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Plympton: Its Parliamentary Representation

Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. 19, (1887), pp. 649-671.

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Joshua Brooking Rowe

Prepared by Michael Steer

Plympton Erle, also spelt Plympton Earle, was a parliamentary borough that elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act. Rowe's paper presents lists of early representatives taken from the House of Commons Returns. During the 18th century the Borough became a close-patronage one through the influence of Lord Chief Justice Treby and his son. Several well-known politicians used the little borough as a stepping stone to personal advancement. 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.