devise or promotion to a benefice in a church, or by promotion to an office; and that such freehold estate has not been granted or made to you fraudulently, on purpose to qualify you to give your vote; and that the place of your abode is at

in

and that you are twenty-one

years of age, as you believe; and that you have not been polled before at this election.

The Freeholder's Oath for Cities and Towns being
Counties, appointed by 19 G. 2. c. 28. s. 1.

oath for cities

vid. p. 15 & 16.

You shall swear, (or, being a Quaker, [or Moravian] so- Freeholders lemnly affirm) that you have a freehold estate, consisting and towns beof (specifying the nature of such free- ing counties, hold estate, whether messuage, land, rent, tythe, or what else; and if such freehold estate consists in messuages, lands or tythes, then specifying in whose occupation the same are; and if rent, then specifying the names of the owners or possessors of the lands or tenements out of which such rent is issuing, or of some or one of them) lying or being in the city and county, or town and county (as the same may be) of of the clear yearly value of forty shillings, over and above all rents s. 6. No tax and charges payable out of or in respect of the same; and that you have been in the actual possession or re- ever to be ceipt of the rents and profits thereof, for your own use, the meaning of

rate or assessment whatso

deemed within

above twelve calendar months; or that the same came to this oath or affirmation. you within the time aforesaid, by descent, marriage, marriage settlement, devise, or promotion to a benefice in a church, or by promotion to an office; and that such freehold estate has not been granted or made to you fraudulently, on purpose to qualify you to give your vote; and that the place of your abode is at

in

years of age as you believe; polled before at this election.

and that you are twenty-one
and that you have not been

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Land-tax assessment.

Form of Assessment of Land Tax in the Schedule to 20 G. 3. c. 17. as required by s. 3.

passed in the

year of his Majesty's reign,

for granting an aid to his Majesty by a land tax to be raised in Great Britain, for the service of the year 17.

Oath of electors in cities,

where a parti

cular oath is provided.

The Oath to be taken by Electors in all cases where no other than the Bribery Oath, the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy, and Abjuration, were before required. 25 G. 3. c. 84. s. 5.

in

I do swear, (or being a Quaker [or Moravian] do affirm) towns, or bo- That my name is A. B. and that I am (specifying roughs, except the addition, profession, or trade of such person), and that the place of my abode is at the county of (and if it is a town consisting of more streets than one, specifying what street); and that I have not before polled at this election; and that I verily believe myself to be of the full age of twenty-one years.

The Oath to be taken in London, 11 G. 1. c. 18. s. 1.

You do swear, (or being a Quaker, do affirm), That London, oath. you are a freeman of London, and a liveryman of the

company of

and have so been for

the space of twelve calendar months; and that the place of your abode is at

in

and that you have not polled at this election.

So help you God.

The oath against bribery, vid. 2 G. 2. c. 24. s. 1. Bribery oath, ante, p. 30.

ante, p. 30.

For the oaths in Norwich, see 3 G. II. c. 8. s. 1.; in Oaths. Norwich, Coventry, 21 G. III. c. 54. s. 7. ; and for the freeholders vid. p. 51. entitled to vote at New Shoreham, 11 G. III. c. 55. s. 4.; Coventry, at Cricklade, 22 G. III. c. 31. s. 4.; and at Aylesbury, 44 G. III. c. 60. s. 3. The other electors at these three last places must take the oath directed by 25 G. III. vid. p.69. c. 84. s. 5.

Form of a Proclamation for closing the Poll, at an

Election.

vid. p. 65. New Shoreham, vid. p. 60. Cricklade,

Aylesbury, vid. p.72.

Oyez, oyez, oyez. All the electors of (the county Proclamation

city of

or borough of

of
as the case may be) who have not yet given their votes,
and who intend to poll at this election of members to
serve in Parliament for the said
(as the
case may be) are to come in and poll forthwith, notice be-
ing hereby given that the poll is now about to be closed.

Indenture of Return for a County.

for closing the

poll.

This indenture, made in full county at a special Indenture.

our sovereign lord king George the fourth, &c.; and in

the

year of our Lord

between A. B.

Esq. sheriff of the said county, of the one part; and C. D. E. F. &c., and many other persons of the county aforesaid, and electors of knights to Parliament for the said county, of the other part; witnesseth, that proclamation being made by the said sheriff, by virtue of and according to a writ of our sovereign lord the king, directed to the said sheriff, and hereunto annexed, for the electing of two knights, of the most fit and discreet of the said county, girt with swords, to serve in a certain Parliament to be holden at the City of Westminster, on the next ensuing, the said parties to these presents together with the major part of the electors for the county aforesaid present in the full county of aforesaid on the day of the date hereof by virtue of the said writ, and according to the force and effect of divers statutes, in that case made and provided, have in the said full county of by unanimous assent and consent, truly and indifferently elected and chosen, two knights of the most fit and discreet of the said county, girt with swords to wit, of and

day of

at

of &c. to be knights to the said Parliament, so to be holden at the day and place in that behalf hereinbefore mentioned for the commonalty of the county of

giving and granting to the aforesaid knights full and sufficient power for themselves, and the commonalty of the same county, to do and consent to those things, which, in the said Parliament by the Common Council of the kingdom of our said lord the king, (by the blessing of God) shall happen to be ordained upon the affairs in the said writ specified. In witness whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals, the day and year first above written,

A. B.

C. D.

E. F.

Return to the Precept.

This indenture, made at the city, town, or borough of Indenture.

in the county of

the

day of in the Return to the year of the reign of, &c. and in the year of our

lord 18 ; between

county, of the one part, and

esq. sheriff of the said

mayor or bailiff of

esq. and

the said city, town, or borough, and

esq. and

esq.
esq. and others, citizens or
burgesses of the aforesaid city, town, or borough, by
virtue of a certain precept, under the
sheriff, made and directed to the said
bearing date the

day of

freely and indifferently elected

day of

precept.

must be free

seal of the said The persons mayor or bailiff, citizens or burinstant, have gesses of the town, city, or borough.

esq. and

esq. citizens or burgesses of the city, town, or borough
aforesaid, the most sufficient and discreet to be at the
Parliament of our said lord the king, to be holden at
Westminster, the
next ensuing,
which said A. K. and G. N. have full and sufficient
power for them the said electors, for themselves and the
commonalty of the said city, town, or borough, to do and
consent to those things which then and there, by the
common council of the kingdom of Great Britain (by
the blessing of God) shall happen to be ordained upon
the affairs in the said Parliament to be treated of, In
witness whereof, as well the said sheriff, as the said
mayor or bailiff, and citizens or burgesses, have here-
unto interchangeably set their hands and seals, the day
and year first above within.

G. K., W. P, and others.

The Writ for the County Palatine of Lancaster, Indorsement upon its return by the Sheriff to the Chancellor of the on writ. County Palatine, is thus indorsed by him.*

*The writs for the cinque ports are indorsed to the same effect by the officer, to whom they are directed in the first instance, and who ultimately return them with the indenture into the crown office.

E

Lancaster,
vid. next page.