THE
CASE
OF
WILLIAM
ADDERLEY
Esq
;
Duly
Elected
a
Burgess
to
serve
in
Parliament
for
the
Burrough
of
New
Windsor
in
the
County
of
Berks
.
-
Sir
Christopher
Wren
,
-
Henry
Powle
Esq
;
-
William
Adderley
Esq
;
Competitors
.
THE
Burrough
of
New
Windsor
sends
Two
Burgesses
to
serve
in
Parliament
by
Prescription
.
By
a
Charter
5
Edward
the
First
,
the
King
Grants
that
,
Probi
homines
ejusdem
Villae
sint
Liberi
Burgenses
habeant
Gildam
Mercatoriam
,
and
Returns
of
Members
of
Parliament
were
made
accordingly
,
and
all
Henry
the
Sixth
time
,
the
Returns
were
Major
&
Communitas
Burgensium
elegerunt
,
&c.
such
and
such
to
serve
in
Parliament
.
In
the
Sixth
of
Edward
the
Fourth
,
that
King
for
express
Consideration
,
that
the
Inhabitants
of
Windsor
had
quitted
a
Right
of
Common
,
in
Two
Hundred
Acres
of
Land
,
(
now
His
Majesties
House
Park
there
;
)
he
Incorporates
the
Mayor
,
Bayliffs
,
Burgesses
and
Inhabitants
,
by
the
Name
of
Mayor
,
Bayliffs
and
Burgesses
,
whereby
every
Inhabitant
became
a
Burgess
of
the
Corporation
,
as
well
as
of
the
Burrough
.
That
by
the
Charter
of
King
James
the
First
,
they
were
then
formed
into
a
Select
Number
of
Brothers
of
the
Hall
not
exceeding
Thirty
,
which
(
like
the
rest
of
the
Charters
,
)
makes
no
mention
of
sending
Burgesses
to
Parliament
.
Of
late
years
the
Selected
Number
of
Brothers
,
not
exceeding
Thirty
,
have
pretended
to
have
the
sole
choice
,
but
whenever
that
matter
came
to
be
determined
by
this
Honourable
House
,
their
Pretences
always
proved
groundless
,
as
being
contrary
to
all
the
antient
Returns
made
of
Members
,
to
serve
for
that
place
,
and
particularly
in
December
1640.
the
Question
being
,
whether
the
Inhabitants
in
General
,
or
a
Particular
Choice
by
Mayor
,
Bayliffs
,
and
some
few
of
the
Town
should
have
Power
of
Election
,
this
Honorable
House
then
Unanimously
Resolved
,
that
the
Inhabitants
of
Right
,
ought
to
Choose
,
and
not
the
Special
Men
,
which
are
the
Words
of
the
Journal
.
The
matter
came
again
to
be
Controverted
in
April
1679
,
and
the
Question
was
,
Whether
the
Mayor
,
Bayliffs
and
Burgesses
,
not
exceeding
the
Number
of
Thirty
,
or
the
Inhabitants
at
large
,
had
the
Right
to
Vote
in
Election
to
Parliament
;
The
House
Resolved
,
That
the
Mayor
,
Bayliffs
and
Burgesses
of
New
Windsor
,
not
exceeding
the
Number
of
Thirty
,
had
not
the
Right
of
Election
of
Members
to
serve
in
Parliament
for
the
Burrough
of
New
Windsor
.
And
Secondly
,
Resolved
,
That
New
Windsor
has
a
Right
to
send
Burgesses
to
Parliament
by
Prescription
.
And
Thirdly
,
Resolved
,
That
all
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Burrough
of
New
Windsor
,
have
the
Right
of
Electing
Members
to
serve
in
Parliament
,
and
Mr.
Windwood
and
Mr.
Starkey
had
the
Majority
of
the
Inhabitants
,
(
tho'
the
Mayor
refused
to
admit
their
Voices
)
were
by
the
House
adjudged
legally
Chosen
,
and
the
Mayor
ordered
to
amend
the
Return
.
And
Lastly
,
in
November
1680
,
about
the
Election
of
New
Windsor
,
his
Honorable
House
again
did
Resolve
,
That
in
the
Burrough
of
New
Windsor
,
those
Inhabitants
who
pay
Scot
and
Lot
,
have
a
Right
to
give
Voices
in
the
Election
of
Burgesses
to
serve
in
Parliament
for
the
said
Burrough
.
And
on
the
day
,
and
at
the
usual
place
of
Election
,
viz.
at
he
Market
Cross
,
Mr.
Adderley
attended
with
the
common
Burgesses
and
Inhabitants
,
paying
Scot
and
Lot
,
who
duly
chose
the
said
Mr.
Adderley
,
and
thereupon
Mr.
Adderley
went
to
the
Town
Hall
,
and
demanded
the
Mayor
to
receive
the
Voices
of
the
said
Burgesses
and
Inhabitants
,
and
Return
him
,
being
by
them
Chosen
,
who
refused
,
saying
,
he
would
Return
Sir
Christopher
Wren
and
Henry
Powle
Esq
;
for
that
he
and
his
Brethren
(
being
the
Select
Number
)
had
Chosen
them
.