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Dartmouth as a Parliamentary Borough

Trans. Devon. Assoc. 43, (1911). illus. pp.350-370.

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J.J. Alexander, MA

Prepared by Michael Steer

Between 1298 and the 1832 Reform Act, Dartmouth was a Parliamentary Borough that elected two members to the House of Commons. The earliest reference is in 1298, soon after Edward I's visit to Dartmouth. The next reference to MP's from 'Clifton Dartmouth' is in 1351 when lawyer Nicholas Whiting sat simultaneously for Devonshire, Exeter and Dartmouth, and thereafter there are fairly complete records of the Dartmouth members. These were chosen by the County Court in Exeter during the 14th and 15th centuries, but later by the Mayor and Burgesses of the town. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the Princeton University Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.