Cursory Observations on the Charters Granted to the Inhabitants of Tiverton, in the County of Devon: Mostly Confirmed by Professional Opinions and Authorities ... |
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... assistant . His views , however , at this time , being far removed from municipal honors , and the avocations of a very large family employing every hour he had to bestow , added , indeed , to a complete ignorance of the history and ...
... assistant . His views , however , at this time , being far removed from municipal honors , and the avocations of a very large family employing every hour he had to bestow , added , indeed , to a complete ignorance of the history and ...
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... assistant , and of the resi- dent Rector of Broad Hempston , ( a place thirty miles distant from Tiverton , ) to be one of those inhabitants , " who shall be called capital burges- ses , " at once determined him to appeal thus pub ...
... assistant , and of the resi- dent Rector of Broad Hempston , ( a place thirty miles distant from Tiverton , ) to be one of those inhabitants , " who shall be called capital burges- ses , " at once determined him to appeal thus pub ...
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... declines the honor of being elected a capital burgess . It is much at variance with the humility , which adorns the several members of this highly respectable an assistant of Tiverton , and is a member of 14 LETTER II .
... declines the honor of being elected a capital burgess . It is much at variance with the humility , which adorns the several members of this highly respectable an assistant of Tiverton , and is a member of 14 LETTER II .
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... assistant of Tiverton , and is a member of par- liament for the borough , whose wages the inhabitant householders of Tiverton would be compelled to pay , if called upon , sees , he says , no reason why a corporate officer now residing ...
... assistant of Tiverton , and is a member of par- liament for the borough , whose wages the inhabitant householders of Tiverton would be compelled to pay , if called upon , sees , he says , no reason why a corporate officer now residing ...
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... assistants , in number twenty five , to the exclusion of the inhabitants at large . It appears also the above twenty - five , ( being but a part of the corporation , as I trust I shall suffici- ently prove ) in the reign of Charles the ...
... assistants , in number twenty five , to the exclusion of the inhabitants at large . It appears also the above twenty - five , ( being but a part of the corporation , as I trust I shall suffici- ently prove ) in the reign of Charles the ...
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