| 1. | The right of election was held by members of the Livery Companies.
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| 2. | The right of election before 1832 was in the freemen of the borough.
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| 3. | The right of election was vested in the burgesses and freemen.
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| 4. | The right of election was held by householders paying scot and lot, a local tax.
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| 5. | The right of election was vested solely in the corporation, but by the act of the 2nd of Wm.
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| 6. | The right of election was in Mayor and members of the Corporation, together with a number of freemen of the borough.
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| 7. | The right of election in Hedon was vested in the Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, inherited the patronage in turn when Anson died.
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| 8. | His admission was delayed, when the parishioners stood out for their right of election; he was ordained at Brechin on 28 August 1745.
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| 9. | The right of election in Cockermouth was vested in the burgage tenants of the borough, of whom there were about 300 in 1832.
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| 10. | In the time of Charlemagne the king had the right to appoint the advocates, but many ecclesiastical institutions obtained the right of election.
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