the Freemen of the Corporation , who live out of the Burrough , Sir Philip Skippon and Sir Robert Rich , to be likewise Representatives , &c.

The said Return is under the Common Seal , according to Custom , and it is humbly hoped , that the said Mr. North and Sir Thomas Allen , in right of all the Inhabitants of the said Burrough , may be admitted to Sit and Act in the said Convention , according to the Trust reposed in them , they being first named :

The rather , Because , unless the Persons chosen by the Inhabitants , be allowed to Sit , it may be pretended that the said Burrough , will have no Representatives , in this Convention .