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Electors of Knights of the Shire Act 1432

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 5 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1432 c. 2
Statutes made at Westminster, Anno 10 Hen . VI. and AnnoDom. 1432. Certain Things required in him who shall be a Chooser of the Knights of Parliament.

(10 Hen. 6) C A P. II.

‘ITEM, Whereas at the Parliament holden atWestminster the Morrow of St. Matthew the Apostle, the Eighth Year of the King that now is, it was ordained by the Authority of the same Parliament, That the Knights of all Counties within the Realm of England , to be chosen to come to the Parliaments hereafter to be holden, should be chosen in every County by People dwelling and resiant in the same, whereof every one shall have Freehold to the Value of Forty Shillings by Year at the least, above all Charges, upon a certain Pain contained in the same Statute; (2) not making express Mention in the same, that every Man that shall be Chooser of any such Knights, shall have Freehold to the Value of Forty Shinings at the least, above all Charges, within the same County where such Chooser with other like shall make such Election, or elsewhere:’ (3) And therefore our Lord the King, willing to make plain Declaration of the said Statute, by the Advice and Assent aforesaid, and at the special Request of the said Commons, hath ordained, That the Knights of all Counties within the said Realm, to be chosen to come to Parliaments hereafter to be holden, shall be chosen in every...

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